ROANE STATE WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Roane State Community College is one of just four institutions from across the country to earn Leader College of Distinction status, the highest designation offered to institutions in the Achieving th ...
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED ON I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(1:50 p.m. central, Wednesday, February 17, 2021) – There is an accident reported at the 325.6 mile marker of I-40 in Cumberland County. Westbound right lane is blocked as well as the right shoulder. ...
TALK RADIO PIONEER RUSH LIMBAUGH PASSES AWAY AT AGE 70
Rush Limbaugh, who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died today at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer. ...
HOUSING AUTHORITY OFFICE DESTROYED BY FIRE
The Athens Fire Department responded to a blaze at the housing authority office late last night on Clark Street. They arrived to see the structure completely engulfed in flames. The McMinn County, Eng ...
GOLDBERG INDICTED BY GRAND JURY ON 27 COUNTS
A Roane County grand jury indicted 55-year-old Donald E. Goldberg of Harriman on 27 counts including theft and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Court documents state one of the offenses in ...
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
The Cumberland County Commission met last night (Tuesday, February 16, 2021). The following resolutions passed: Beth Wyatt-Davis was appointed to the Crossville-Cumberland County Convention and ...
BEARS FOUND SLEEPING UNDER TENNESSEE HOME AFTER GAS LEAK
Utility workers checking on a reported gas leak in Tennessee over the weekend were surprised when they crawled under the house and found "the ample caboose of a very large snoozing bear." Now the mot ...
POLICE: MOTHER, BOYFRIEND CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE AFTER INFANT SUFFERS 27 BROKEN BONES
A Georgia woman and her boyfriend have been accused of child abuse after her infant daughter was discovered to have suffered 27 broken bones. Authorities say 30-year-old Jessica Miranda Coffey brough ...
CHRISTIAN MUSIC ICON CARMAN PASSES AWAY AT AGE 65
Carman Dominic Licciardello, simply known by his first name, has passed away at the age of 65. Carman had been hospitalized in Las Vegas for complications following surgery to repair a hiatal hernia. ...
ANOTHER WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING for the following counties in Tennessee: CUMBERLAND, CLAY, PICKETT, PUTNAM, OVERTON, FENTRESS, DEKALB, WHITE and VAN BUREN In Kentucky, ...
MCCART ARRESTED AFTER STANDOFF ON DEEP DRAW ROAD
While serving a warrant on a female subject at a home on Deep Draw Road just after midnight yesterday, Cumberland County deputies encountered 64-year-old John Richard McCart of Crossville. The report ...
VEHICLE FIRE REPORTED ON OAK CREST LANE
Cumberland County first responders recently went to the scene of a vehicle fire on Oak Crest Lane. The owner told authorities he was sitting inside of his home when he started to smell smoke, looked o ...
