
AVENGERS ENDGAME SINKS TITANIC TO BECOME #2 HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE IN HISTORY
It is officially a global phenomenon! This weekend, Avengers: Endgame has surpassed Avengers Infinity War, Star Wars The Force Awakens and Titanic to become the 2nd biggest worldwide highest-grossing ...

STEEL BRIDGE, TRANSFORMED TO PLAY FOR FUNDRAISER AT PALACE
The acoustic bluegrass gospel group Steel Bridge will be performing in concert Saturday, June 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, on Main Street in Crossville. The event is a benefit for the Cumber ...

PLEASANT HILL FIREHOUSE FUNDRAISERS SCHEDULED
The Pleasant Hill Firehouse is sponsoring a pair of fundraisers Saturday, May 18, at the Pecan Place Event Center, 246 Goose Hollow Lane in Crossville. From 11 to 3 p.m. there’s a kid-friendly event, ...

CUMBERLAND TRAIL SPRING WELLNESS FAIR SLATED
The Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail will host its first Spring Wellness Fair, Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., to celebrate National Park Rx Day and the Tennessee State Parks’ Healthy Park ...

WYNONNA AND THE BIG NOISE TO HEADLINE RHYTHM AND ROOTS FESTIVAL
Organizers for the 2019 Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion have announced the entertainment lineup for the annual festival, September 20-22. Headlining the event will be Wynonna and the Big Noise. Othe ...

GUNS N’ ROSES, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, DEF LEPPARD TO HEADLINE EXIT 111 ROCK FEST
Are you ready to rock? Circle October 11-13 on your calendar and get ready for the Exit 111 Festival in Manchester. The new rock festival at Great Stage Park, the site of the Bonnaroo Music & Art ...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN ANNUAL WRITERS COMPETITION
At the Tennessee Mountain Writers’ 31st annual conference in Oak Ridge over the weekend, several area writers came up winners in various categories. Separate categories gave student and adult write ...

UPCOMING CLOSURES AT ART CIRCLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
The staff of the Art Circle Public Library would like to remind patrons the library will be closed from Monday, April 15, through Saturday, April 20, for inventory (Monday through Thursday) and for ob ...

NEW YELLOW PERCH STATE RECORD SET BY VISITOR FROM MICHIGAN
A Michigan man of Michigan now holds the Tennessee state record for yellow perch after catching a two pound five ounce fish March 26. Jeremy Lorenz was visiting his cousin, Eric Reed of Birchwood, ...

POWERBALL JACKPOT NOW $750M AFTER NO WINNING TICKET DRAWN
Three quarters of a billion dollars. That’s what Lottery officials estimate the Powerball jackpot will be for Wednesday’s drawing. That would make it the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history. And if ...

FINALLY THEY AGREE ON SOMETHING: BLUETICK COONHOUND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED STATE DOG
Governor Bill Lee has signed into law a new bill that designates the bluetick coonhound as Tennessee’s official state dog. The bill introduced by Rep. Bill Beck would make the hound a state symbol. ...

LOCAL MAN CELEBRATES BIG RACING WIN IN GEORGIA
When the checkered flag came down Saturday night, Brandon Williams of Crossville came up the big winner at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. In a heart-pounding race against Cameron Weaver, #95 ...