DISTURBANCE CALL LEADS TO DEPUTY USING TASER ON SUSPECT
Cumberland County deputies had to use a taser to subdue a suspect yesterday. Officers responded to the area of Highway 70 East at Rock Quarry Road for a physical disturbance. The report states 46-year ...
CAMERON SEXTON IS NEW STATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
Representative Cameron Sexton was officially voted in today as Tennessee's new Speaker of the House in a 94 to 2 vote. The two votes were two members not present. The vote occurred in a special sessio ...
ROANE COUNTY MAN KILLED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A 28-year-old Roane County man was killed in a single vehicle accident on State Highway 95 near Bethel Valley Road in Oak Ridge. Police say Dylan Young was driving a sports utility vehicle when he lef ...
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES IN ALL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE
Newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows unemployment increased in counties across the state. In the listening area, Rhea County has the highest unemp ...
FUNDRAISING REQUEST FROM MARTIN ELEMENTARY JR. BETA DRAWS DEBATE
The Cumberland County Board of Education learned of a unique fundraising request brought before them last night by the Jr. Beta Club at Martin Elementary. The club will be awarded a collectible displ ...
NEWS FROM THE CUMBERLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING – 8/22/19
The Cumberland County Board of Education held their monthly meeting last night. The Pledge of Allegiance was done by Aiden Fox and Samantha Altum, students at Pine View Elementary School. The monthl ...
DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PART OF AREA
The National Weather Service has issued a DENSE FOG ADVISORY in effect until 8 a.m. central time this morning for the following counties in the listening area: CUMBERLAND, FENTRESS, PICKETT, WHITE, PU ...
INMATE OVERPOWERS FENTRESS COUNTY JAILER, CAUGHT IN PICKETT CO.
Authorities in Fentress County say an inmate overpowered a jailer and stole a vehicle from the sheriff’s office yesterday. Additional information on how the inmate was able to escape the jail was not ...
IDENTITY OF MAN WHO JUMPED OFF HWY 70 BRIDGE IN ROANE CO. RELEASED
The Kingston Police Department this afternoon released the identity of the man who jumped off the Highway 70 bridge into the Clinch River Tuesday night. Rescue crews and police responded to the scene ...
BREAKING NEWS – SEARCH STARTED FOR MISSING ELDERLY WOMAN IN CUMBERLAND CO.
BREAKING NEWS – Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency is setting up a command post on the 100 block of Lakeshire Drive in Fairfield Glade. They, along with Fairfield Glade Police and other aut ...
TDOT GIVES UPDATE ON HIGHWAY 68 GRANDVIEW MOUNTAIN PROJECT
Motorists traveling State Route 68 in Rhea County are wondering just when repairs will start to a section of road that is trying to collapse. Settling problems on the curvy mountain highway between G ...
BLEDSOE COUNTY MAN KILLED IN HAY BALER ACCIDENT
A 30-year-old Bledsoe County man died in a hay baler accident last night. Officers say it happened on Wooden Loop near Pikeville. The victim was identified as Christopher Alex Mason. Authorities say M ...







