FAMILIAR SUSPECT ARRESTED AGAIN FOLLOWING TRAFFIC STOP
A suspect familiar to Cumberland County authorities found himself back behind bars Tuesday. A deputy pulled over Willie Ashton Dyal of Crossville on Highway 70 West for a traffic violation. A consent ...
PROPERTY BEING CLEARED FOR NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO CROSSVILLE
Crossville should see a brand new restaurant hopefully by the end of this year. Crews are presently demolishing a building at the corner of North Main Street and Chuckles Parkway. It will be the fut ...
SCHOOL CLOSINGS / DELAYS FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021
Check back often as this page will be updated as soon as the newsroom is notified of a closing or delay. (LAST UPDATED 5 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2021) The following school systems are on a TWO HOU ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 47,785 active cases (down 2,088 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 715,806 total cases. •668,021 re ...
TRAFFIC BACKUP REPORTED ON I-40 IN CROSSVILLE
(Conditions as of 2:45 p.m. central, Wednesday, January 27, 2021) - Crews are presently trying to remove a tractor trailer that crashed early this morning into a wooded area in the median of the 314 w ...
SHERIFF CASEY COX RE-ELECTED TO APPALACHIA HIDTA EXECUTIVE BOARD
Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox has been re-elected to serve on the 2021 Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA) Executive Board. They provides executive leadership and direction ...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PLATEAU
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY that will go into effect at 3 p.m. central today (Wednesday, January 27, 2021) and is set to expire at 3 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Janu ...
TROOPERS AND MEDICS RESPOND TO TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics responded to a tractor-trailer accident on I-40 in Cumberland County around midnight. Initial reports states the 2014 Peterbilt operated by 50-year-old Omar A. ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 49,873 active cases (down 3,523 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 712,406 total cases. •662,533 re ...
LEIFKER ARRESTED FOLLOWING SHOOTING NOT FAR FROM LANTANA ROAD
Cumberland County deputies responded yesterday to a shooting. The arrest report states a man pulled his vehicle up near a building on O’Camp Road not far from Lantana Road to use the internet. Moment ...
HIGH SPEED PURSUIT ON SPARTA HIGHWAY ENDS WITH ARREST OF PARKS
While on a recent patrol on Sparta Highway, a Crossville police officer observed a motorcyclist traveling in excess of the speed limit. The report states the rider, 32-year-old Lawrence Mack Parks, sl ...
TENNESSEE NEEDS AT LEAST $58.6 BILLION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
Tennessee needs at least $58.6 billion worth of public infrastructure improvements during the five-year period of July 2019 to June 2024—a $3.8 billion (6.9%) increase from the year before—according t ...
