ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTES DOWN FUNDING FOR VO-TECH STUDENT-COUNSELING POSITIONS
The Roane County Commission engaged in another battle over money Tuesday night as School Director Gary Aytes presented a budget amendment for two new positions dealing with counseling of students for ...
CITY MAN ARRESTED DURING PROBATION SEARCH THAT NETTED DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA
Crossville police accompanied state probation officers on a home visit to the 800 block of Sparta Highway Monday. When consent was given to search the home, officers found meth, Suboxone and five Gaba ...
KNOXVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PASSING BAD CHECK
Crossville police arrested Nikki Lea McCowan of Knoxville at Cumberland County Bank on West Avenue yesterday on charges of passing a bad check. According to the arrest report, McCowan told police t ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE ARREST MAN WANTED IN SEVIERVILLE HIT & RUN
Crossville police arrived at a home on the 200 block of Goldenbrook Drive yesterday evening where they arrested 28-year-old Matthew Raymond Alcorn on behalf of the Sevierville Police Department. Alcor ...
SUICIDE ON THE RISE IN TENNESSEE, ACCORDING TO STATE SUICIDE-PREVENTION NETWORK
Suicide is now the ninth leading cause of death in Tennessee, with an average of three suicides per day. In 2017, there were 142 youth suicides in the 10-to-24 age group; 51 of these were children bet ...
SUSPECT HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER LEADING POLICE ON CHASE
Just after 8:30 Saturday morning, a Cumberland County deputy observed a vehicle doing well over the 55 mph limit on Highway 70 West. The deputy initiated a traffic stop, but the suspect, 43-year-old J ...
“IRATE” SUSPECT CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
Late last night, Cumberland County deputies pulled over 36-year-old Jonathan Cole Treadway on Highway 70 West for a routine traffic violation. Treadway, whom the deputy described as “irate,” claimed h ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS SCHOOL BUS GARAGE SHOOTER
The man accused of the shooting deaths of a man and woman last September in Cumberland County has been indicted. The Grand Jury addressed the case of 74-year-old Warren Nostrom, who is scheduled to ap ...
MORE DETAILS ON ARREST OF 66-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINOR
Additional information has been released concerning the arrest of a 66-year-old man charged with under-age sex crimes. 9th District Attorney General Russell Johnson says that Sammy Curtis Barnard was ...
MAN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ANIMAL CRUELTY
Crossville Police had their hands full dealing with a male subject who had been charged with the death of a house pet. Officers were called to a Savannah Lane home Monday where they discovered a dead ...
KINGSTON’S PARKS & RECREATION DIRECTOR RESIGNS
Kingston's Parks and Recreation Director has resigned. Lat Friday, Rick Ross informed Kingston City Manager David Bowling, that he was resigning as Parks and Recreation director. In a statement releas ...
MAYLAND LOOP RESIDENT REPORTS THEFT
Cumberland County deputies responded to a residence on Mayland Loop yesterday morning for a report that a large air compressor had been stolen. A woman told deputies she’s in the process of moving out ...
