TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HEALTH UPDATES COVID-19 VACCINATION PLAN
The Tennessee Department of Health has updated Tennessee’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan as the state continues to prioritize Tennesseans most at risk of illness and death from COVID-19. PROTECTING MEDIC ...
SCHOOL SYSTEM COVID-19 REPORT – JANUARY 22, 2021
The Cumberland County School System reported this afternoon 10 student and 14 staff active cases of COVID-19. A total of 142 students and 8 staff members are quarantined because of being determined to ...
CITY COURT DATES SUSPENDED UNTIL AT LEAST MARCH 31, 2021
The Crossville Police Department says because of a recent order issued by the Tennessee Supreme Court, a temporary suspension of in-person court proceedings will be done for city court until at least ...
OVER 700 VEC CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER OFF OF PEAVINE ROAD
As of 7:40 a.m. this morning (Friday, January 22, 2021) around 780 VEC customers in the Peavine Road area in between I-40 and Fairfield Glade in Cumberland County are presently without power. A call f ...
LAWMAKERS PASS BILL REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO OFFER SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND
State lawmakers passed the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act. It requires schools to implement a program of after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, ...
SCHOOLS TO RETURN TO ALL IN PERSON CLASSES STARTING JAN. 25, 2021
The COVID-19 active number for Cumberland County is presently (as of 4 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2021) at 422 active cases. This moves the school system back into the yellow metric so all students wi ...
MORE DETAILS ON ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF WORK DETAIL INMATE
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department released more information today regarding the escape and capture of an inmate on a work detail. The prisoners were picking up trash yesterday afternoon on H ...
CREWS PREPARING FOR START OF PHASE THREE OF INTERSTATE DRIVE EXPANSION
Crews are preparing for the expansion of Interstate Drive in Crossville from Genesis Road west to North Main Street. New power poles are installed just north of the existing road. “What is holding up ...
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH BURGLARIZED
Cumberland County law enforcement responded to Grace Baptist Church at 3,310 Pomona Road early this week in reference to a burglary. The report states entry was made by hammering what appeared to be a ...
COUNTY EXECUTIVE RON WOODY GIVES COVID-19 REPORT
Roane County Executive Ron Woody gave a update this morning on the COVID-19 pandemic facing the communities. “First, as we have said numerous times, this is a very fluid plan of vaccinations as thing ...
WELLS ARRESTED FOR MANUFACTURE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF METH
A Cumberland County deputy pulled over a vehicle last night on Airport Road near I-40 for having a wrong tag. While speaking to the driver, 30-year-old Timothy Ryan Wells of Harriman, the officer alle ...
SCAM CALL COSTS CITIZEN $1,600 AFTER MESSAGE RECEIVED ON PHONE
A citizen in Cumberland County reported to law enforcement yesterday he was scammed out of $1,600. The male in his early 70’s told officers he received a message on his phone stating “thanks for your ...
