
SCARBROUGH AND SEXTON SPONSOR BILL ABOUT COMMUNICATION OF SCHOOL THREATS
State Representative Rick Scarbrough, a former police chief from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is co-sponsoring a bill with House Speaker Cameron Sexton that aims to improve communication between school distr ...

TBI INVESTIGATES DEATH OF MORGAN COUNTY MAN
OLIVER SPRINGS, Tenn. – At the request of 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson, agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) are looking into the circumstances surrounding ...

STUDENT RESCUER KASH MILKE AND STAFF GIVEN RECOGNITION
The Cumberland County School Board met on Thursday night, and on the agenda was giving recognition to Kash Milke, a student at North Cumberland Elementary who helped a student who was choking at lunch ...

KYLE RICHARDSON WINS UPPER CUMBERLAND NEIGHBOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
WCTE PBS awarded Kyle Richardson with the 2025 Upper Cumberland Neighbor of Year Award at the March 27th WCTE PBS Annual Dinner event hosted at the Saltbox. The evening’s theme which was inspired by M ...

CUMBERLAND COMMISSION PASSES RESOLUTION TO GIVE 6% RAISE TO EMPLOYEES
At a special-called meeting, The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution on Tuesday based on recommendations from the Salary Subcommittee and Budget Committee. The resolution i ...

HARRIMAN POLICE WEEK IN REVIEW 3/17 – 3/23
Monday, 3/17 – On day shift, Chief Tapp, Ofc. M. Watkins, Ofc. Fink, and K9 Izzy were at Bowers Elementary greeting kids coming to school and holding car doors open for them. Officers responded to mu ...

TRAFFIC STOP IN PUTNAM COUNTY LEADS TO DRUG ARREST
From Putnam County Sheriff's Office: On March 28, 2025, Deputy Reed performed a traffic stop on a White Chevy Silverado for failure to maintain lane. The driver, Joshua Knight, then gave Deputy ...

CHARLES ELMORE TO TAKE ON DIRECTOR POSITION AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Today, Charles Elmore, former executive director of Roane County Family Promise, revealed he is leaving Family Promise to join Habitat for Humanity as a regional director at their Lakeway affiliate in ...

DEKALB COUNTY WINNER GETS OVER HALF A MILLION FROM POWERBALL JACKPOT
SMITHVILLE/NASHVILLE– Woo hoo! Thousands of players continue to win playing Tennessee Lottery games, with last night’s drawings producing two especially notable winners. These include a $540,000 Tenne ...

MEIGS COUNTY MAN CHARGED IN ARSON INVESTIGATION FROM 2023
GEORGETOWN– Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents specializing in fire investigations, working alongside the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, have arrested and charged a Georgetown man in con ...

NO BURN PERMITS IN CROSSVILLE; CONDITIONS TO BE RE-EVALUATED ON MONDAY
From the City of Crossville: Due to unfavorable weather conditions for burning per the Tennessee Department of Forestry, the City of Crossville will not be issuing burn permits starting today throu ...

TWO SEARCH WARRANTS IN MONROE COUNTY UNCOVER NARCOTICS
From Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones: 10th Judicial Drug Task Force and Monroe County Sheriff's Office executed two search warrants During the week of March 27, 2025, the Drug Task Force (DT ...