FIRE UNITS STAY BUSY
At around 1 a.m. Sunday morning, the Crossville fire department was dispatched to North Street to a house fire. An ambulance was dispatched for one resident. At around the same time the Cumberland Cou ...
LONG TIME ROCKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND BUSINESS LEADER ROLLAND H. CISSON PASSES
Roland H. Cisson passed away peacefully in his home on March 19, 2022. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wildwood, FL. And formerly faithful at First Baptist Church of Rockwood, TN. He was r ...
ROANE CO MOURNS LOSS OF MEMBER OF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
A member of a Roane County volunteer fire department died earlier this week, according to a post from the Roane County Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security. “Mr. Raymond Roddy was a jo ...
STATE OFFICIALS TO BE IN ROANE CO SATURDAY COLLECTING HAZARDOUS WASTE
Tennessee environmental officials say crews will be in Fayette, Hamblen and Roane counties this weekend to collect hazardous waste. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation says its m ...
MONTEREY APPOINTS INTERIM MAYOR, FIRES CITY ATTORNEY
Monterey Board of Aldermen voted Nathan Walker to serve as interim mayor at a special called meeting Monday. Walker was the only nominee made by the board to replace JJ Reels who resigned earlier thi ...
TENNESSEE ADOPTS A NEW STATE SONG, “I’ll LEAVE MY HEART IN TENNESSEE”
One Tennessee tune has now become the state song after bipartisan support from lawmakers. This month, Gov. Bill Lee signed off on the song "I'll Leave My Heart in Tennessee" sung by Grand Ole Opry mu ...
NEW ROANE CO DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS CHOSEN
In a special called session of The Board of Education for Roane County on Monday decided in a 7 to 3 vote to not hire a search firm to look for a new schools director, now that current Schools Directo ...
DETAILED TIMELINE OF FAIRFIELD GLADE TRIPLE SHOOTING FRIDAY, MURDER SUSPECT IN JAIL-NO BOND
57-year-old Tony Davenport has been charged with first-degree murder in the Fairfield Glade shooting death of 24-year-old Jacob Lewis along with two charges of attempted murder of Jacobs’s mother and ...
Fairfield Glade Man Charged with Murder in Triple Shooting
FAIRFIELD GLADE – A joint investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Fairfield Glade Police Department, and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in ...
FAIRFIELD GLADE SHOOTING SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
What appeared to start as a home invasion last night in Fairfield Glade turned into a shooting this morning at 11:30 in the same location and possibly the same residence. A press release sent to 105. ...
BEER PRICES IN TENN COULD SOON SKYROCKET DUE TO UKRAINE WAR
The price of beer could soon be on the rise in East Tennessee because of the war in Ukraine after breweries already have to manage separate supply chain issues and inflation. According to the U.S ...
KINGSTON SENATOR YAGER WANTS PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE ACROSS TN
Senator Ken Yager working on legislation to explore passenger railroad service across the state. Yager said Senate Bill 2343 would require the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relat ...
