WEEKLY AREA FISHING REPORT – DECEMBER 12, 2019
WATTS BAR Reservoir Conditions: The lake elevation is 737.49 feet. The water temperature is 51.6 degrees. Crappie: Crappie are being caught while using jigs around docks, structure in open water, an ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY DEPUTY RECEIVES AWARDS FROM M.A.D.D.
Cumberland County Deputy Jonathan Stout received the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) Bronze Award for 26 DUI arrest in 2018. Deputy Stout also, for the 4th year, received the East Tennessee S ...
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE FOR PARTS OF MORGAN COUNTY
TVA is planning a power outage that will involve Plateau Electric Cooperative members in Morgan County tomorrow night (December 14, 2019) at 11:59 p.m. lasting two hours. Crews will be repairing a swi ...
NINE TO RUN FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSOR SEAT
The Cumberland County Election Commission says the deadline to qualify to run for property assessor was at noon today. Nine are now in contention for the position being vacated by David Simcox who wil ...
VICTIM IN BLOUNT COUNTY HIT AND RUN PASSES AWAY
A man seriously injured in a hit and run in Blount County this past Friday night has passed away. Sheriff James Lee Berrong confirmed today 36-year-old Troy Christopher Sample died from injuries susta ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY RECEIVES STATE AWARD
Cumberland County Sheriff Deputy Kobe Cox has been named the 2019 “Deputy of the Year" by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. This award is given in recognition for his extraordinary efforts given ev ...
TWO ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION FOUND IN BATHROOM AT HIGH SCHOOL IN MCMINN COUNTY
This morning a Central High School student in McMinn County reported found 2 rounds of ammunition in the floor of a restroom. School officials and the student resource officer were notified. The scho ...
HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Cumberland County Fire Department responded recently to a house blaze on Robbins Road. The report released late yesterday states the residence was a total loss and was unoccupied at the time of t ...
VINA MAE TAYLOR, AGE 87
Vina Mae Taylor, age 87, of Crossville, passed away December 9, 2019. She is survived by her children: David Earl Taylor (Sandy), Lou Ann Gaskins, Donald Ray Taylor, and Elizabeth Geneva Evans (Lawren ...
HOBERT A. NEWPORT, AGE 65
Hobert “Hobie” Ancil Newport, age 65, of Harriman, passed away December 9, 2019. He is survived by daughters: Tonya Kelly (David) of Rockwood, Amanda Newport (Fiance - Seth Claiborne) of Crossville, a ...
CROSSVILLE MAN KILLED, TWO INJURED IN VEHICLE CRASH
A vehicle accident yesterday claimed the life of a Crossville man. Trooper Justin Mote says a 2001 Ford Escape operated by 48-year-old Carlos Eldridge of Sparta crossed the center lane on Lantana Road ...
PUTNAM COUNTY FAMILY PREPARES TO LAY TO REST 10-YEAR-OLD AFTER SUICIDE
A Putnam County family will lay to rest a 10-year-old boy that apparently took his own life this past Saturday. Ian Austin died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Austin was a fourth grade ...
