CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO RECEIVE THREESTAR GRANT
State Senator Paul Bailey announced this morning Cumberland County will receive a $40,000 ThreeStar grant for strategic community development and prosperity. ThreeStar is a program developed to assis ...
CUMBERLAND CO. MAYOR FOSTER TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
The Cumberland County Commission has granted County Mayor Allen Foster authority to resolve a lawsuit settlement between the county and a former E-911 dispatch director. In the federal lawsuit, Mike B ...
TWO ARRESTED FOLLOWING STAND-OFF IN BLOUNT COUNTY
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said two people are in custody following a stand-off in Rockford yesterday. Officers say 37-year-old Jason Finley and 29-year-old Jennifer Cash-Finley, both of ...
TBI SEARCHING FOR MISSING MAN WHO MAY BE IN THIS AREA
The TBI is searching for a missing West Tennessee man who may be traveling across the state. Phillip Linville from Camden, Tennessee was last seen on September 13, 2019. The Camden Police Department ...
ROCKWOOD AIRPORT MANAGER REQUESTING TO STEP DOWN FROM POSITION
Danny Collins, the Rockwood Airport manager for the past 15 years, is asking the city to approve his request to terminate the agreement between him and the city effective October 31, 2019. The request ...
CONSTRUCTION OF TRUCK CLIMBING LANE ONGOING ON I-40 IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Construction of a truck climbing lane on I-40 in eastern Cumberland County is progressing. The lane is eastbound near mile marker 339. Work includes grading, drainage, and paving. Construction signs, ...
TURNER ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF CROSSVILLE POLICE OFFICER
Crossville police responded to Mountain Village Apartments yesterday for a disturbance. According to the arrest report, witnesses said 41-year-old Jonathan Christopher Turner allegedly pulled a knife ...
REPORT: TENNESSEE HAS SERIOUS GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM
A report released yesterday by Safe Tennessee Project calls gun violence in the state a "public health crisis" and says an average of 3.4 Tennesseans are killed with guns every day. Last year, 1,246 T ...
TINKER CHARGED WITH THEFT OF VEHICLE IN ROCKWOOD
A traffic stop in Rockwood Friday night resulted in several charges for the driver. Officers stopped Annie Jeannine Tinker on the 200 block of North Chamberlin Avenue. Tinker was arrested for theft of ...
SEPT. 23 DEDICATED TO RECYCLING EDUCATION IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
September 23, 2019 has been dedicated as recycling education and improvement in Cumberland County. The proclamation states: "Whereas, the beautiful Cumberland Plateau is ours to keep and protect. We ...
HEAD-ON VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN PUTNAM COUNTY RESULTS IN ONE KILLED
A two vehicle accident in Putnam County yesterday claimed the life of a young woman. Trooper Phillip Murphy says a 2004 Volkswagen Beetle driven by 19-year-old Chantel Gomez of Baxter was traveling so ...
TENTATIVE TRIAL DATE SET FOR OVERTON CO. VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CASE
A trial could be coming very soon in Overton County for a man charged with vehicular homicide. The crash happened in January 2017 on Hanging Limb Highway where an automobile driven by 46-year-old Shan ...









