TWO HOSPITALIZED AFTER CAGLE MOUNTAIN TRACTOR-TRAILER WRECK
State Route 111 coming down Cagle Mountain was blocked for about three hours yesterday afternoon while rescue crews worked to extricate two men trapped in a wrecked tractor trailer. According to th ...
CONSTRUCTION ADVISORIES POSTED THROUGHOUT THE LISTENING AREA
CUMBERLAND COUNTY Peavine Road Grading, drainage, and paving will take place from Firetower Road to Westchester/Catoosa Boulevard. Lane and/or road closures will be needed within Fairfield Glade to a ...
CONFEDERATE STATUE IN MURFREESBORO VANDALIZED
The Rutherford County Confederate Memorial on the Murfreesboro town square was defaced Tuesday night, officials say. Police say a witness reported the vandalism just before 10:30 p.m. The memori ...
‘UT PROMISE’ PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FREE TUITION TO QUALIFYING STUDENTS
The University of Tennessee has announced a new financial-aid program for state students from middle- and working-class families. UT Promise provides free tuition to qualifying Tennessee residents enr ...
MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT RENEW DIRECTOR’S CONTRACT
Last night the Monroe County School Board voted last night not to renew Director of Schools Tim Blankenship’s contract when it expires June 30. Blankenship had served as interim director after Mike ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS SEEK PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING RUNAWAY TEEN
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance as they work to locate a runaway teenage girl. Jade Miller, 16, is said to have run away from her home in the Lake Tansi ...
WILLIE ROSCOE FINLEY, AGE 91
Funeral services for Willie Roscoe Finley, age 91, of Burkesville, Kentucky, will be Sunday, March 17, at 12 noon at the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Bow Scho ...
DELLA JOY FERGUSON, AGE 80
Memorial services for Della Joy Ferguson, age 80, of Crossville, will be Saturday, March 16, at 4 p.m. at Mayland Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Survivors include sons, Joey Green, Ronnie Green and T ...
FRANK A. “BIM” BRENDEL, JR., AGE 82
Funeral services for Frank A. “Bim” Brendel, Jr., age 82, of Burkesville, Kentucky, will be Saturday, March 16, at 1 p.m. at Burkesville Baptist Church (372 North Main Street, Bukesville, KY 42717), w ...
HE’S KILLED BEFORE: JOHN PATRICK FIELDS CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MURDER IN CUMBERLAND CO HAS DONE IT BEFORE
The Bledsoe County man who is charged in the shooting deaths of two people in Cumberland County on Tuesday was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a separate fatal shooting in 1998. ...
CARLOS EUGENE “GENE” NEAL, AGE 83
Funeral services for Carlos Eugene “Gene” Neal, age 83, of Byrdstown, will be Saturday, March 16, at 3 p.m. at Brown Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in Mullins Cemetery. Family will receive frie ...
THREE INJURED IN MONDAY MID-AFTERNOON CRASH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 127 NORTH
We now have the police report for the crash Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 127 North that left three people injured. Five vehicles were stopped at the red light at Executive Drive when a Ford Ran ...
