
HARRIMAN DEDICATES BRIDGE TO CURTIS ANDERSON
On August 15, 2025, the City of Harriman dedicated a bridge to Curtis Anderson, a beloved local figure whose lifelong connection to the community and the bridge itself was celebrated. As a young bo ...

OVER $3,800 WORTH OF TOOLS STOLEN FROM CROSSVILLE HOME
On August 9, 2025, at 7:37 AM, Officer Steven McNeal spoke with a woman over the phone regarding a theft on Rose Street. She reported that a Troy-bilt weedeater, a backpack leaf blower, and a Troy-bil ...

WARRENT ISSUED ON CROSSVILLE WOMAN FOR ALMOST $1,000 ATTEMPTED THEFT
On August 15, 2025, Crossville city police responded to a theft report at Lowe's, where an Asset Protection Agent observed a female suspect, later identified as Kristin Walker (29), engaging in shopli ...

BLOUNT COUNTY PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED DURING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
On August 15, 2025, Friendsville Elementary School Principal Stan Painter was suspended amid a criminal investigation by the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, prompted by allegations regarding his actio ...

CARLEY TURNER CROWNED FAIREST OF THE FAIR
The Crossville Chronicle reports that on Saturday, at the Cumberland County High School auditorium, 17-year-old Carley Turner was crowned the 2025 Fairest of the Fair. Her predecessor, Whitley Atkinso ...

MOTORCYCLE CRASH AT GENESIS AND ELMORE CEMETERY ROAD INTERSECTION
On August 19, 2025, at approximately 12:27 PM CDT, Cumberland 911 received a call reporting a motor vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of Genesis Road and Elmore Cemetery Road in Cross ...

CROSSVILLE MILITARY MEMORIAL MUSEUM SET TO REOPEN SEPT. 2ND
The Military Memorial Museum of Upper Cumberland in Crossville, Tennessee, housed in a historic 1885 stone building listed on the National Registry of Historic Buildings, is set to reopen with a ribbo ...

WBIR ANCHOR BILL WILLIAMS PASSED AWAY AT 91
Bill Williams, a revered figure in East Tennessee journalism and WBIR anchor emeritus, passed away at the age of 91. Born in Missouri in 1934, Williams pursued his education in Oklahoma before embarki ...

ACCIDENT ON PEAVINE LEADS TO DUI, METH, AND RESISTING ARREST CHARGES
On August 8, 2025, at approximately 4:50 P.M., Cumberland County Sheriff's Office responded to a minor vehicle accident at a Peavine Road Dollar General in Fairfield Glade. Officer Jacob Van Trump, ...

FREE HUNTING DAY SET FOR AUGUST 23
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license on Saturday, Aug. 23, which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season. Free Hunting Day is an annual event provided b ...

CUMBERLAND DEPUTIES RESPOND TO PROWLER CALL
On August 9, 2025, at approximately 11:24 P.M., Sergeant D. Hammons and Officer J. Van Trump from the Fairfield Glade Police Department responded to a prowler call at Wellington Place in Fairfield Gla ...

LADY RAIDERS NOTCH FIRST WIN IN SOCCER PROGRAM HISTORY
RSCC - Bluefield, W.Va — The Roane State women's soccer team made history Sunday afternoon, earning the program's first-ever victory with a 4-0 shutout of Bluefield University. Freshman forward Mad ...