The Cumberland County Sheriffs Department and the TBI investigating an apparent homicide and assault in Fairfield Glade early Wednesday. The suspect in the case, 33-year-old Jason James Chapman, was found dead at an Arkansas hotel Wednesday afternoon from self-inflicted injuries, according to the department. Fairfield Glade Police responded to a domestic call at 510 Wimberly Road around 7:55am Wednesday morning. ... Read More »

Local power companies across the Upper Cumberland asking you to limit your power consumption during the next 18 hours. Temperatures near zero will be the coldest the region has seen since Christmas, 2022 when TVA imposed rolling blackouts to deal with energy consumption. TVA officials, working with local companies, invested money and time to limit the chances of that happening ... Read More »

Sunshine showed its power Tuesday though temperatures never got much about 18 degrees across the Upper Cumberland as the dig out begins from the Sunday-Monday storm. “We’ve actually been pretty pleasantly surprised today with the thawing that we’ve seen on the main roads,” Putnam County Emergency Management Director Brandon Smith said. “A lot of the side roads are still snow ... Read More »

A Roane County man arrested in the drug-related death of a woman at her Cumberland County workplace in August, 2021. 45-year-old Michael Paul Kerley charged with one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of the Manufacture, Sale, Delivery of Schedule II Narcotics. Kerley charged in the death of Ashley Nicole Cressel. The woman found unresponsive at her workplace ... Read More »

Roads across the Upper Cumberland reported snow covered and slick Monday morning. Most areas received three to four inches of snow from Sunday evening through early Monday morning. After a break, radar shows snowfall filling back in across the region. Emergency management officials urged residents to stay off the road. Fentress County officials reported the holiday has kept people at ... Read More »

An emergency cold weather shelter has been established for the homeless at the Cookeville Rescue Mission. The shelter opened at 3pm Sunday and will continue operations until further notice. Cookeville Police will provide transportation to the facility for those within the city limits who do not have access to transportation. The shelter is located at the Johnstone Building, purchased by ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech will cancel classes Tuesday because of “potentially dangerous weather conditions.” Classes are already cancelled for Monday and University offices closed due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All University Offices will also be closed Tuesday. Officials made the decision Sunday evening. Read More »

Friday’s stormy weather will usher in multiple blasts of arctic air beginning Saturday, the coldest weather since last Christmas. “Last Christmas was kind of in and out, it occurred and then it was gone,” Meteorologist Rob Carolan said. “This is actually going to kind of come through in two pieces. The first blast comes through this weekend on the tail ... Read More »

Winds caused the most damage Friday in a swath from northern Van Buren County up through Overton County, with the highest elevations seemingly impacted most. A wind gust of 63mph recorded in Monterey, with a 56mph speed noted in Baxter during the worst part of the weather around lunch time. Power crews worked through the afternoon to restore power, especially ... Read More »

Strong winds causing power outages over the higher elevations of the Upper Cumberland Friday morning. As of 10:45am, Volunteer Energy reported 1,454 of its White County customers, all but five, without power. Some 3,300 customers in Cumberland County are without power, centered on the Putnam/White County lines. Some 800 VEC customers in Putnam County are without power. UCEMC also reporting ... Read More »