WOMAN STRUCK BY VEHICLE AT MILLER AVE AND LANTANA ROAD INTERSECTION
A woman was hit by a car this morning around 10 at the intersection of Miller Avenue and Lantana Road. She was airlifted to an area trauma center with severe injuries. Police are continuing to inves ...
MAN KNOWN TO DEPUTIES SOUGHT FOR EVADING ARREST SATURDAY EVENING
Saturday evening, while on patrol along Taylor’s Chapel Road, Cumberland County deputies noticed a passenger in a car parked in a driveway along the 2400 block. Knowing the man had outstanding warrant ...
COUNTERFEIT BILLS CONFISCATED AT DOLLAR GENERAL IN CRAB ORCHARD
When a Cumberland County investigator arrived at the Dollar General on Highway 70 East in Crab Orchard last week about a prior theft, the manager told him she’d just been given 14 counterfeit $1 bills ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP NETS POT, PIPE
Saturday evening, when Cumberland County deputies pulled over a vehicle in the Kroger parking lot, the registration tag on the car came back as not being on file. The driver, whose eyes were red and b ...
EARTHQUAKES SHAKE EAST TENNESSEE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Another earthquake rattled East Tennessee Monday morning. A 2.3-magnitude quake shook Dayton, Tennessee, Monday morning. The seismic activity took place at 8:23 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the Uni ...
100,000 FORESTED ACRES BEING PRESERVED ALONG THE TN/KY STATE LINE
The Nature Conservancy announced today 100,000 acres of working forestland on the Tennessee/Kentucky state line will now be preserved, thanks to an acquisition made by the two states’ Nature Conservan ...
S&P: ROANE COUNTY ECONOMY WEAK, RELIES TOO MUCH ON GOVERNMENT JOBS
Roane County’s financial management continues to earn rave reviews from Standard & Poor’s. The economy is a different story, however. The credit rating agency calls Roane County’s economy weak an ...
BREAKING NEWS: BODY OF MISSING COOKEVILLE DOCTOR FOUND
BREAKING NEWS: Officials in Overton County have announced that they have found the body of a missing Cookeville man. 83-year-old Dr. James L. Smith had been missing since Wed. April 17. His body was ...
BELOVED LONG-TIME SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND HOMESTEADER SYLVIA LEWIS PASSES AWAY
One of Cumberland County’s most beloved school bus drivers has passed away. Sylvia Lewis (Pelfrey) suffered a stroke last week while she was driving her bus. Fortunately she was able to pull the bus ...
207 KILLED IN EXPLOSIONS IN SRI LANKA
An Easter Sunday tragedy occurred in Sri Lanka's capital when explosions killed 207 people and injured hundreds more. Reports are coming in that there were eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels ...
FORMER UT PLAYER REGGIE COBBS DEAD AT AGE 50
Former UT running back and San Francisco 49'ers scout Reggie Cobb has died. According to reports, Cobb died from a heart attack. He was 50 years old. Cobb entered into the NFL in 1990 and spent most o ...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY DEPUTY STRUCK BY CAR WHILE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT ACCIDENT
A Rutherford County Deputy was hit by a car while directing traffic Friday night. The crash involved a tractor-trailer rig and a car on South Church Street at Savannah Ridge around 9 PM. While the dep ...










