DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
Cumberland County deputies and medics responded Tuesday to a single-vehicle crash with an injury. The accident report states a 2021 Toyota driven by 77-year-old Christine Basile-Ozkara of Crossvill ...
TWO ADULTS AND CHILD ESCAPE INJURY IN VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE 40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics went yesterday to the scene of a vehicle crash on I-40 in eastern Putnam County. The accident report states a 2008 Honda Civic driven by 21-year-old Jessica ...
THOMPSON ARRAIGNED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ON CHARGES INCLUDING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
A Cumberland County man indicted for vehicular homicide was arraigned in criminal court yesterday. The indictments against 45-year-old Tony Curtis Thompson of Crossville state in December 2022, he ...
SENTENCING DATE SET FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF CHILD RAPE
A new sentencing date of March 4, 2024, is scheduled for a Cumberland County man convicted of rape of a child. Court officials say 62-year-old Jimmy Harold Clark was found guilty last month of the ...
KERLEY ARRAIGNED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT FOR MURDER
Michael Paul Kerley, age 45, was arraigned yesterday in Cumberland County Criminal Court on charges of second-degree murder and the manufacture, sale, delivery, or possession of a Schedule II drug. ...
2 MILLION FORD EXPLORER SUVs RECALLED FOR ISSUE WITH WINDSHIELD TRIM
Ford is recalling nearly 2 million Ford Explorer SUVs over an issue with a piece of the trim near the front of the windshield. Officials say the metal piece that runs up the left and right side of ...
GARY WAYNE “COTTON” INGRAM, AGE 68
Gary Wayne “Cotton” Ingram, age 68, of Rockwood (Cumberland County), passed away Friday, January 19, 2024, at his home. He was born November 4, 1958, in Rockwood. Cotton attended the Mt. Vernal Baptis ...
GAYLE “DULLA” DYER, AGE 71
Gayle “Dulla” Dyer, age 71, of Rockwood, passed away Friday, January 19, 2024, at Roane Medical Center. She was born March 3, 1952, in Rockwood. Dulla was a member of the Speights Chapel A.M.E. Zion C ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAN GUILTY OF CHILD SEX CRIME
A Cumberland County man entered a plea of guilty today (Wednesday, January 24, 2024) in criminal court to a child sex crime. Court officials say 62-year-old Michael Joe Phillips was arrested in 202 ...
SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2024
(Check back with this story for updates! Last updated 5:40 p.m. central, Wednesday, January 25, 2024) The reason for closing is either partially icy backroads or a flood threat. The following sc ...
ADDITIONAL AREA COUNTIES ADDED TO FLOOD WATCH
The National Weather Service says a flood watch continues for the following counties in our area: Anderson, Bledsoe, Roane, Loudon, Morgan, Knox, Blount, Scott, Sevier, Rhea, Van Buren, McMinn, Monroe ...
PROPOSED BILL WOULD BAN PADDLING AS PUNISHMENT IN TENNESSEE SCHOOLS
A bill filed in Tennessee by Senator Heidi Campbell and State Representative Jason Powell would officially prohibit corporal punishment, known as paddling or spanking, in schools for Tennessee student ...
