
TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40 IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY JAMS WESTBOUND TRAFFIC FOR HOURS
A tractor-trailer accident on I-40 this morning left traffic jammed for hours. 2009 Peterbilt pulling a tanker operated by 34-year-old Justin Tabor of Crossville was westbound at the 331 mile marker ...

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION FOR EARLY NOV. 15, 2020
The National Weather Service has issued a WIND ADVISORY for the following counties going into effect at 12:01 a.m. central Sunday, November 15, 2020 and expires at 3 p.m. central Sunday, November 15, ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS COVID-19 DATA – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020
The Cumberland County School System as of today (Friday, November 13, 2020) reported 30 positive student cases (up 13 cases from last Friday) and 13 staff cases (up 4 cases from last Friday). As of to ...

OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING NEAR ROCKWOOD EARLIER THIS YEAR RULED JUSTIFIED
A Roane County grand jury is in agreement with the district attorney’s office that a fatal shooting involving a suspect and a police officer back in July was justified. The incident started with a dom ...

DEATH TOLL GOES UP IN CUMBERLAND, ROANE, OVERTON, PUTNAM AND RHEA COUNTIES
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 34,999 active cas ...

CROSSVILLE CITIZEN SCAMMED OUT OF NEARLY $3,000
A citizen of Crossville went to the police station yesterday to report she was scammed out of nearly $3,000. The woman said she received a call from an “Officer Richard Dawson” who informed the victim ...

MORSE MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER
Robert David Morse, age 20, made his first appearance in a Cumberland County courtroom today charged with first-degree murder. He stands accused of the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Matthew Musser at ...

REWARD OFFERED FOR SAFE RETURN OF TWO MISSING ROANE COUNTY TEENAGERS
For the second time this year, the sheriff’s office is asking for help to find two missing 14-year-old girls from Roane County. Maya Lesick and Jaelynn Hall were last seen November 1, 2020. A $500 rew ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON MILLER BYPASS IN CROSSVILLE RESULTS IN ARREST
Crossville police and medics responded to a single vehicle accident on Miller Bypass close to Main Street just after sundown Tuesday. The report states the driver, 46-year-old Sean McCristall of Ohio, ...

HAVLIK ARRESTED ON FELONY DRUG CHARGES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County authorities recently got a tip of illegal drug sales in a room at the Quality Inn in Crossville. Law enforcement encountered 57-year-old Kurt Dewayne Havlik of Crossville and alleged ...

DEATH TOLL RISES IN CUMBERLAND, ROANE, OVERTON, RHEA AND PUTNAM COUNTIES
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 33,943 active cases in Tennessee out of 293,381 total cases. 259,438 recovered (up 3,295 from ...

GROSSO APPEARS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER
Diana Lynn Grosso, age 59, appeared in Cumberland County Criminal Court yesterday charged with second-degree murder. Grosso allegedly provided a substance containing fentanyl to 58-year-old Julia Mead ...