
EMPTY GAS TANK LEADS TO ARREST FOR KNOXVILLE WOMAN
Wednesday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies responded to a report of a disabled vehicle in the roadway on Bat Town Road. They encountered 38-year-old Christine Leann Blevins of Knoxville, who said ...

ROANE COUNTY DEPUTIES RETRIEVE LEE FROM ALABAMA ON 17 OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
Yesterday morning, Roane County deputies traveled to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Huntsville, Alabama, to serve 50-year-old Preston Ervin Lee, Jr. with sixteen outstanding warrants (issued A ...

PRELIMINARY DETAILS OF WEDNESDAY’S GRASSY COVE CRASH RELEASED
A spokesman from Tennessee Highway Patrol has released preliminary details of a crash Wednesday morning, April 24, on Highway 68 in Grassy Cove. Apparently, 64-year-old motorcyclist William M. Evans ...

FINAL RIDE FOR SYLVIA LEWIS, THE WAY SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED
Longtime Cumberland County bus driver and very well-known Homestead cowgirl Sylvia Lewis took her final trip today in only the way she would have wanted – a mule-driven wagon. Sylvia had a deep love f ...

MAN CAUGHT AFTER STEALING, FORGING CHECKS FROM HIS OWN FATHER FOR DRUGS
Tuesday morning, Crossville police conducting a traffic stop along Elmore Road learned the passenger, 61-year-old Doyle Glenn Rector of Crossville had stashed a needle in the center console. Rector a ...

PANTSLESS MAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION TUESDAY MORNING
While on routine patrol in the area of Deer Run and Red roads just after 9:15 Tuesday morning, Cumberland County deputies saw a man walking along the road, wearing a sweatshirt and underwear. His han ...

KINGSTON POLICE ARREST “UNWELCOME” WOMAN AFTER CHASE
Wednesday evening, Kingston police received a call about a unwelcome person knocking on the door of a Willow Brook Drive home. As deputies approached, they passed the unwelcome woman, 35-year-old Jess ...

RIDGE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKED DOWN THURSDAY MORNING
Ridge View Elementary School was placed on lockdown around 8 this morning as a precautionary measure after callers to the Rockwood police reported a woman carrying a weapon near the school property. ...

CLEAN UP THAT DIRTY CAR FOR A GOOD CAUSE
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Roane County and the Youth Opportunity Center for Success and Independence in Rockwood are teaming up for a car wash to benefit the Boys and Girls Club this Friday, April 2 ...

BECOMING AN OUTDOORS-WOMAN WORKSHOP SET FOR MAY 31-JUNE 2
This year, the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Workshop celebrates its silver anniversary. The 2019 workshop will be held May 31-June 2 at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center in Cumberland County. The popu ...

SATURDAY IS NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department will be at the Kroger parking lot, conducting a county-wide drug takeback ...

ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL MEETING ROUNDUP
At the Rockwood City Council meeting Monday evening, councilors put their final approval on new laws regulating bed-and-breakfast establishments and homestays within the city of Rockwood. The council ...