HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDS TO OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER
A driver was injured after a tractor-trailer overturned in Loudon County before sunrise this morning. It happened on I-75 just south of the 75/40 split. Officials say the clean-up effort required seve ...
CROSSVILLIAN ESCAPES INJURY IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle accident Thursday on I-40 in Roane County. The report released today states a 2015 Peterbilt tractor-trailer operated by 56-year-old Donald R. Johns ...
UNEMPLOYED TENNESSEE RESIDENTS SUE STATE, GOVERNOR TO REINSTATE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Seven Tennessee residents have filed a lawsuit against Governor Bill Lee for stopping federal unemployment benefits earlier this year. Lee pulled out of the benefits program at the start of July, mor ...
TROOPER ESCORTS WOMAN IN LABOR TO HOSPITAL AFTER PULLING HER OVER FOR SPEEDING
A Kentucky state trooper escorted a woman in labor to the hospital after he pulled her over for speeding. "I went from, you know, thinking that I was in a vehicle pursuit to how am I going to get the ...
EMMA JEAN BILBREY, AGE 77
Funeral services for Emma Jean Bilbrey, age 77, of Nashville, who passed away July 27, 2021, will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at 1 p.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation w ...
THOMAS R. TAYON, AGE 83
A Celebration of Life service for Thomas R. Tayon, age 83, of Crossville, who passed away July 9, 2021, will be held Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 1 p.m. central at Oaklawn Farms located at 5754 Highwa ...
HENRY E. GODDARD, AGE 79
Memorial services for Henry E. Goddard, age 79 of Crossville, will be held Monday August 2, 2021 at 2 p.m. central at Hood Funeral Home in Crossville. The family will receive friends prior to the serv ...
SECTION OF DUNBAR ROAD CLOSED FROM 6 P.M. JULY 30 TO 6 A.M. AUG. 2
A section of Dunbar Road in Lake Tansi from War Eagle Drive to Chacoto Drive will be closed from 6 p.m. Friday, July 30, 2021 until 6 a.m. Monday, August 2, 2021. The reason is continued work to insta ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM DAY BEFORE. BLEDSOE – 45 current active cases (UP 5). Since the star ...
JAMES RICHARD MALLORY, AGE 76
James Richard Mallory, age 76, of Crossville, was born to John Oscar and Louise Mary Elmer Mallory in Cincinnati, Ohio. He passed away July 28, 2021 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He served in the 91st B ...
LEE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE AND VACCINATION EFFORTS FOR COVID-19
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 82 today. It is a limited continuing state of emergency calling for the use of the national and state guard to support certain health care and vaccin ...
DOTSON CONTINUES TO SERVE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR STARVATION DEATH OF 2-YEAR-OLD SON
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals this week upheld the conviction of Matthew Dotson. He was found guilty in Roane County of the 2012 starvation death of his son, 2-year-old Clifford Dotson. Cour ...
