ROBERT IRISH, AGE 63
Robert “Bob” Irish, age 63, of Rockwood, formerly of Cape Coral, Florida, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023, at Roane Medical Center. He was born March 29, 1960, in Albany, New York. He was a reti ...
NANCY ANN MALAVIES, AGE 89
Nancy Ann Malavies, age 89, of Harriman, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at her home. She was born on August 9, 1934, in Knoxville. She was a U.S. Army veteran. She was a faithful member of ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN PICKUP TRUCK CRASH IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A man lost his life in a recent single-vehicle accident on I-40 in Cumberland County. The report released this morning by the Tennessee Highway Patrol states a 1998 Chevy pickup driven by 61-year-old ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION TO PETITION STATE TO NAME BRIDGE IN HONOR OF GARRETT
Last night, the Cumberland County Commission voted unanimously to petition the state to rename the Scott Creek Bridge on Highway 127 North in memory of David “Dave” Warren Garrett. He was born on Dece ...
MONTEREY MAN ONE OF TWO CHARGED WITH MURDER
Two men are charged with murder in Putnam County. The case goes back to June 11, 2023. On that day, officers responded to a hotel about an unconscious male. They discovered 48-year-old Angel Fernande ...
CDC: TENNESSEE RANKS AMONG WORST STATES FOR FLU
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says Tennessee residents are at high risk for contracting the flu. The CDC says Tennessee is among more than a dozen states considered a high-risk ...
MAN WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NEW YORK ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY
Last night, a Roane County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop an SUV on Roane State Highway at Pine Ridge Road after the driver ran a stop sign. The motorist refused to stop and fled from law ...
JANET BAKER PITTS, AGE 73
Born March 29, 1950, in Rockwood, Janet Baker Pitts died in Foley, Alabama on December 14, 2023. She was preceded in death by her father: Arnold Baker; and her beloved mother: Margaret Early Baker. ...
TDOT 10-YEAR PLAN INCLUDES LOCAL AND AREA PROJECTS
Today, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) released its new ten-year plan. Funding for the projects will be through traditional state and federal money. Some of the projects in our are ...
FORMER POLICE OFFICER LIVING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ARRESTED FOR MURDER
Law enforcement says a former police officer residing in Cumberland County was taken into custody Friday for the strangulation death of a woman in a Chattanooga neighborhood. Officers arrested 43-yea ...
TIPS AND STEPS TO STAY WARM AND SAFE IN WINTER
The temperature tonight (Monday, December 18, 2023) on the plateau is expected in the upper teens with a wind chill of at or below zero Ahead of celebrating traditional winter holidays such as Christ ...
FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO SILO BLAZE AT ROYAL OAK IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County and Crossville firefighters responded early yesterday morning to a silo fire at Royal Oak on the 13,000 block of Highway 70 North. Emergency medical services stood by on the scene t ...
