
FARR ARRESTED FOR ARSON FOLLOWING INCIDENT ON CHEROKEE TRAIL
First responders went to a fire at 9310 Cherokee Trail in Lake Tansi this week. Court documents state 52-year-old Melinda Faye Farr set a cotton jacket ablaze and stuck it under a utility trailer full ...

MOTORIST ASKED TO USE CAUTION IN ROAD PROJECT AREAS ON LANTANA ROAD AND HWY. 127
Motorists in Cumberland County should use extra caution if driving in two road projects areas. The first is on Lantana Road from the intersection of Turkey Blind to Midway Road. Signs and flaggers ar ...

CATALYTIC CONVERTER CUT OFF CHURCH VAN IN POMONA AREA
Cumberland County deputies went to Pomona United Methodist Church on P.O.W. Camp Road yesterday to take a theft report. A catalytic converter valued at $500 was cut off a church van. No suspects were ...

PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD AID TENNESSEE’S VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
Volunteer firefighters would be aided by several proposals under consideration in the Tennessee Senate this year. This includes Senate Bill 655, which was approved by the Senate State and Local Govern ...

RESTAURANT WINDOW VANDALIZED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET
Crossville police responded to Abuela’s Cuban Restaurant on South Main Street yesterday for a store window possibly shot. The incident took place sometime between Wednesday night and 9:30 yesterday mo ...

BODY OF MISSING MALE DISCOVERED ON CLINT LOWE ROAD
Yesterday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.. Cumberland County deputies and the TBI went to an area on Clint Lowe Road for a discovered unresponsive male. They identified the deceased as 30-year-old Bradley Barn ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 24,139 active cases (UP 6) in Tennessee out of 788,109 total cases (UP 1,512) •763,970 recovered (UP ...

REDNOUR ARRESTED FOR DUI AS A RESULT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT
Deputies in Cumberland County recently went to a residence on Hubert Conley Road off Highway 127 North to a report of an intoxicated male attacking the home owner. While in route, officers learned the ...

STONE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR EVADING ARREST
Law enforcement in Cumberland County observed a motorist this week on Plateau Road reportedly driving at a high rate of speed. The officer knew the driver, 33-year-old Lacey Renee Stone, from previous ...

FENTRESS COUNTY WILDFIRE 85 PERCENT CONTAINED
A large wildfire in Fentress County was reported to be 85 percent contained as of last night (March 10, 2021). The blaze is on 1,200 acres of land 4 miles southwest of Jamestown off of Gouldstown Road ...

ETHAN LIVELY MAKING HIS MARK ON “THE VOICE”
We have a lot of talented citizens in our area who appeared on national television showcasing their abilities. Ethan Lively, age 17, of Morgan County is the latest. The Coalfield, Tennessee native an ...

THREAT DEEMED “NON-CREDIBLE” AT HARRIMAN HIGH SCHOOL
At 1 p.m. eastern today (March 10, 2021), Harriman High School received a general threat via telephone. Out of an abundance of caution, the emergency operations plan was initiated. Students were moved ...