
ROANE CO. SCHOOL BOARD: CLOSE ALL 5 HIGH SCHOOLS AND BUILD TWO SUPER HIGH SCHOOLS
In a stunning move last night, the Roane County Board of Education voted 7-3 to send a plan to close all five high schools and build two super high schools to the Roane County Commission for their con ...

WEILZEN SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR MURDER OF MCMINN COUNTY TEEN
A McMinn County jury found 19-year-old Joseph Wielzen guilty in the 2017 death of a McMinn County teen. He was unanimously convicted on first-degree murder, premeditated murder and aggravated rape. Of ...

BOHANNON ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED ATTACK OF WOMAN IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Cumberland County deputies responded to a home on Coppett Road yesterday to a disturbance. The arrest report says 29-year-old Joshua Wayne Bohannon of Crossvlle struck a woman in the head and face wit ...

ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED IN HEAD ON CRASH IN ANDERSON COUNTY
A two vehicle accident in Anderson County yesterday resulted in a fatality and two injuries. Trooper Jacob Wiser says a 2016 Ford Focus driven by 28-year-old Kala Lamb of Knoxville was traveling north ...

OVERTON COUNTY JURY CONVICTS HARVILL OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
A two-day trial concluded yesterday in Overton County when the jury found 46-year-old Shannon C. Harvill guilty for the vehicular homicide of Shannon Cook by intoxication, vehicular homicide of Shanno ...

POLICE INVESTIGATING BURGLARY OF CROSSVILLE BUSINESS
Police are investigating the burglary of a Crossville construction company. In the early morning hours on November 3, 2019, an unknown male subject broke into Freitag Construction, located at 80 Mille ...

INCREASED PRESENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY NOV. 21-23
The Tennessee Highway Patrol, Cumberland County Sheriff's Department and the Crossville Police Department will team up in an effort to reduce traffic crashes and crash injuries starting today. Law enf ...

FUGITIVE WANTED IN ROANE AND CUMBERLAND ARRESTED IN MORGAN CO.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service took a wanted fugitive into custody this week. Officers went to a home on Oak Lawn Drive in the Pine Orchard community to arrest 31-yea ...

BEAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT IN ROCKWOOD
A high-speed chase in Rockwood Monday afternoon resulted in several charges on the driver. Officers observed a vehicle operated by 18-year-old Zachary Chase Bean of Rockwood sideways on East Wheeler S ...

ATKINSON ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING RIFLE AT CUMBERLAND CO. DEPUTIES
A Grandview woman is facing charges after allegedly pointing a firearm at two Cumberland County deputies yesterday. The report states 68-year-old Violet Wilma Atkinson approached a Fed Ex driver who w ...

70-YEAR-OLD JAMESTOWN MAN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY OF PHARMACY
An arrest was made in the armed robbery of a Jamestown pharmacy yesterday. Police charged 70-year-old Michael McGlothlin of Jamestown with aggravated robbery and aggravated assault. Officers say McGl ...

DEADLINE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN CROSSVILLE APPROACHING
Citizens who own property in the City of Crossville who have not paid their property taxes are running out of time to do so. The city hall will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29. Since ...