ROANE STATE FOUNDATION AWARDS 72 SCHOLARSHIPS
HARRIMAN, TN (06/09/2025)-- Roane State Foundation recently awarded a total of 72 scholarships worth more than $67,000 to high school seniors from nearly 37 schools within the Roane State Community Co ...
WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER PULLING KNIFE ON MOTHER-IN-LAW
On May 26, 2025, police responded to a domestic disturbance at an apartment on Savannah Lane in Crossville. A woman reported that her daughter-in-law, Ashlen Starr Roysdon, threw broken glass at her, ...
EMS RESPONDS TO ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 111
From Sparta Rescue Squad: On 6/9/25 at 2:13 p.m., Sparta-White County Rescue, along with Sparta Fire Department, White County EMS, and Tennessee Highway Patrol, were dispatched to an MVA with injur ...
CUMBERLAND DEPUTIES ARREST TWO FOR PAYPAL SCAM
Crossville, TN – The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two individuals in connection with a sophisticated PayPal scam that targeted a local resident in the Vandever community. The arrest ...
OVER 2,100 WITHOUT POWER IN CROSSVILLE
Volunteer Energy Cooperative is reporting a power outage affecting over 2,100 homes in the area of Crossville. The cause of the outage is currently unknown. VEC crews are likely working on fixing t ...
SLY STONE PASSES AWAY AT 82
Sly Stone, the legendary frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, passed away on June 9, 2025, at the age of 82 in Los Angeles. His family confirmed that he died peacefully, surrounded by his three child ...
Robert (Bob) Pluff, 82
Bilbrey - It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Robert (Bob) Pluff, who left this world peacefully on June 4, 2025. At the age of 82, he succumbed to complications from cancer. Bob w ...
Joy Sue (Howard) Rose, 90
Bilbrey - Joy Sue (Howard) Rose, age 90, of Crossville, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2025, at her home. Mrs. Rose was born on June 16, 1934, in Crab Orchard, Tennessee, daughter of the ...
Delbert Wade Smith, 66
Crossville Memorial - Delbert Wade Smith, born on November 3, 1958, in Crossville, TN, USA, passed away on June 4, 2025. He was a true son of Crab Orchard, Tennessee, where he built a life and a legac ...
Verlon H. Melton, 89
Hood - VERLON H. Melton age 89 of Crab Orchard, TN passed away June 6, 2025. He was born May 2, 1936, in Lancing, TN, the son of Hugh G. and Hazel Kilby Melton. He retired after twenty five years with ...
John W. “Bill” Norris, 86
Davis - Mr. John W. "Bill" Norris, age 86, of Oakdale, passed away Friday June 6, 2025, at Roane Medical Center in Harriman. He was a long-time member of the Church of God of Prophesy in Rockwood. Bil ...
William C. “Bill” Cline, 64
Evans - Mr. William C. "Bill" Cline, age 64, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2025, at the Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born on November 21, 1960, in Jacksonville, Florida. Bill was of t ...
