ICONIC CUMBERLAND COUNTY FOLK ARTISTS POLLY PAGE PASSES AWAY AT AGE 101
An iconic folk artists from Cumberland County has passed away at the age of 101. In her long career as a woodcarver, Polly Page preserved the legacy of Cumberland County’s Pleasant Hill Academy, one o ...
SPARTA WOMAN WANTED BY FLORIDA AUTHORITIES ARRESTED IN CROSSVILLE
A White County woman was arrested in Crossville recently after a check revealed she was wanted by out of state authorities. Police went to Taco Bell on North Main Street for a report of a suspicious p ...
HODGE CHARGED WITH DUI IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police were called early Saturday afternoon (April 18, 2020) to intercept a possible intoxicated driver traveling at a high rate of speed on North Main Street. The arrest report states the ...
162 INMATES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AT BLEDSOE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
The Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) launched a third round of mass testing yesterday for an additional 3,100 inmates at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex, the Northwest Correctional C ...
EXPECT DELAYS APRIL 20-23, 2020 ON I-40 IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Motorists can expect delays the majority of this week on I-40 around mile marker 326 as TDOT crews will be milling and paving. The work will reduce traffic in this area to one lane during the daytime ...
10-YEAR-OLD CHILD THROAT SLASHED AFTER VIDEO GAME ARGUMENT IN LEWIS COUNTY, TENNESSEE
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Department says a 10-year-old boy’s throat was slashed after an argument with an adult about a video game at a home on Howards Switch Road. The incident reports states someo ...
PROTESTERS RALLY IN TENNESSEE IN FAVOR OF REOPENING ECONOMY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Around 100 protesters gathered outside of West Town Mall in Knoxville yesterday in favor of reopening the economy and to express frustration with the continued closure of some businesses. The group in ...
7,070 CASES OF COVID 19 IN TENNESSEE, CUMBERLAND HOLDS AT 57 TOTAL CASES, ROANE COUNTY HOLDS AT 8 TOTAL – APRIL 19, 2020
The Tennessee Department of Health said in their report released this afternoon there are 7,070 total confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state. Officials say as of today (April 19, 2020), 148 died, ...
OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY WILL FEATURE VIRTUAL COMMEMORATION
Survivors and victims’ families came together this morning (Sunday, April 19, 2020) to pay virtual tribute to the lives lost and lives altered 25 years ago on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb destroy ...
RETIRED ROANE COUNTY DEPUTY DON WAMPLER, AGE 79
Don Wampler, age 79, of Harriman, passed away April 17, 2020 at his home. He retired from the Navy after 27 years of service and also retired from the Roane County Sherriff’s office after 17 years of ...
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ARRESTS MICHIGAN MURDER SUSPECT IN BRADLEY COUNTY
The United States Marshals issued a be on the lookout yesterday for a silver Jeep Cherokee being driven by 32-year-old Mohammed Ali Saad of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Saad is a suspect in a Dearborn ...
FOUR DEAD, ONE INJURED IN CHATTANOOGA HOUSE FIRE
Four adults died and another was injured in a house fire around 3 a.m. this morning in Chattanooga. Firefighters responded to the residence on Carousel Road and started battling the fire while searchi ...
