BREAKING NEWS – SEARCH ON FOR JAIL ESCAPEES IN FENTRESS COUNTY
BREAKING NEWS - The Fentress County Sheriff’s Department is looking for two escapees in orange pants and white tee shirt last seen in the area of Highway 127 and State Road 296 south of Jamestown. If ...
JUDGE GIVEN UPDATES FROM ATTORNEYS IN CUMBERLAND CO. MURDER CASES
Courts in the area are trying catching up from a backlog in numerous cases as a result of the pandemic. A Cumberland County criminal court judge received updates Friday (July 16, 2021) from defense at ...
HEAVY RAINFALL CREATES FLOODING CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS
Over an hour or so of heavy rainfall in Cumberland County east towards near Knovxille late yesterday set up flooding conditions. Around 5 p.m. central, thunderstorms broke out on the plateau and in t ...
TROOPERS RESPOND TO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-40 NEAR CRAB ORCHARD
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle crash on I-40 at the 330 mile marker in Cumberland County late yesterday afternoon. A 2012 Chevy Cruz driven by 23-year-old Erwin Gabriel Cruz-Flore ...
TROOPERS ARREST WANTED FUGITIVE AFTER CHASE ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol took Richard Molter into custody today in Madison County after a high-speed pursuit. Molter was wanted in Maryland for several felonies including 1st and 2nd degree assaul ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JULY 16, 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 – 13 remaining active remaining cases (UP 2) out ...
FLO ELLA BLEVINS, AGE 91
Flo Ella Blevins, age 91, of Crossville, was born November 25, 1929 in Hamblin County, Tennessee to Lawson Robert and Sarah Alice Evans Long. She was one of eight children: James, Horace, Trophine, St ...
JAMES FRANKLIN HOOD, AGE 88
James Franklin Hood, age 88, of Seymour, Tennessee died peacefully at home July 16th, 2021 having finished his race and keeping the faith while doing so. Reverend Hood was an ordained minister of the ...
DIANA LEE NANCE WOLFE, AGE 59
Diana Lee Nance Wolfe, age 59, of Rockwood, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021 at Roane Medical Center. She was born January 25, 1962 to Carl and Virginia Nance. She was a custodian for several years a ...
FORD RECALLS OVER 800,000 SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS
Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 800,000 SUVs and pickup trucks. It includes 775,000 Ford Explorer SUVs from the model years 2013-2017. Separate recalls were issued for 34,939 2020-2021 mode ...
SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CONDUCT DUI CHECKPOINTS
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department supported in a multi-agency DUI checkpoint on Highway 27 at the Roane/Rhea county line last night. At the same time, the Wartburg Police Department and the Morga ...
TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 127 NORTH
Troopers say a driver escaped injury in a vehicle accident on Highway 127 North yesterday. The report states a 1986 Kenworth tractor-trailer operated by Christopher Turbett of Crossville ran off the r ...
