
BAG OF METH REPORTED FOUND IN ANUS OF FENTRESS COUNTIAN AT CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER
A Fentress Countian recently found himself in trouble in Crossville after an unusual discovery in the emergency room of Cumberland Medical Center. The arrest report states a doctor located a bag conta ...

FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION STOLEN FROM HOME IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies went to a home on Edington Lane Monday to take a theft report. The homeowner told authorities entry was made by way of a bedroom window. The report states at least 10 firear ...

AUTHORITIES WARNING CITIZENS OF “SOCIAL SECURITY PHONE CALL SCAM”
The Roane and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department warns citizens of a phone scam. This is where someone claiming to represent the "Social Security Office" calls and claims a resident has not paid e ...

BREWER ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police responded to the Speedway gas station on Genesis Road yesterday for a suspicious subject. A probable cause search of the vehicle 36-year-old Joshua Baxter Brewer of Crossville was in ...

FURTHER SURGE IN COVID-19 CASES COULD STOP ELECTIVE SURGERIES IN STATE
Some hospital systems in the state are urging caution as the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized more than doubled in the past month. Covenant Health including Cumberland Medical Center and Roane ...

SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND 7-YEAR-OLD STUDENT PASS AWAY IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN MEIGS COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reopened a section of Highway 58 late last night after investigating a fatal school bus crash in Meigs County close to the Bradley County line. Authorities confirmed the ...

CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY
Roane County authorities arrested a convicted sex offender yesterday. Mitchell Garris, age 40, of Harriman, was charged with violation of the offender registry. State officials say Garris was convicte ...

TROOPERS RESPOND TO TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES ON I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A vehicle accident on I-40 in Cumberland County early yesterday resulted in injuries. Trooper William Morgan says a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer operated by 58-year-old David Clutter from Shawnee, Oklah ...

TENNESSEE SMASHES EARLY VOTING RECORD
As of the close of polls on Monday, October 26, 2020, a record-breaking 1,808,546 voters had cast their ballot for the November 3, 2020 presidential election. Turnout has already surpassed the previo ...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for the following counties in Tennessee: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cumberland, Fentress, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meig ...

FATAL SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTED IN SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY
(DEVELOPING STORY) – The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a female bus driver and a 7-year-old child died in a school bus versus a utility service vehicle crash on the 7700 block of Highway 58 in souther ...

FUGITIVE WANTED BY KANSAS AUTHORITIES ARRESTED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County law enforcement recently pulled over a driver in a Dodge Dart on I-40 at the 327 mile marker for a window tint violation. A check of a passenger, 42-year-old Suzie Belle Sleep of Top ...