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Kingsport Man Indicted, Charged With Assaulting TBI Agent
TBI Press Release: SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN - A Kingsport man has been indicted on several charges, including aggravated assault, after attempting to flee from authorities in a stolen vehicle. On April 28t...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
Cumberland County COVID-19 Deaths Remain Same For Past Week As Statewide Positive Cases More Than Triple
Cumberland County reported no new deaths from coronavirus over a two week period with the death toll remaining at 327 on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The county's positive cases more than doubled from the p...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
Cumberland County, TN - Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Deadline To Apply For Summer Learning Camps For Children Currently in Grades K-7th
The deadline to apply for Summer Learning Camps in Cumberland County is Wednesday, May 18, 2022 for children currently in Grades K-7th. And it's Free! There will be small class sizes, STREAM, reading,...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
Authorities Searching For Man Who Allegedly Stole Coca-Cola Truck In Crossville
Area police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly stole a Coca-Cola tractor-trailer in Crossville. Monterey Police spotted the truck Tuesday morning and tried to pull it over on Commercial Avenue...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
Crossville City Council gives City Manager high marks
The Crossville City Council in regular session on Tuesday, reviewed a recent performance evaluation of the city manager. Council gave Greg Wood a collective average score of 4.17 out of a possible 5. ...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
Crossville City Council approves a motion to allow alcohol to be served on city property
The Crossville City Council approved a motion by Mayor James Mayberry to allow alcohol on city owned property within the city limits. Those wishing to provide alcohol on such properties will be requir...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
City of Crossville sales tax revenue remains strong
Crossville City Manager Greg Wood reports sales tax collections for February are above the previous year. The City's share of sales tax came in at just under $790,000. Wholesale beer tax collections a...
Ronni Chase May 11, 2022
Nashville Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder By Arson Released From Prison Tuesday After Almost 30 Years Behind Bars
A Nashville man walked out of Riverbend Prison a free man on Tuesday, thirty years after he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend by arson in 1992. Claude Garrett had been behind bars f...
May 10, 2022
Cumb. Co. BOE To Hold Special Called Meeting Thursday, May 12, 2022 At 5pm
The Cumberland County Board of Education will hold a Special Called Meeting on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in the boardroom at Central Services. Other BOE meetings scheduled this month: May 11...
Ronni Chase May 10, 2022
GSMNP Rangers Find Body Of Elderly Cocke County Man In River
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers found the body of an elderly Cocke County man partially submerged in the middle of a river Monday afternoon. The body of 72-year-old Charles Queen, of Bybee...
May 10, 2022