GRAND JURY HANDS DOWN MURDER CHARGES AGAINST PARKS, HOLLOWAY AND AIKENS
A Roane County grand jury handed down first-degree murder charges against 40-year-old Shane Douglas Parks of Harriman, 40-year-old Nicholas Ryan Holloway of Rockwood and 36-year-old Joshua Keith Aiken ...
TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD HEADS TO TEXAS THIS SUMMER FOR TRAINING
Nearly 3,000 members of the Tennessee Army National Guard are headed to Fort Hood, Texas, this summer for a training exercise as part of their Annual Training. Soldiers from the 278th Armored Cavalry ...
ALMA JOYCE DAVIS, AGE 79
Funeral services for Alma Joyce Davis, age 79, of Crab Orchard, will be held Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 7 p.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation will be held prior to the servic ...
EDWARD F. WETMILLER, JR., AGE 74
No services are scheduled at this time for Edward F. Wetmiller, Jr., age 74, of Fairfield Glade, who passed away June 28, 2021. Survivors include wife: Pam Wetmiller; daughters: Elaine Wetmiller and ...
GLEN KELLY MOORE, AGE 65
Glen Kelly Moore, age 65, of Rockwood, passed away June 23, 2021, at his home. He was born July 1, 1956 in Rockwood. Kelly was a rock specialist, owning and operating Moore Enterprises harvesting and ...
BILL COSBY’S SEX ASSAULT CONVICTION OVERTURNED BY PENNSYLVANIA COURT
(DEVELOPING NEWS) - Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction was overturned today by Pennsylvania’s highest court. The judge found an agreement with a previous prosecutor that prevented him from being char ...
INFORMATION ON THE NEW TENNESSEE PERMITLESS HANDGUN CARRY LAW
Tennessee’s permitless handgun carry law goes into effect tomorrow (July 1, 2021). Despite the TBI and the Tennessee Sheriff’s Associations opposition to his legislation that would end gun permits in ...
‘GENERAL HOSPITAL’ STAR STUART DAMON PASSES AWAY AT AGE 84
Stuart Damon, an actor known for playing Dr. Alan Quartermaine in "General Hospital," has passed away at the age of 84. Family members say Damon had been struggling with renal failure for five years ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN APARTMENT FIRE ON PLEASANT RIDGE ROAD
Knoxville Metro firefighters responded to a residential blaze last night at Autumn Landing Apartments at 6331 Pleasant Ridge Road. They arrived to not only see flames coming from the dwelling but lear ...
LIGHTNING STRIKES CHURCH IN WESTEL
Firefighters in Cumberland County as well as in Rockwood responded to Westel Baptist Church on Highway 70 around 6 p.m. eastern yesterday. A motorist passing by reported smoke was coming from the smal ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 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 – 4 active remaining cases (down 1) out of 2,215 ...
COMMISSIONERS TOUR OLD BANK FOR POSSIBLE LOCATION OF COUNTY ARCHIVES
Members of the Cumberland County Commission toured the old Progressive Bank building on Highway 127 South near the health department late this afternoon. The purpose was to consider it as a future loc ...
