
DONATION BOX FOR BROWN ELEMENTARY STOLEN FROM STORE
Law enforcement in Cumberland County went to a gas station on Dunbar Road yesterday in reference to a theft. An employee stated a donation box for Brown Elementary School was on the counter near the r ...

150 CHILDREN MISSING IN TENNESSEE RECOVERED
Authorities announced today 150 children missing in Tennessee have been recovered in a joint operation by multiple law enforcement agencies spanning months. They range in age from 3 to 17 years old an ...

STATE SENATE ADVANCES BILL GIVING D.C.S. MORE OVERSIGHT FOLLOWING ROANE COUNTY ABUSE CASE
A Tennessee Senate Committee voted unanimously yesterday to advance a bill preventing abuse related to a state adoption program. The legislation was proposed after details of a Roane County child abus ...

BURN PERMITS REQUIRED THROUGH MAY 15, 2021
With the snow and ice behind us, warmer weather is springing up across the state. That’s a sign it’s time for yard and farm clean-up. With debris burning a useful tool to get rid of yard waste, the Te ...

NEWS FROM CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – MARCH 2, 2021
The Crossville City Council held a work session late yesterday. Here are items discussed and approved to be placed on the regular meeting agenda for Tuesday, March 9, 2021: EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT FOR GA ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 24,561 active cases (down 377 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 776,337 total cases. •751,776 r ...

BREAKING NEWS – VEHICLE STRIKES SUBJECT ON MAYNARD ROAD
BREAKING NEWS (2:20 p.m. central, Tuesday, March 2, 2021) - Cumberland County first responders are on the scene at a home on Maynard Road not far off Highway 127 North after a vehicle struck a male. I ...

BODY DISCOVERED IN VEHICLE OFF OF HIGHWAY 70 AND GALLAHER ROAD
The Oak Ridge Police Department is leading the investigation into the recent discovery of a woman’s body in Roane County. The female, identified as 35-year-old Britanie Davis of the Wetsel area of Roc ...

DEATH PENALTY ON TABLE FOR COUPLE IF CONVICTED CHARGED WITH KILLING ADOPTIVE CHILD
District Attorney General Russell Johnson announced his office intends to seek the death penalty for 64-year-old Michael Gray Sr. and 61-year-old Shirley Gray of Roane County if they are convicted of ...

POSS BROUGHT BACK TO CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO FACE MURDER CHARGE
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department wasted no time in bringing back 33-year-old John Michael Poss. The fugitive that was on the TBI 10 Most Wanted list was arrested last night in Warren County ...

MCCLEAN ARRESTED AGAIN FOR VIOLATING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Roane County law enforcement took 44-year-old Ralph Rollin McClean into custody yesterday for violation of the sex offender registry and violation of probation or parole. McClean was ordered onto the ...

FUNDRAISER ESTABLISHED FOR NEWBORN AND MOM
Bailey Myers from Cumberland County is presently at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville with her daughter who was delivered by C-section last week at 28 weeks old. Jesse Jo (J.J.) weighed just 2 po ...