BROADBAND RECONNECT GRANT AWARDED TO BEN LOMAND IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
In a ceremony at Battle Mountain Farm in College Grove, Tennessee, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Ben Lomand Holdings, Inc. (VolFirst) was awarded the Broadband ReCo ...
FORMER ATHENS CITY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIME
A former Athens City Middle School assistant principal is facing child sex crime charges. Mark Avery Pickel faces transportation of child pornography in interstate commerce and interstate travel with ...
SHERRILL ARRESTED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded this week to Beechwood Drive in Fairfield Glade for a suspicious driver reportedly operating the vehicle in a reckless manner. Officers intercepted 22-year-old Dan ...
BUSINESS BURGLARIZED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded Tuesday to a store on the 8700 block of Highway 127 North (Rod's Sale, Trade and Buy) for a burglary. The incident report states someone used a rock to bust the fr ...
BREAKING NEWS – VEHICLE CRASH ON I-40 RESULTS IN FOOT PURSUIT ON INTERSTATE IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Cumberland County deputies and medics are on the scene (11:30 a.m. central) of a vehicle accident at the 315 mile marker of I-40. Initial reports indicate a vehicle with a New York tag crashed and whe ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WANTED FOR CRIMINAL SIMULATION
Crossville police investigated a recent incident where two males attempted to pass counterfeit checks at Cumberland County Bank on Elmore Road and First National Bank on Main Street, Officers say Jus ...
ROANE COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS MELTON ON VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CHARGES
A Morgan County young man has been indicted by a Roane County Grand Jury stemming from a fatal accident last year. Court documents state 19-year-old Holden Jeffrey Melton of Wartburg is charged with t ...
ROANE COUNTY GRAND JURY WANTS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REGARDING TVA ASH SPILL
A Roane County grand jury now says they will support a criminal investigation into claims that a TVA contractor failed to protect workers cleaning up a massive coal ash spill back in 2008. Many of tho ...
JAMESTOWN POLICE CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING TEENAGER
The Jamestown, Tennessee Police Department continues their search for a missing teenager and needs the public’s help in locating her. Officers say 17-year-old Madison Dillard left her home on January ...
SEVERE WEATHER LEAVES DAMAGE IN COVERAGE AREA
A line of severe thunderstorms arrived earlier than expected in the coverage area last night leaving a trail of damage. The line of storms was expected to enter the area around 11 p.m. central on the ...
LOCAL AND AREA SCHOOL CLOSINGS – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Last updated 5:25 a.m. central Thursday, February 13, 2020 The following school systems are closed today (Thursday, February 13, 2020); CUMBERLAND COUNTY MONROE COUNTY The following schools are DE ...
BODY FOUND UNDER BRIDGE IN ROCKWOOD IS MAN FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department this afternoon released the identity of a body found near a bridge late Sunday night on Highway 70 in Rockwood. Sheriff Jack Stockton says the body has been ident ...
