CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF THE CUMBERLANDS GETS VICE PRESIDENTIAL SURPRISE
Every year, Darci Bernabei, principal of Christian Academy of the Cumberlands, celebrates Read Across America and invites the President and Vice President of the United States. Bernabei doesn't expec ...
ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION GIVES NEW MEGA-SCHOOL PROPOSAL THE HEAVE-HO
It was standing-room only Monday night at the Roane County Courthouse for the vote on the latest school-board proposal for consolidation of the three Roane County high schools into one mega school. W ...
LENOIR CITY SHOOTING VICTIM IDENTIFIED AS 23-YEAR-OLD DAKOTA WILLARD; SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in Monday’s shooting in Lenoir City. They say 23-year-old Dakota Willard was shot in the upper right chest and the left side of the back of ...
POLICE SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS TARGETING CARS AT FITNESS CENTERS IN LOUDON, MONROE AND KNOX COUNTIES
Loudon police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who are accused of pulling off multiple car burglaries in Loudon, Monroe and Knox counties. Police say the two alle ...
SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT AT PEAVINE ROAD DOLLAR GENERAL LOCATION
Cumberland County deputies responded to Dollar General on Peavine Road for a shoplifting incident recently. Video footage showed a short woman with red and blonde hair taking items from shelves and pl ...
“HABITUAL OFFENDER” CHARGED AGAIN FOR DRIVING ON REVOKED LICENSE
Sunday afternoon, when responding to a report of an accident with no injuries, Cumberland County deputies found 63-year-old John Garfield Phillips of Crossville, who told them he’d had a coughing fit ...
UNCOOPERATIVE MAN CHARGED WITH DUI, VIOLATION OF IMPLIED-CONSENT LAW
Sunday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies stopped 48-year-old Michael Anthony Jones on North Main Street for failure to maintain a lane of travel and failure to stop at a red light. The driver, 48- ...
LEDBETTER CHARGED FOR METH POSSESSION, EVIDENCE TAMPERING
While on patrol Saturday evening, Cumberland County deputies encountered 36-year-old Jonathan Keith Ledbetter of Monterey, who failed to obey a stop sign at Sandy Creek and Cow Pen Road. When initiati ...
WOMAN HIDING IN BACKYARD CHARGED FOR POSSESSION AND IMPERSONATION
While attempting to serve a warrant on a man at an Elmore Lane home Saturday, Cumberland County deputies encountered 30-year-old Jennifer Lynn Hancock of Evensville, Tennessee, hiding in the backyard. ...
ALERT CITIZEN CREDITED WITH TIPPING OFF AUTHORITIES ABOUT SUSPECT’S LOCATION
Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider is crediting an “observant citizen” for alerting them to the whereabouts of David T. Miles, wanted in this morning’s shooting of an as-yet-unidentified man at a Lee Hi ...
MAN LEADS DEPUTIES ON CHASE THROUGH BLOUNT COUNTY, LANDS IN JAIL
Blount County deputies needed a taser and a K-9 officer to take a man into custody Saturday after what they called a “drug-fueled” chase. Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Edward Davis began eluding author ...
STATE ROUTE 116 IN ANDERSON COUNTY TO BE CLOSED 3-4 WEEKS DUE TO LANDSLIDE
Motorists who use State Route 116 through Anderson County can expect a stretch of roadway in Clinton to remain closed for another three to four weeks, in the aftermath of a landslide during last week’ ...
