LAWSUIT FILED ACCUSES CORPORATION IN ROANE COUNTY OF MISHANDLING HAZARDOUS WASTE
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a lawsuit against American Zinc Recycling Corporation in Rockwood over reported mishandling of hazardous waste. Court documents state the corporatio ...
PRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR CROSSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
A Crossville man charged with the murder of his wife is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in Cumberland County General Sessions court tomorrow (Thursday, August 27, 2020). Officers say 33-year-o ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET VIA ZOOM AUGUST 27, 2020
The Cumberland County Board of Education will meet via Zoom tomorrow night (August 27, 2020). On the agenda includes honoring outgoing board member Tom Netherton who did not seek re-election and consi ...
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 37,588 (up 206 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 147,353 total cases (up 1,936 cases sin ...
TBI RELEASES IDENTITY OF MAN WHO PASSED AWAY AFTER HIS ARREST IN ROANE COUNTY
The TBI released more information today regarding the death of a man after his arrest in Roane County this week. Harriman police took 32-year-old Cameron Dwight Merrell of Calhoun, Tennessee (McMinn C ...
WILLIAMS INDICTED FOR RAPE AND INCEST IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A Cumberland County Grand Jury has indicted a Crossville man for sex crimes. Deputies took 42-year-old James Sherman Williams into custody yesterday on a capias for rape and incest. The sheriff’s offi ...
HOOD CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police went to a residence on the 300 block of Ridgeway Road yesterday for a burglary. Officers confronted the suspect, 37-year-old Kelly Scott Hood of Crossville, who was being sought for ...
COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES REPORTED ON ROANE STATE CAMPUS IN ROANE COUNTY
Roane State Community College this week received at least two reports of COVID-19 positive test results with multiple other tests still pending. The reported cases are all among students on the Roane ...
VEHICLE REPORTED STOLEN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Deputies in Cumberland County responded to a home on Glenwood Circle yesterday for a stolen vehicle. The owner in his 60’s told officers he allowed a homeless woman by the name of only Shirley to stay ...
PELHAM FLOWN TO TRAUMA CENTER FOLLOWING VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN ROANE COUNTY
A vehicle accident in Roane County Monday left one hurt. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said in their report released this morning a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by 26-year-old James L. Pelham, Jr. of Harr ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAN INJURED IN PUTNAM COUNTY VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A single vehicle accident yesterday afternoon on I-40 in Putnam County injured a man from Cumberland County. Troopers say a 2014 Hyundai Sonata driven by 35-year-old Joshua Miller was traveling eastbo ...
CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
In a special called meeting late yesterday (Tuesday, August 25, 2020), the Crossville City Council approved a resolution for engineering service contracts to resurface the Cotton Patch water tank. Mem ...
