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TVA Approves 4.5% Rate Hike
The Tennessee Valley Authority has approved a 4.5 percent rate hike to pay for a $15 billion long-term in investment plan to build additional generation and upgrade the existing system over the next t...
Aug 24, 2023
Tennessee's Free 2023 Hunting Day This Saturday, Squirrel Season Opens
Tennessee's Free Hunting Day is August 26 and Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license this Saturday, which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season. The TWRA reminds that hu...
Aug 24, 2023
The University of Tennessee and Food City have teamed up for a $20 million naming rights deal
The University of Tennessee has partnered with Food City in a 10 year, $20 million dollar agreement that renames the Thompson-Boling Arena. The arena's new moniker is to be Thompson-Boling Area at Foo...
Aug 23, 2023
49 tnAchieves Volunteer Mentors Needed In Cumberland County by October 20, 2023
With the October 20th deadline fast approaching, tnAchieves says 49 volunteer mentors are still needed in Cumberland County. At least 6,000 more mentors are needed across the state to support the TN P...
Aug 23, 2023
FFG Teen Grant Roberts Still Missing After 3 Weeks
It has now been three weeks since a Cumberland County teen went missing. According to a post on the Sheriff's Office Facebook page, 15-year-old Grant Roberts was last seen in his bedroom at his home i...
Aug 23, 2023
Stewardship Poster Contest Announced
(Submitted by Lynn Carey, Office Manager, SWCD) The Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is sponsoring a Soil and Water Stewardship Poster Contest. The theme for this year's c...
Aug 23, 2023
Pistol Found On Road At Intersection of Old Lantana and Justice Street
Crossville Police were called to the intersection of Old Lantana and Justice Street Tuesday afternoon when a woman found a loaded 9mm pistol on the roadway. She waited until Police arrived to make sur...
Aug 23, 2023
Suspect Named in Road Rage Incident That Prompted Lockdown of Two Cumberland County Schools Tuesday Morning
The Crossville Police Department has released the name of a suspect in a road rage incident that prompted the lockdown of two Cumberland County schools Tuesday morning. According to reports, Police re...
Aug 23, 2023
Visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent $2.1 billion in local communities in 2022
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 12.9 million visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2022 spent $2.1 billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 32,590...
Aug 22, 2023
Two Men Charged With Burglary, Theft and Vandalism In Cumberland Heights Burglary
Two men have been charged following a burglary at Cumberland Heights. Early Friday morning (8/18/2023), Crossville Police were called to Hermans Lane after employees received an alarm activation at th...
Aug 22, 2023