
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM GIVES UPDATE ON SCHOOLS FOR AFTER NEW YEARS HOLIDAY
Students in the Cumberland County School System will return to school Tuesday, January 5, 2021, for in-person learning (except those previously approved for virtual). Should the county active cases o ...

LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE OUT IN FORCE NEW YEAR’S EVE LOOKING FOR MOTORISTS UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Many will ring in 2021 this evening but at the same time law enforcement across the state will be out in force to find motorists driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Cumberland County She ...

HANSEN ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY ON SEX CRIMES
Authorities in Roane County took 20-year-old Joseph James Hansen into custody yesterday for six counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. Hansen was processed into the jail in Kingston and ...

CUMBERLAND AND ROANE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. OFFERING COVID-19 VACCINES TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
This Saturday (January 2, 2021), the Cumberland County Health Department will be offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible citizens over the age of 75, health care workers and first responders at the Cum ...

THP ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PLAN DURING NEW YEAR’S EVE HOLIDAY PERIOD
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct an aggressive traffic safety enforcement campaign during the 2020 New Year’s Eve holiday period now until Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Troopers ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 79,118 active cases (UP 272 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 580,809 total cases. •501,691 recove ...

JOHNSON JR. CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FROM RECENT SHOOTING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A Cumberland Countian turned himself in at the sheriff’s office Monday night stemming from a recent shooting on Glade Creek Road. The arrest report released today states 38-year-old Johnny Lee Johnson ...

GOSLIN ARRESTED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ON OUT OF STATE WARRANTS
Cumberland County law enforcement stopped a motorist on Peavine Road late Monday after reportedly failing to dim his headlights for oncoming traffic. A check of the driver, 52-year-old Donald Alan Gos ...

SHOOTING UNDER INVESTIGATION IN FENTRESS COUNTY
The TBI released a statement late last night indicating they are working with the Fentress County Sheriff’s Office in investigating a shooting Sunday night (December 27, 2020). Preliminary information ...

INJURIES REPORTED IN TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40 IN ROANE COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a tractor-trailer accident on I-40 in western Roane County early yesterday. Trooper Nathaniel Crow states a 2020 Volvo pulling a FedEx trailer operated by 52- ...

ROANE COUNTY EXECUTIVE EXTENDS MASK MANDATE UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY 2021
Roane County Executive Ron Woody announced today the mask mandate currently in effect is now extended until February 27, 2021. Governor Bill Lee in an executive order granted county mayors and executi ...

DEATH TOLL RISES FOUR IN 24 HOUR PERIOD IN ROANE COUNTY
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 78,846 active cases (down 5,421 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 572,589 total cases. •493,743 re ...