LOCAL RESIDENT THWARTS WOULD-BE SCAM ARTIST
Had it not been for some logical thinking, a local resident might have fallen victim to a scam. The resident received a phone call from area code 603 – which is in New Hampshire – indicating trouble w ...
CITY OF COOKEVILLE SHELLS OUT $72,500 TO SETTLE LAWSUIT
The City of Cookeville paid $72,500 in attorney's fees and damages last week to settle a lawsuit filed last year by a Sumner County man who alleged his freedom of speech and religion rights were viola ...
WALKER INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED STATUTORY RAPE, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
The man convicted of killing six children in a Chattanooga school bus crash has been indicted in Davidson County on multiple charges of statutory rape, The Davidson County Grand Jury returned the i ...
ANDERSON COUNTY MAN SOUGHT ON AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, OTHER CHARGES
Once he is located, an Anderson County man will face charges that include aggravated kidnapping after a woman said he held her against her will and beat her. At a house on New Clear Branch Road on ...
PASSENGER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II DRUGS AFTER TRAFFIC STOP
Friday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies stopped a vehicle on Highway 70 West going 64 mph in a 55-mph zone. The driver, who did not have a valid driver’s license, admitted he had marijuana in ...
THEFT REPORTED FROM VEHICLE PARKED AT FORMER CROSSVILLE BUSINESS
Wednesday evening, Crossville police responded to the former Ryan’s restaurant on U.S. Highway 127 North. An employee of a nearby auto dealership said he’d parked his vehicle and trailer in the parkin ...
TRASH CAN TROUBLES FOR CROSSVILLE MAN
A Lawson Drive resident contacted Crossville police last week, for a report of a missing trash can. The resident said his trash can disappeared from outside the front of his home the previous week and ...
ROANE COUNTY REMEMBERS LATE COMMISSIONER
Former Roane County Commissioner Jerry Goddard passed away last Thursday at the age of 72. He was laid to rest at Roane Memorial Gardens in Rockwood this weekend with honors as local fire-department p ...
UPDATE ON ROANE COUNTY ROAD CLOSURES
Old Airport Road on Rockwood Mountain, connecting Morgan and Cumberland counties, could be closed for months, according to Roane County Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson. A recent tour of damaged ro ...
ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION TO MEET TONIGHT
The Roane County Commission is scheduled to meet this evening at 7 at the courthouse in Kingston. Among items to be discussed will be several budget amendments. The Commission will also recognize the ...
DISORIENTED MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF LEGEND DRUG AFTER BEING FOUND ALONG I-40
Late Sunday night, deputies were dispatched to Interstate 40 westbound near the 360 exit for a report of a man on the side of the interstate. The man, 51-year-old Homer Samuel Ivey, was unsteady on hi ...
WEATHER-RELATED PARK CLOSURES FOR MONDAY, MARCH 11
In Crossville, Centennial Park and Duer Soccer Field will both be closed today due to weather-related field conditions in the wake of this past weekend's rains.
