
TDOT PROVIDES UPDATE ON REPAIRS TO SECTION OF HWY. 68
TDOT Region 2 Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn spoke to 105.7 News today and provided an update on repairs to a section of Highway 68. “On Highway 68 in Rhea County, an area of the slope be ...

LOCAL ARREST MADE AFTER MAN’S LIP WAS NEARLY BIT OFF
A man was taken to Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge for surgery after part of his lip was nearly bit off by a woman yesterday in Roane County. The arrest report states deputies responded to a hom ...

ROANE CO. OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT TVA EVENT HELD
Some Roane County officials are concerned about a TVA “lunch and learn” event that was held yesterday. The event was reportedly closed to the public and open to only invited elected officials. The pur ...

ANNUAL TAX-FREE WEEKEND APPROACHING IN TENNESSEE
Tennessee’s annual tax-free weekend is approaching. It will start Friday, July 26, and ends Sunday, July 28, at midnight. Most clothes and school supplies will be exempt from sales tax, as long as eac ...

SELVIDGE ARRESTED AFTER ALTERCATION REPORTEDLY INVOLVING FIREARM
A Roane County man is facing several charges following a disturbance Sunday. The arrest report states a female victim told officers 33-year-old Joshua Alan Selvidge forced his way into her home, stopp ...

CAL RIPKEN ROOKIE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT COMES TO CROSSVILLE
The Cal Ripken Rookie (7-8 year old) Southeast Regional Baseball Tournament will get underway in Crossville today (July 17, 2019) at 3:30 p.m. at Centennial Park. The tournament will conclude Sunday a ...

RESURFACING OF PART OF I-40 NEAR COMPLETE IN CUMBERLAND CO.
The resurfacing of I-40 in western Cumberland County from mile marker 306 to east of Exit 311 is coming close to completion: The contractor has finished paving and the remaining work includes applying ...

REPORT: OVER $300,000 STOLEN FROM FAIRFIELD GLADE VOL. FIRE. DEPT.
The Tennessee Comptroller released a full report today regarding the theft of money by the Fairfield Glade Volunteer Fire department's former treasurer. In the report, authorities say James Charles B ...

STEAK AND POTATOES FIELD DAY SET IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Beef cattle producers, fruit and vegetable growers, and Tennessee landowners should save the date for the Steak and Potatoes Field Day: Tuesday, August 6, 2019. A University of Tennessee Institute of ...

PHILLIPS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CRIME SPREE
A man received a prison sentence in Cumberland County for a crime spree committed last year. Court officials say 31-year-old Danny Ellison Phillips, Jr. was charged with two counts each of auto burgla ...

CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED AGAIN
A Cumberland County sex offender found himself back behind bars late last week. Deputies came upon a car occupied by 26-year-old William Dakota Stamps-Hale in the parking lot of Liberty Market in Crab ...

BRADY ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF PROPERTY
Cumberland County deputies responded to a theft at a store on Westel Road Sunday night. The arrest report states 26-year-old Erin Leigh Brady of Crossville was charged with theft of property after all ...