
SPECIAL OLYMPICS TO BE HELD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AT SMHS
The 2023 Special Olympics, sponsored by The Arc Cumberland County, will be held this Sunday (September 24, 2023). The event will start at 3 p.m. with a motorcade traveling down Cook Road to Stone Mem ...

ROANE COUNTIAN SENTENCED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Judge Katherine A. Crytzer sentenced 39-year-old Phillip George Turner of Roane County to 17 years in prison for distributing child pornography. Turner pled guilty to one count of distribution of chi ...

POLICE MAKE ARREST IN FATAL STABBING CASE
The Maryville Police Department made an arrest in a fatal stabbing case. Officers responded to a home this week on Southview Drive following a 911 call. Police found 74-year-old John Salvati Jr. and ...

DAVID G. FUTRELL, AGE 80
David G. Futrell, age 80, of Rockwood, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2023. He was born on February 14, 1943, in Coalfield to Alvin & Bernice Futrell. Mr. Futrell was a proud Marine. He was i ...

DARNELL RAMON HAMILTON, AGE 40
A celebration of life is planned for Darnell Ramon Hamilton who gained his wings on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at Methodist Medical Center. Darnell was born on November 28, 1982, to Shirley Hamilton. ...

UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS IN NEARLY EVERY TENNESSEE COUNTY
Ninety-three of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded lower unemployment rates in August 2023, according to new data released today from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Lauderdale Count ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE OFFERING FREE GUN-LOCKING DEVICES
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with Project Child Safe, is distributing free gun-locking devices. Project Child Safe is a program to promote safe firearms handling and sto ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HONORED
Cumberland County Parks and Recreation Director Donnie Moody has been awarded the distinction of Kentucky Colonel. Kentucky Colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentu ...

FRANCES CRABTREE, AGE 36
Frances “Frannie” Crabtree, age 36, of Clinton, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville after a lifelong battle of seizures. She was born February 18, 1987, ...

ELBERT WAYNE JERNIGAN, AGE 86
Elbert Wayne Jernigan was born July 1, 1937 son of Ida Lee (Todd) Jernigan and Earl Clark Jernigan. After failing health for three years, Wayne quietly and peacefully surrendered to the call to his He ...

CROSSVILLE POLICE: JACKSON ARRESTED FOR THEFT AFTER WAVING AT SECURITY CAMERA
It did not take long at all for Crossville police to solve a theft case this week. Officers learned a male had taken two packages delivered and left outside the entrance to a business on West Avenue. ...

BOSWELL ARRESTED AFTER VANDALIZING VEHICLES ON WEST AVENUE
Crossville police responded to West Avenue at the Five Points intersection late Monday afternoon for a man standing in the middle of the road. The report states that 28-year-old Brandon P. Boswell of ...