RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS TO GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK IN 2018
Great Smoky Mountains National Park had a record number of visitors in 2018. In all, more than 11.4 million people visited the Smokies last year – up slightly from the year before. Park Superintende ...
SCREAMING MAN DOING DONUTS ON ELECTRIC CART IN WALMART ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Crossville police responded to Walmart overnight Wednesday for a man causing a disturbance. They found 34-year-old Kyle Richard Barrier of Crossville on an electric cart, screaming and doing circles i ...
GOVERNOR LEE PROPOSES $40M FOR SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s forthcoming budget proposal is said to include $40 million for school safety enhancements. In addition to the $10 million already budgeted for school safety from former ...
TENNESSEE TO BEGIN OFFERING REAL-ID-COMPLIANT CARDS IN JULY
Starting July 1, Tennessee will give residents the option to upgrade their driver’s licenses to the new federally mandated Real-ID-compliant cards. Effective October 1, 2020, Real-ID cards will be re ...
AREA TEEN HONORED BY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT FOR SAVING YOUNG MAN’S LIFE
A Loudon County teen is being hailed as a hero after saving a life earlier this month. Thirteen-year-old Bryson Watkins learned a young man was in need of assistance. Bryson ran to an off-duty deputy ...
TDOT SPOKESMAN RELEASES SLIDE-DETOUR MAP
Tennessee Department of Transportation Spokesman Mark Nagi has released an official map showing detours around the collapsed portion of State Route 70 in Hawkins County. The entire road is closed betw ...
MUDSLIDE SWEEPS MAN’S CAR 200 FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, KILLING HIM
A Jonesborough man died after a roadway collapse and resulting mudslide swept his car 200 feet down an embankment. A report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol indicates 62-year-old Steven Lawson was d ...
CROSSVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF METH, PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Crossville police were called for a report of a woman possibly on drugs at the Highway 127 North Dollar General. They met up with 33-year-old Ashley Johnson of Crossville, walking along the side of th ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE NAB MIDNIGHT-SNACKING BURGLAR AT OLD MAIL ROAD HOME
Late Sunday night, Crossville police were dispatched to an Old Mail Road residence for a report of an active burglar who was in the kitchen eating the resident’s food. Police found 29-year-old Bruce A ...
LANDSLIDE CONDITIONS UNDER SCRUTINY BY ROAD CREWS IN BLOUNT COUNTY
Road crews are monitoring areas in Blount County where two landslides occurred earlier in the week. TDOT crews have been clearing mud and debris away from areas of State Road 73. Spokesman Mark Nagi s ...
HYDER FOUND IN POSSESSION OF METH, FAKE URINE AFTER TRAFFIC STOP
Late Tuesday evening, Cumberland County deputies stopped 25-year-old Kelli Jean Hyder of Crossville for driving 66 mph in a 55 mph zone on Highway 70 West. Deputies said Hyder appeared nervous, and h ...
TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN FELONY WEAPONS CHARGES FOR CROSSVILLE MAN
While patrolling in the Mayland area late Tuesday night, Cumberland County deputies came upon an older pickup truck that neither stopped at a stop sign nor used its turn signal. The deputy initiated a ...
