SIX-YEAR-OLD SPREADS SUPPORT TO FIRST RESPONDERS IN AREA
A child set out to make a difference in the lives of East Tennessee first responders by delivering some homemade goodies made himself. Last year, 6-year-old Neyland Lawson told his parents he wanted ...
WANTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED
Shortly after putting out a bulletin for a wanted sex offender in Crossville yesterday, law enforcement took 46-year-old Christopher Adam Bare into custody. Authorities said in the statement Bare was ...
NEWS FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING – JAN. 28, 2021
The Cumberland County Board of Education met electronically on Zoom this evening. Highlights from the meeting include: DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS EVALUATION SURVEY This survey passed by the board of educat ...
MEDICS AND TROOPERS RESPOND TO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HWY. 127 NORTH
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics responded to a single vehicle crash on Highway 127 North near Ashmor Road in Cumberland County late this morning. The report indicates a 2008 Toyota Sienna driv ...
FAMILY UNINJURED FOLLOWING HOME FIRE ON RURITAN ROAD
Roane County firefighters were called out to a structure blaze in the Midtown community on Ruritan Road and Scott Road today. The fire engulfed the structure and spread out quickly. The unnamed reside ...
FAMILIAR SUSPECT ARRESTED AGAIN FOLLOWING TRAFFIC STOP
A suspect familiar to Cumberland County authorities found himself back behind bars Tuesday. A deputy pulled over Willie Ashton Dyal of Crossville on Highway 70 West for a traffic violation. A consent ...
PROPERTY BEING CLEARED FOR NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO CROSSVILLE
Crossville should see a brand new restaurant hopefully by the end of this year. Crews are presently demolishing a building at the corner of North Main Street and Chuckles Parkway. It will be the fut ...
POWER OUTAGE REPORTED IN SPRING CITY AREA INVOLVING OVER 600 CUSTOMERS
Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) says a power outage (as of 8:30 a.m. eastern) in Rhea County involves 630 members. A large tree fell on a three phase line in the Shut-in area of Spring City. Large ...
BODY DISCOVERED IN HOME ON FOWLER LANE
Meigs County law enforcement responded Tuesday to a home on Fowler Lane for a welfare check and found the body of Linda Kaye Bishop. Authorities took 56-year-old Joseph Bishop into custody for failure ...
NO INJURIES IN SCHOOL BUS VERSUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT, DRIVER ARRESTED
Students escaped injury in eastern Putnam County yesterday in a vehicle accident. Troopers say a 2018 school bus operated by 57-year-old William Henry Locklear IV of Monterey was traveling east on Ind ...
SCHOOL CLOSINGS / DELAYS FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021
Check back often as this page will be updated as soon as the newsroom is notified of a closing or delay. (LAST UPDATED 5 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2021) The following school systems are on a TWO HOU ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 47,785 active cases (down 2,088 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 715,806 total cases. •668,021 re ...
