A Crossville teenager detained by the Department of Childrens Services kicked out the rear windows of a DCS Transport vehicle Monday. Police called to the Exxon Station on Highway 127 North to respond to an unruly teenager. As police arrived, the juvenile was hanging out the window of a van. The juvenile, a black teenager, began shouting obscenities at both ... Read More »

A dump truck overturned Tuesday morning along Hawkins-Crawford Road briefly pinning the driver inside. 40-year-old Travis Proffitt was driving the dump truck north on Hawkins-Crawford Road, between Baxter and Cookeville. He met another vehicle in the curve and moved to the right. The dump truck ran off the right side of the roadway, where the wet ground gave way. The ... Read More »

Crossville City Council members will consider the next step in a possible merger with the South Cumberland Utility District Tuesday night. The merger would follow a similar path of the 2006 Catoosa Utility District merger. Council members will also begin the evaluation of the city manager. A work session and public hearing take place prior to the meeting Tuesday night ... Read More »

Monterey Mayor Bill Wiggins said the community needs to actively work to offer more services along the I-40 corridor. “We’ve got to develop exits 300 and 301 to bring more retail in and to capture some of those dollars that are passing by us every day and night on Interstate 40,” Wiggins said. Both exits feature a total of three ... Read More »

A Crossville man faces charges of driving under the influence, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest following a weekend incident. It happened at the Main Street Dairy Queen where police responded to the call of a possible drunk driver. 29-year-old Sergio Xammar was driving a red Impala in the drive thru. As police approached ... Read More »

Child advocates from across the Upper Cumberland will head to Nashville Tuesday and Wednesday to focus on children’s issues statewide. Children’s Advocacy Days brings together advocates with legislators and state officials. Among the attendees, Kristi Paling, the Upper Cumberland Regional Coordinator for the Tennnessee Commission on Children and Youth. “We have several people that are going from the Upper Cumberland ... Read More »

Some $600,000 in state funding to acquire land for an Upper Cumberland Veterans Cemetery has been returned to the state’s proposed budget. Senator Paul Bailey worked with Senator Paul Yager to include the money in the Department of Veterans Services budget for 2018-2019. The Tennessee Department of Veterans Services established a committee to begin searching for sites for the cemetery ... Read More »

The resurfacing of Willow Avenue will soon begin . . . again. Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn said the project to repave Willow Avenue from Jackson Street to Tennessee Tech, should have already been completed. However, some of the asphalt laid during the cold temperatures earlier this winter did not turn out as expected. “The asphalt just did not do ... Read More »

Interest in Tennessee’s Reconnect Program ranks higher in the Vol State service area than almost anywhere else in the state. “We’re seeing evidence of that in terms of inquires we receive at our Cookeville and Livingston locations,” Vol State President Dr. Jerry Faulkner said. “In that 10-day period after the online application opened, we had the second highest number of ... Read More »

Crossville Police captured a man Sunday night who escaped from a bail bond recovery agent Friday. 25-year-old Joshua Dirscherl spent the weekend on the lamb after escaping around noon Friday near Woodmere Mall. Dirscherl had outstanding arrest warrants for violation of probation, theft, and driving on a suspended license. Read More »