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Jamestown Man Stopped For Littering Found With Stolen Gun
A Jamestown man stopped for littering after he threw a cigarette butt out of his car window on I-40 was found to be in possession of a stolen gun. Crossville Police pulled over 25-year-old Cooper Smit...
May 26, 2023
State Prisoner Charged With Murder Of Another Inmate
A state prison nmate has been indicted in connection to the murder of another state prison inmate. The TBI investigation into the stabbing death of 70-year-old of 70-year-old Robert Henry Hicks Jr. be...
May 26, 2023
Chapel Hill Man Dies After Bull Attack In Rutherford County
A Chapel Hill man has died after he was attacked by a bull in Rutherford County. Joseph Young, age 55, was in a barn on Wednesday when he was severely injured by the Scottish Highland bull. Young was ...
May 25, 2023
UT Football Season Tickets Sold Out
The University of Tennessee has sold out of season tickets for the 2023-24 football season. This marks the second time in the past 22 seasons that UT has sold out of its football season ticket invento...
May 25, 2023
UPDATE! Clay County EMS Back Operational
Clay County Emergency Management reports that Clay County ambulance service is back operational after about 20 EMS employees walked out on Monday. Clay County now has two primary EMS units ready to re...
May 25, 2023
Gov. Lee Authorizes Tennessee National Guard Deployment to Secure U.S. Southern Border
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has authorized the deployment of 100 Tennessee National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Southern border. This comes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott invited states to suppo...
May 25, 2023
Unemployment Drops in Every Tennessee County During April
Statewide, Tennessee continued to experience near-record low unemployment in April. All 95 counties in Tennessee reported lower unemployment in April and each county had a rate below 5%. Cumberland Co...
May 25, 2023
Cumberland County Receives Clean Audit Two Years In A Row
Cumberland County has received its second clean audit report for two years in a row. Mayor Allen Foster extends many thanks to Finance Director Nathan Brock and his staff for keeping the County organi...
May 25, 2023
TDOE Releases 2023 TCAP District-Level Averages for 3rd Grade ELA
The Tennessee Department of Education has released district-level TCAP average scores for third grade English Language Arts (ELA) from the spring 2023 TCAP administration. In Cumberland County, 34.42 ...
May 24, 2023
Cumberland County Archivist Sharon Rokosh Recognized as 2023 Tennessee Archives Institute Graduate
The Tennessee State Library & Archives and Secretary of State Tre Hargett have recognized Sharon Rokosh of Cumberland County as one of seven archivists who earned their Archives Management Certifi...
May 24, 2023