FAMILY DISPLACED AFTER RESIDENTIAL FIRE
Firefighters in Oak Ridge responded to a structure blaze on the 100 block of Jellico Lane yesterday afternoon. Before their arrival, a neighbor attempted to put the fire out using water coming from a ...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXTENDED FOR CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
As of noon central, the National Weather Service has extended the WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for the Cumberland Plateau until 6 p.m. central tonight (Sunday, February 14, 2021. This now runs the advisory ...
WELCH ARRESTED ON CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
Deputies in Roane County took 54-year-old Billie Joe Welch into custody yesterday. He faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, theft of property and domestic assault. According to the jail database, hi ...
TRAVEL ALERT – BLACK ICE CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS ON CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
TRAVEL ALERT!!! – (as of 11:10 a.m. central, Sunday, February 14, 2021) - Black ice is causing some problems on some roads and highways of the northern parts of Cumberland County and points west and n ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 35,094 active cases (down 436 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 756,071 total cases. •720,977 reco ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS COVID-19 REPORT – FEBRUARY 12, 2021:
The Cumberland County School System reported this afternoon 11 student and 4 staff active cases of COVID-19. Officials say 135 students and 8 staff members are quarantined because of being determined ...
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION OF RHEA CO. SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT ON HWY 68 RELEASED
The Tennessee Highway Patrol sent out preliminary information around noon today of a school bus crash late yesterday in Rhea County on Highway 68 in Spring City. First report indicates a 2002 school b ...
ROLLINS ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
Crossville police went to an apartment on Heather Ridge Circle Wednesday for a burglary in progress. The renter told officers he pulled into the parking lot and saw a window next to his front door op ...
TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT CAUSES TRAFFIC BACKUPS ON I-40
A tractor-trailer accident in western Roane County on I-40 resulted in traffic backups for a few hours yesterday morning. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 2017 Freightliner operated by 24-year-old ...
TENNESSEE / KENTUCKY SCHOOLS STATUS FOR FEBRUARY 12, 2021
(Last updated 6 a.m. Friday, February 12, 2021) TENNESSEE ANDERSON COUNTY – OPEN BLEDSOE COUNTY – OPEN BLOUNT COUNTY - OPEN CUMBERLAND COUNTY – 2 HOURS LATE FENTRESS COUNTY – 1 HOUR LATE LOUDON ...
TDOT RELEASES AVIATION ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has completed a year-long Statewide Aviation Economic Impact Study, finding Tennessee’s public-use airports contribute $40 billion to the state’s economy and ...








