
TRUCK BURSTS INTO FLAMES AFTER CRASH ON HIGHWAY 58 IN ROANE COUNTY
Tennessee Highway Patrol has released details of a fiery wreck on the 2100 block of Highway 58 about 6:45 last evening. They say 64-year-old Lou Ann Fishbeck of Knoxville was traveling northbound at ...

10 DRIVING ON REVOKED LICENSE CONVICTIONS; ON HIS WAY TO NUMBER 11?
Sunday morning, when Crossville police stopped 48-year-old Elvin Lovon Ford of Crossville for a light-law violation, dispatch confirmed Ford’s license was not only revoked, but he has an extensive hi ...

TENNESSEE BEGINS USING ELECTRONIC CARD SYSTEM FOR WIC BENEFITS
The Women, Infants & Children Program in Tennessee has converted to electronic debit card-style payments. The State Department of Health says the WIC program will now enable beneficiaries to use ...

ONE DRIVER KILLED IN TWO-VEHICLE HEAD-ON CRASH IN OAK RIDGE
Oak Ridge police report one person was killed early yesterday morning in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Edgemoor Road, near Haw Ridge Park. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene; the other was ...

NEWPORT PASTOR BONDS OUT AFTER STATUTORY RAPE CHARGES
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says a pastor at Dayspring Baptist Church in Newport is out on bond after being charged with statutory rape. Forty-year-old Artie Michael Sturm was arrested April 29 ...

WOMAN ON OPANA TELLS POLICE ABOUT SPRINKLED CHEESE, EVIL GROUNDS
Well before dawn Sunday, Crossville city police were dispatched to remove an unwelcome woman from a home on Underwood Street. They found 43-year-old Sandra Anne Bryan of Crossville standing in the roa ...

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AT LOCAL LAUNDROMAT
Just before noon on Saturday, Crossville police were called to the Wash N Dry on North Main Street for a report of a woman inside the business possibly on drugs. Police found 39-year-old Ruth Irwin D ...

TRESPASSER TRIES TO DISSUADE OFFICERS WITH THREATS TO CALL THE “REAL POLICE”
Late Friday night, Crossville police were engaged in extra patrolling around Old Jamestown Highway for vagrants reported to be living in an abandoned garage. A stairwell leading to the second floor wa ...

COUNTERFEIT BILL REPORTED AT LOCAL WINERY
Crossville police responded yesterday afternoon to Chestnut Hill Winery for a report of a counterfeit $100 bill received as payment. The owner reported she’d been going through the weekend deposit an ...

COUNTERFEIT $100 UNKNOWINGLY DISPENSED TO CUSTOMER AT CREDIT UNION
Friday morning, Crossville police were called to Walmart for a report of a counterfeit $100 bill. A customer said she’d just left Upper Cumberland Federal Credit Union, where she’d cashed her payroll ...

DEFENSIVE AFTER TRAFFIC STOP, WILLIAMS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Thursday night, Crossville police conducted a routine traffic stop on Penny Lane. After securing permission to conduct a search, they asked the occupants to exit the vehicle. The driver, 55-year-old D ...

STATE TROOPER KILLED IN I-40 CRASH IN WEST TENNESSEE
A crash on Interstate 40 West in Madison County killed a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper who was responding to a call. Trooper Matthew Gatti of the Memphis district died in the highway crash. Gatti ...