TRAFFIC BACKUP REPORTED ON I-40 IN CROSSVILLE
(Conditions as of 2:45 p.m. central, Wednesday, January 27, 2021) - Crews are presently trying to remove a tractor trailer that crashed early this morning into a wooded area in the median of the 314 w ...
SHEPHERD APPEARS IN COURT A DAY AFTER FATAL CRASH THAT KILLED A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN
Michael Don Shepherd made his first appearance today in Putnam County General Sessions court charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of a young mother and her two children. The ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON MOORE ROAD
Troopers and medics responded to a vehicle accident yesterday on Moore Road near Stoney Creek Road in Overton County. The report states a 77-year-old female was driving when she lost control in a down ...
JOSH HEUPEL HIRED AS NEXT U.T. HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
BREAKING SPORTS NEWS - Josh Heupel will be the next U.T. head football coach. (PREVIOUS STORY) - Volquest is reporting University of Central Florida’s (UCF) head coach Josh Heupel appears to be the t ...
SHERIFF CASEY COX RE-ELECTED TO APPALACHIA HIDTA EXECUTIVE BOARD
Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox has been re-elected to serve on the 2021 Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA) Executive Board. They provides executive leadership and direction ...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PLATEAU
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY that will go into effect at 3 p.m. central today (Wednesday, January 27, 2021) and is set to expire at 3 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Janu ...
TROOPERS AND MEDICS RESPOND TO TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics responded to a tractor-trailer accident on I-40 in Cumberland County around midnight. Initial reports states the 2014 Peterbilt operated by 50-year-old Omar A. ...
HIGH SPEED PURSUIT RESULTS IN AN ADULT AND TWO CHILDREN KILLED ON INTERSTATE DRIVE AND WILLOW AVENUE
At approximately 7:41 a.m. this morning, Cookeville police were notified the Tennessee Highway Patrol was pursuing a 2020 Toyota Tacoma truck near the Monterey area on Interstate 40. The driver of the ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 49,873 active cases (down 3,523 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 712,406 total cases. •662,533 re ...
AT LEAST 3 KILLED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON WILLOW AVENUE AND INTERSTATE DRIVE
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Law enforcement is reporting three individuals were killed in Putnam County in a vehicle crash this morning in Cookeville. It took place at the intersection of Willow Avenue and I ...
LEIFKER ARRESTED FOLLOWING SHOOTING NOT FAR FROM LANTANA ROAD
Cumberland County deputies responded yesterday to a shooting. The arrest report states a man pulled his vehicle up near a building on O’Camp Road not far from Lantana Road to use the internet. Moment ...
HIGH SPEED PURSUIT ON SPARTA HIGHWAY ENDS WITH ARREST OF PARKS
While on a recent patrol on Sparta Highway, a Crossville police officer observed a motorcyclist traveling in excess of the speed limit. The report states the rider, 32-year-old Lawrence Mack Parks, sl ...
