FIRE SAFETY POSTER CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to the winners of the Cumberland County Fire Department Fire Safety Poster Contest: Nolan Bell Courtney Watson Hunter Morgan Rachael Sexton Haley Sexton Isabella Hoover Emory Sh ...
TENNESSEE TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON NURSING HOME VISITS
The Tennessee Department of Health announced state-specific visitation restrictions for long-term care facilities will end this Sunday, February 28, 2021. Facilities should use the federal Centers for ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,692 active cases (down 566 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 768,946 total cases. •743,254 reco ...
JOHN WAYNE HAMBY INDICTED FOR RAPE OF A CHILD
Cumberland County deputies went to a home on Price Loop near the Westel community yesterday to arrest 40-year-old John Wayne Hamby. He was indicted by a grand jury this week for rape of a child. The ...
DRIVER DECEASED IN TRAFFIC CRASH ON MILLER BYPASS IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police says a traffic crash on Miller Bypass at 4:45 a.m. this morning was the apparent result of a suicide. The subject was driving a Nissan sedan northbound when he fatally shot himself. ...
DYAL ARRESTED AGAIN FOR VIOLATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Cumberland County authorities say 29-year-old Willie Dyal was taken into custody this week for violation of the sex offender registry. The sheriff’s office says Dyal has been booked into the jail 23 ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 70
A single vehicle accident last night on Highway 70 near Dogwood Valley Road in eastern Roane County claimed a life. The highway patrol says a 2001 Saturn operated by 60-year-old Richard C. Keil of Kno ...
FATAL VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTED ON MILLER BYPASS IN CROSSVILLE
(4:45 a.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2021) - There a single vehicle accident on Miller Bypass in Crossville between Weigels and Cumberland County High School. The driver left the road and struck a utili ...
STANDOFF IN LAKE TANSI ENDS WITH ARREST
A standoff between an armed suspect and law enforcement in Lake Tansi ended peacefully this evening. Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox says 20-year-old Kevin Brown faces charges of aggravated assaul ...
FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO HOUSE BLAZE ON OAKDALE HIGHWAY
Firefighters responded last night to 1432 Oakdale Highway in Harriman for a structure blaze. When crews got to the scene near the Morgan/Roane county line, they reported the fire was in the basement a ...
CARDIN, SIMMONS AND STOKES INDICTED ON CHARGES BY GRAND JURY
A Cumberland County grand jury indicted 61-year-old Michael Steve Cardin of Crossville yesterday for aggravated assault and leaving the scene of an accident. The charges stem from an incident in June ...
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY REPORTED AT HOME ON WEST FIRST STREET
Crossville police responded to a reported burglary in progress last night at a residence on West First Street. They arrived and went to the rear of the structure to see a bedroom window busted by a ro ...
