TENNESSEE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS AT 3.1 PERCENT
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) said yesterday the statewide unemployment rate for August 2023 remained at the state’s all-time low seasonally adjusted rate of 3.1 ...
BODY IDENTIFIED AS HOMICIDE VICTIM FOUND IN LOUDON COUNTY NEARLY FOUR DECADES AGO
A man whose remains were found in 1985 in Loudon County has been identified as a result of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative. On September 29, 1985, a bo ...
EWALD WILLIAM SCHULT, AGE 75
Ewald William “Bill” Schult, age 75, of Crossville, passed away at Cumberland House on Monday, September 18, 2023. Mr. Schult was born on October 9, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of the late E ...
PEARL M. FISHER, AGE 94
Pearl M. Fisher, age 94, of Spring City, Tennessee, died on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on September 1, 1929, to the late Nelson and Anna F ...
HOME OF FORMER METEOROLOGIST DESTROYED BY FIRE IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville firefighters responded just before 4 a.m. this morning to 99 Justice Street to a structure blaze. Crews arrived to see flames coming from several areas of the home. Crossville Fire Chief ...
TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40 IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A tractor-trailer accident this morning at the 333 eastbound mile marker of I-40 left traffic backed up for miles for hours. The crash happened around 7 a.m. when the driver of the 1997 Peterbilt, 36 ...
DRIVER AIRLIFTED FROM SCENE OF TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a serious accident near the Smith/Putnam County line at the 269 westbound mile marker of I-40. According to preliminary information from the Tennessee Hi ...
HELEN BROWN DAVIDSON, AGE 72
Helen Brown Davidson, age 72 of Rockwood, went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 16, 2023. Helen was born in Sparkmon, Arkansas, to Robert Brown & Margerine Edgeston on February 14, 1951 ...
SPECIAL CEREMONY SET TO HONOR CROSSVILLE WAR HERO
A special ceremony will be held on Friday, September 29, 2023, in Crossville to honor the memory and service of 1st Sgt. Milo Lemert. The event will start at 10:30 a.m. at the city cemetery at the gr ...
GEORGE “RICK” MCABEE, AGE 53
George Richard “Rick” Curtis McAbee, age 53, of Harriman, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 16, 2023, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on October 27, 1969, in Eas ...
OVERTURNED VEHICLE ON I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY CREATING TRAFFIC BACKUP
(Updated as of 10 a.m. central, Tuesday, September 19, 2023) An overturned vehicle at the 333-mile marker of I-40 in eastern Cumberland County is creating a backup to near the 329-mile marker (Crab O ...
FAVORABLE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR HARVEST
(The following report is for the week ending September 18, 2023) Tennessee has continued to see mostly dry weather with just a few pockets of precipitation across the state. Most counties are pushing ...
