Crossville Man Charged With DUI Following Crash In Cumberland Co.
Authorities have charged a Crossville man with DUI following a wrong-way crash on Interstate 40 in Crossville today. Officials said the crash happened around 12:30 p.m. near mile marker 316. Authorities have identified the man as 43-year-old Dillon F. Smith. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Smith was driving a black Dodge pickup east in the […]
DeKalb County Teacher Announces Snow Day With Parody Song
Several teachers and administrators got clever with their snow day announcements yesterday. Including DeKalb County Middle School teacher Josh Issac, who celebrated the school cancellation news with a parody version of a Meghan Trainor song called “We Teacher Got It Going On” His video went viral with more than 134,000now. Issac said he’s been receiving […]
Crash Reported On Interstate 40 In Cumberland County
A vehicle crash has backed up traffic on Interstate 40 in Cumberland County. The crash first reported around 12:30 p.m. near westbound mile marker 316. Reports from the Tennessee Highway Patrol indicate that a black Dodge pickup was traveling East on I 40 West when it crashed head-on into two tractor trailers. Westbound lanes are […]
East Tennessee Sex Offender Apprehended In Cookeville
Cookeville Police arrested a sex offender from Hawkins County last week after he tried fleeing the state for Salt Lake City Utah. According to a report released yesterday by the Tennessee Department of Corrections, offender William McAllister removed a GPS tracking device and boarded a Greyhound bus in Washington County. Authorities in East Tennessee said […]
Cumberland Commissioners Brave Roads And Cold Weather To Conduct Meeting
Cumberland County Commissioners braved hazardous roads and cold weather last night to conduct their first meeting of 2018. The commission voted to apply for a Community Development Block Grant, which if awarded, would extend water lines to underserved parts of the southern portion of the county around Old Highway 28 and East Valley Road. If […]
Rescue Mission Surpasses Fundraising Goal
The Cookeville Rescue Mission’s Sound of Hope holiday bell ringing event surpassed it’s fundraising goal of $100,000. Mission pastor and outreach coordinator Ryan Henry said the community donated $133,500, or about a third of the mission’s operating budget. “They say it takes a village to raise a child and that’s exactly what local ministries like […]
UCHRA Awarded $3 Million Grant For New Complex
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has awarded the Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency a $3 million grant. The funding will be used for the agency to construct a new transit and administrative complex on Highway 111 in Putnam County. The new 30,000 square foot facility will house approximately 100 employees and is designed to centralize […]
Fire Destroys Smith County Home Tuesday
A massive fire destroyed a home in Smith County Tuesday. Officials said the blaze started at a home located on Pea Ridge Road and Stonewall Highway. Hazardous road conditions delayed the fire departments response time and when they arrived on scene the home was fully engulfed in flames. It took several hours to put the […]
