
PAULA SHERROD BILBREY, AGE 61
Paula Sherrod Bilbrey, age 61, was born on June 26, 1962, to Carl and Diane Davis in Long Beach, California, and passed away on November 6, 2023, in Crossville, after a short battle with illness. Pau ...

DAVID “BUCK WHEAT” RECTOR, AGE 63
David “Buck Wheat” Rector, age 63, was born on June 4, 1960, to the late Gene and Katherin (Griffin) Rector in Crossville, and passed away on November 7, 2023, in Crossville. He was preceded in death ...

TRACTOR-TRAILER FIRE ON I-40 IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Firefighters responded to a tractor-trailer blaze around 8 p.m. on Interstate 40 in Cumberland County last night. As crews battled the fire, one eastbound lane was closed at the 339-mile marker nea ...

K-9 SEARCH CONDUCTED ON THREE MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS
At the request of Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter, in cooperation with the Morgan County Schools Director David Treece, and in coordination with Morgan County EMA Director Ethan Webb, a joint K-9 s ...

PRISON SENTENCE GIVEN TO DRUG SUPPLIER IN MORGAN COUNTY FATAL OVERDOSE CASE
Anthony Shelley and Tammy Conner were convicted this week on charges related to an overdose death from fentanyl, which occurred in Deer Lodge on May 21, 2022. Shelley provided fentanyl to Conner in ex ...

MAN ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING BELMONT UNIVERSITY STUDENT
The Nashville District Attorney’s Office says a man arrested for shooting a Belmont University student was previously ruled incompetent to stand trial in a different incident. Officers say Jillian Lu ...

MCMINN COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION
The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation leading to 26-year-old Cody Lynn McBroon pleading guilty this week to two counts of tax evasion. T ...

DROUGHT DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK AVAILABLE IN AREA COUNTIES
Ranchers and livestock producers in several area counties are now eligible to apply for drought disaster assistance. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency says farmers in Bledsoe, Br ...

MOLLY NEAL FROM CCHS WINS NATIONAL ESSAY
Cumberland County High School sophomore and national essay winner Molly Neal was invited to read her essay “What the United States Flag Stands For” last night at the Cumberland County Field of Honor. ...

ARMED SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER ALTERCATION AT GAS STATION IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies and the Tennessee Highway Patrol responded Monday to the Exxon gas station on Plateau Road and I-40 for a reported armed man. The arrest report released today states the cl ...

TWO ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES ON TABOR LOOP
Cumberland County deputies went to a home Monday on the 3400 block of Tabor Loop to a domestic altercation. The report released today states officers encountered 29-year-old Nathan Kenneth Sherrill a ...

CROSSVILLE CITY MANAGER NOT SEEKING CONTRACT EXTENSION
Crossville City Manager Greg Wood told the city council last night in a work session he would not be seeking a contract extension. Wood indicated he will work up to May of 2024 to have a smooth trans ...