SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK TEMPORARILY CLOSING FOR HIGH WIND AND FIRE THREAT
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will close today in advance of dangerously high winds and a red flag warning. Officials will close Elkmont and Cades Cove campgrounds, and most park roads to p ...
FRANCES “FRAN” VIRGINIA MARTIN, AGE 69
Frances "Fran" Virginia (Brady) Martin of Harford, Maryland, and longtime resident of Roane County in Tennessee, gained her wings and went to fly with the angels. She was 69 years old. Fran was known ...
INJURY REPORTED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN CRAB ORCHARD
Troopers and medics responded early Saturday afternoon to a two-vehicle crash in Cumberland County. The accident report states a 2020 Honda CRV driven by Elizabeth Grace Wallace and a 2010 Ford Edge ...
POLICE: RECKLESS DRIVER ARRESTED ON PEAVINE ROAD
Fairfield Glade police responded to Peavine Road recently to intercept a reckless driver. The arrest report released today states an agent with the TBI called dispatch to report the driver. Authorit ...
FIVE VEHICLE VERSUS DEER ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN 14 HOURS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded last Friday to five vehicles versus deer accidents within 14 hours. The crashes took place on Dallas Smith Road, POW Camp Road, Browntown Road, and the 100th and ...
MARY LOU STAMEY KING OWEN, AGE 84
Mary Lou Stamey King Owen, age 84 of Rockwood, passed away November 18, 2023, at Victorian Square in Rockwood. She was a member of the Courts of Praise Church of God in Harriman. She loved to dance, ...
TENNESSEE FALLS AND BARELY STAYS IN AP TOP 25 FOOTBALL POLL
The Tennessee Volunteers barely stayed in the latest A.P. college football poll released this afternoon The Vols are currently ranked 25th. Tennessee lost to Georgia 38 to 10 Saturday at Neyland Sta ...
FORMER FIRST LADY ROSALYNN CARTER PASSES AWAY
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, died this afternoon at her home in Plains, Georgia at the age of 96. She entered hospice care about two days earlier. “Ro ...
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON NEW CUMBERLAND COUNTY ARCHIVES BUILDING
Construction is underway on the new Cumberland County Archives structure. What used to be First Baptist Church was converted years ago into the archives building. The main section of the church rema ...
AAA: ONE IN FOUR TENNESSEANS HAVE NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN WHILE DRIVING
After a rise in pedestrian fatalities in Tennessee, AAA (The Auto Club Group) is releasing alarming new survey data, which captures close calls between drivers and pedestrians on our roads. According ...
RAYMOND HOYT GUETTNER, AGE 81
Raymond Hoyt Guettner, age 81, of Kingston, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents: Wilbur and Beuna Guetter; brothers: Glenn, Harmon, and Houston Guettner; ...
MARY LOU MYERS, AGE 93
Funeral services for Mary Lou Myers, age 93, of Crossville, who passed away at her home on November 18, 2023, will be held at Bilbrey Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 1 p.m. with burial ...
