CCHS SCHOOL AND STADIUM RENOVATIONS NEAR COMPLETION
The Cumberland County Board of Education received a facility's update at their February meeting. Kim Chamberlin with Uplands Design Group reported that the renovations to the Cumberland County High Sc ...
NO COMPLAINTS AGAINST HILL DURING ENTIRE SEVEN YEAR EMPLOYMENT WITH STATE
After doing some research, we have found the explanation of Brock Hill dismissal as Deputy Commissioner of State Parks is full of holes. According to the following investigative article in the Tenness ...
AUTHORITIES NAB TWO SUSPECTED OF VANDALISM AT CROSSVILLE LONG JOHN SILVERS
Crossville Police have charged two suspects in a vandalism that took place at the Long John Silver's Restaurant. Officers say they were called to the business Thursday night after a worker had reporte ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOE GIVES SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS AT MONTHLY MEETING
Several recipients were recognized at Thursday night's Cumberland County School Board meeting. Grace O'Connor opened up the presentations with a recital of her Constitution Week winning essay. Jaxon W ...
STORM DAMAGE IN ROANE COUNTY EXCEEDS $3 MILLION
Roane County Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson said Wednesday county roads have sustained at least $3 million in damage due to last weekend’s heavy rain and the resulting flooding. Ferguson said he ...
HOLT ARRESTED ON METH, FAILURE TO APPEAR CHARGES
Thursday evening, a Roane County deputy dispatched to Highway 70 in Rockwood encountered 43-year-old Scott Adam Holt, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. As he was being arrested, Holt took off ...
FORMER OLIVER SPRINGS HOUSING AUTHORITY WORKER PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD
A former Oliver Springs Housing Authority employee pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. Forty-four-year-old Melissa Eula May of Knoxville en ...
DEFENSELESS PICKETT COUNTY WOMAN DIES AFTER BRUTAL ATTACK BY PACK OF DOGS
Authorities in Pickett County say an elderly woman died Wednesday following an attack by a pack of dogs the day before. Pickett County Sheriff Dana Dowdy confirmed 88-year-old Bessie “Jill” Peterso ...
ROCKWOOD MAN ARRESTED FOR AUTO THEFT; VEHICLE FOUND CRUSHED AT SCRAP-METAL YARD
Roane County deputies received a report of a stolen vehicle earlier this week. A gold 1979 MG Midget was reported seen at a local scrap-metal yard, after having been missing for about two weeks from a ...
STOLEN TRUCK RECOVERED IN ROANE COUNTY
Tuesday night, Roane County deputies responded to a reported vehicle theft. The owner said he’d entrusted 45-year-old James Allen Miles to put gas in his truck February 5 and bring it back that day. M ...
K-9 “SNIFFER” DEMONSTRATES FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
The Cumberland County Board of Education got a demonstration of a K-9 “sniffer” Thursday night. Representatives from Interquest Detection Canines brought in a canine used in the detection of drugs, gu ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOE VOTES TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
The Cumberland County Board of Education addressed a problem which has come before their group in the past: whether or not a privately-schooled student should be allowed to play on a middle-school tea ...
