
RODRIGUEZ ARRESTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIME IN ROANE COUNTY
Roane County authorities arrested a subject yesterday on a child sex crime charge. Officers say 34-year-old Carlos Rodriguez was taken into custody for solicitation of a minor. He was transported to j ...

ICE CREAM TRUCK DRIVER ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING GIRL IN ANDERSON COUNTY
A teenager abduction in Anderson County resulted in the arrest of a man. Officers were following up on a 15-year-old female runaway when they learned she was seen getting into an ice cream truck. The ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR MISSING MAN
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. Authorities say 69-year-old Lonnie Breland was last seen Saturday driving a 2019 Silver Honda Civic ...

PROSECUTORS EXPECTED TO DECIDE IN DECEMBER 2020 IF THEY WILL SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR MEGAN BOSWELL
Megan Boswell, the mother of deceased toddler Evelyn Boswell, entered a plea of not guilty to killing her daughter yesterday. She was arraigned by video in Sullivan County Criminal Court after she was ...

TENNESSEE GOVERNOR EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY UNTIL SEPT. 30, 2020
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee extended the emergency order this afternoon for the state's "continued treatment and containment of COVID-19" until September 30, 2020. The order extends the following pro ...

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 37,502 (down 86 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 150,815 total cases (up 1,636 cases si ...

ROCKWOOD POLICE ARREST BOLES AFTER ALLEGED ATTACK OF PREGNANT WOMAN
Rockwood police took a man into custody yesterday after he allegedly attacked a woman who is 32 weeks pregnant. The arrest report says the victim told officers 18-year-old Zachary Michael Boles grabbe ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM RELEASES COVID-19 DATA
The following report from the Cumberland County School System covers July 28, 2020, through August 27, 2020: 16 total reported positive student cases out of 5813 in-person students 12 total ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAN SETS OWN HOME ON FIRE “AFTER BEING TIRED OF DRUG ACTIVITY THERE”
Cumberland County firefighters and law enforcement responded to an unusual residential blaze on Taylor’s Chapel Road yesterday. The owner of the home told officers he just returned there from 10 days ...

DRIVER CHARGED WITH DUI FOLLOWING VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded to a single vehicle accident yesterday in the area of Highway 70 West and Pomona Road. Officers arrived to see a Chevy truck that traveled over an embankment with ...

HIGHLIGHTS FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING – AUG. 27, 2020
The Cumberland County Board of Education met this evening electronically via Zoom. Here are the highlights: CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS CHARITABLE FUND ANNOUCEMENT Through the generous actions of the ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY EMA RECEIVES NEW RESPONSE VEHICLE
The Crossville/Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) took final delivery this week of their new response vehicle. The truck is a 2020 Ford F-150 Crew Cab 4x4 that was purchased with fund ...