HIGH SPEED PURSUIT STARTING ON HIGHWAY 62 ENDS WITH ARREST
A Monterey police officer took a reckless driver into custody following a high speed pursuit on Highway 62 this morning. The vehicle operated by Johnny Dexter Ray Key of Monterey turned onto Muddy Pon ...
POWER CABLE TO OVERHEAD SIGN ON I-40 VANDALIZED IN OZONE AREA
Tennessee Department of Transportation officials this week informed the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department a power cable was pulled out of the ground running to an overhead sign on I-40 at the Ash ...
COOPER CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CHILD SEX CRIMES
Roane County authorities took 41-year-old Joshua David Cooper into custody yesterday for child sex crimes. The sheriff’s department says Cooper faces five counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a ...
JOSEPH DANIELS MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY
A trial of Joseph Daniels is scheduled to get underway today (June 3, 2021) in Dickson County. A jury from Hamilton County was brought in to hear testimony in the case and will be sequestered during t ...
TENNESSEE TO HOLD YEAR-LONG TAX-FREE HOLIDAY FOR GUN SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Tennessee will hold a tax holiday exclusively for firearm safety equipment starting July 1 at midnight and runs through June 2022. Citizens will be able to purchase items like gun safes, locking devic ...
SILVER ALERT CONTINUES FOR CHARLES MARTIN
The TBI says a Silver Alert continues this morning (June 3, 2021) for 81-year-old Charles Albert Martin. He was last seen May 31, 2021 in Mumford, Tennessee. Martin stands 6’1” tall and weighs 142 pou ...
EMS MEDICAL SERVICES SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT PRACTICES RAPPELLING
Yesterday (June 2, 2021) was a training day for the Cumberland County Emergency Medical Services Special Operations Unit. Crews went to Ozone Falls with the sheriff's Office SWAT team to practice rapp ...
UPDATE FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON COVID-19 TESTING AND VACCINES
The Cumberland County Health Department announced yesterday COVID-19 testing will remain at the community complex until Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Officials will then re-evaluate and see if changes nee ...
ACTOR ROBERT HOGAN PASSES AWAY AT AGE 87
Robert Hogan, a TV character actor who was a regular on "Peyton Place" for two seasons and recurred on "The Wire" and such other popular series as "Law & Order" and "Alice," has passed away. He wa ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 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 – 12 active remaining cases (down 1) out of 2,19 ...
MAXINE BOATMAN MARTIN, AGE 84
Maxine Boatman Martin, age 84, of Florence, Alabama, formerly of Crossville, Tennessee, passed away at Shoals Hospital. Maxine was devoted to her family, her work for over 40 years with Hibbett Sports ...
VICTIM REPORTEDLY STABBED TWICE IN BACK DURING FIGHT
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is looking into a stabbing. A 29-year-old male victim told them he got into a fight with a man yesterday. The aggressor pulled a knife and pierced him twice ...
