
ROANE COUNTY OFFICIALS COMMEMORATE 12th ANNIVERSARY OF TVA ASH SPILL
Roane County officials, as well as former spill workers, gathered yesterday (December 20, 2020) to commemorate the 12-year anniversary of the TVA ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant. The ceremony r ...

TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY RESULTS IN INJURY
A tractor-trailer accident near the Peavine Road exit on I-40 in Cumberland County before sunrise yesterday resulted in an injury and traffic backups for a few hours. Troopers say a 2016 Volvo semi op ...

SPEAKER OF HOUSE CAMERON SEXTON GIVES STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR LEE’S COVID-19 SPEECH
After Tennessee Governor Bill Lee addressed the state last night on the COVID-19 surge, Speaker of the House of Representatives Cameron Sexton issued the following statement: “I greatly respect Gover ...

TENNESSEE GOVERNOR BILL LEE ISSUES ORDER LIMITING GATHERING SIZES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said last night he is limiting holiday gatherings to no one outside of families’ immediate households and all public indoor gatherings will be limited to 10 people. His sta ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19-20, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 84,710 (UP) active cases in Tennessee out of 519,687 (UP) total cases. •434,977 recovered •6,071 die ...

HEAD-ON VEHICLE CRASH IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY RESULTS IN FATALITY AND INJURIES
A vehicle accident on Highway 127 North in Cumberland County just north of the Woody community late yesterday claimed a life and left two seriously injured. Trooper Marty Brown says in his report a 19 ...

FAMILY REQUESTS PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE AFTER CROSSVILLE MAN REPORTED MISSING
UPDATE - MR LEMONS HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE PREVIOUS STORY - The public’s assistance has been requested in locating a Crossville man missing since December 12, 2020. Tommy Joe Lemons was last seen ...

TENNESSEE GOVERNOR BILL LEE TO DELIVER STATEWIDE ADDRESS ABOUT COVID-19 SURGE SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 2020
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will be delivering a statewide address tomorrow night (Sunday, December 20, 2020) at 7 p.m. central/8 p.m. eastern to Tennesseans about the rising cases of COVID-19. This a ...

ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 GOES OVER 600 IN CUMBERLAND AND ROANE COUNTY
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 78,387 (UP 3,881 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 503,651 (UP from yesterday) ...

COOKEVILLE SUSPECT CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY IN SEVIERVILLE
Law enforcement in Sevierville say 23-year old Mitchell Gagel of Cookeville has been charged with aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated assault and 28-year old Tiffany M ...

TEST SITE FOR COVID-19 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO TEMPORARILY SWITCH TO COMMUNITY COMPLEX
Beginning Monday, December 21, 2020, all COVID-19 testing is being moved from the Cumberland County Health Department to the Community Complex located at 1398 Livingston Road in Crossville. The testin ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS COVID-19 DATA – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020
The Cumberland County School System reported this afternoon 45 student (UP 6 from last week) and 37 staff (down 13 from last week) active cases of COVID-19. Officials added 562 students (UP 160 from l ...