A Cumberland County man is charged with TennCare fraud in connection with selling prescription drugs he obtained using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), with the assistance of the Crossville Police Department arrested James Wilson, 57, of Crossville. He is charged with using TennCare benefits to obtain the painkiller Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and ... Read More »

An investigation into UCHRA practices and procedures under Executive Director Luke Collins should be complete in the next several days. That update came Thursday morning from UCHRA Attorney Danny Rader. The board that governs the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency, placed Collins on administrative leave with pay in February pending an independent investigation. Collins took comp time and had the ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech President Phillip Oldham has agreed to a new five-year contract. “Our students are our priority,” Oldham said in a statement. “What we set to accomplish focuses on putting students first. People often talk about what great potential there is at Tennessee Tech. It is time to stop talking and start building the Tennessee Tech of tomorrow.” Last week, ... Read More »

Tech alumni Walter Derryberry, Dick Murphy, Ottis Phillips, John Rose, and Scott Stallings will be honored by the University April 13th. The five will receive Tennessee Tech Alumni Association Awards as part of Alumni Weekend 2018, the association announced Thursday. Derryberry, a retired physician, will receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Retired businessman Murphy will receive the Outstanding Service Award. Phillips ... Read More »

City and county mayors in the UCHRA service area will now appoint consumer members of the UCHRA policy council. The UCHRA Board voted Thursday morning to make the bylaw change. In addition, consumer representative must have consumed UCHRA services within the last year. “As our attorney outlined today, much of what was being done here violated state statute and was ... Read More »

Travel Blogger Shannon McKeon has visited some 36 countries and some 35 states. Of all she has seen, an Upper Cumberland landmark and its owner stands out. “I’ve met hundreds of interesting and eccentric people in my life through all of my travels all over the world, but he is definitely ranking in the top five,” McKeon said. He is ... Read More »

Western Kentucky released Upperman Basketball standout Akira Levy from her basketball commitment Wednesday. Hilltoppers Head Coach Michelle Clark-Heard left to take the Cincinnati job earlier this week. Levy said she wanted to explore all her options going forward. Levy averaged 25.3 points and 9.4 assists this season as the Lady Bees won a second consecutive state 2A championship. She was ... Read More »

A flash flood warning issued for parts of the Upper Cumberland Thursday morning following flooding reports in Trousdale County. The National Weather Service issued the warning for Northwestern Smith County, Northwestern Jackson County, Northwestern Clay County, Macon County and Trousdale County until 8:45am Thursday. At 2:45am, Trousdale County officials reported streams at the edge of their banks and one stranded ... Read More »

A new, state-of-the-art extended stay hotel will soon open on Cookeville’s South Jefferson Avenue. Candlewood Suites, a Holiday Inn brand, will be built right beside the Carmike Cinema on Jefferson Avenue. The hotel offer guests staying three to four nights a full, high tech facility, according to project coordinator Jeff Smith. “We’ll have the best of the best internet service ... Read More »

If you’ve got $1.5 million, you could own a piece of Crossville history: the famous Horace Burgess Treehouse now on the block. A Chattanooga Realty Company listed the 97-foot tall treehouse and the 139 acres with it Tuesday for $1.5 million. Crossville resident Horace Burgess built the treehouse in the early 1990s. In an interview with RoadsideAmerica.Com, Burgess said he ... Read More »