The Crossville City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow, November 13. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall, 392 North Main Street. The public is welcome to attend. The Council is expected to approve an ordinance amending Crossville Municipal Code 10-202 about the tethering and humane restraint and treatment of dogs. ... Read More »

Two Crossville residents have been charged with aggravated burglary for their roles in an incident at a Rebecca Drive home this week. Cumberland County deputies took 18-year-old Makenna Annalise Miller and 21-year-old Avery Lee Conley into custody late yesterday afternoon. Several firearms, a 60-inch television, miscellaneous jewelry and a prescription bottle with 90 10mg hydrocodone tablets were taken from the ... Read More »

A Crossville man is being sought in connection with an aggravated burglary Monday evening at the home of a relative on the 200 block of Rebecca Drive. The homeowner reportedly returned home to find several firearms, a 60-inch television, miscellaneous jewelry and a prescription bottle containing 90 10mg Hydrocodone tablets missing. There were no signs of forced entry. Wall-mounted cameras ... Read More »

Cumberland County deputies responded recently to a home on the 200 block of Jackson Road for a late-night report of shots fired. When they arrived, they discovered 36-year-old Patrick Lee Evans of Monterey lying on the kitchen floor, barefoot and bleeding from multiple lacerations. Evans’ eyes appeared red and, when he complained that his head hurt and he needed medical ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Community Band and the Plateau Women’s Chorus will combine to present a benefit concert in honor of Veterans’ Day. The concert takes place Thursday, November 8, at 7 p.m. in the Stone Memorial High School auditorium. Publicity coordinator Nancy Mitchell said the two groups will each perform five numbers, and then join forces on an additional five ... Read More »

Three separate weekend burglaries are under investigation in Cumberland County. Just before midnight Friday, deputies responded to a home on Critter Crossing, where the homeowner reported a bedroom window broken and several firearms taken from his bedroom closet. The weapons were valued at approximately $4,200. A suspect has been identified and an investigation is underway. On Sunday morning, deputies responded ... Read More »

Early Saturday morning, Cumberland County deputies encountered four people in a vehicle in the Budget Inn parking lot. The car windows were rolled down and the occupants reportedly “seemed nervous.” When asked whether they had anything illegal in the car, 41-year-old Daniel Lewis Gee of Crossville handed over a black case that contained meth, a 15mg Morphine pill, half an ... Read More »

In the process of recovering a stolen SUV late Saturday night, Cumberland County deputies nabbed a suspect on a host of charges. Earlier that day, the owner had filed a stolen-vehicle report on her missing Ford Expedition. A bank card, wedding ring, iPhone and two chainsaws were also reportedly inside the vehicle at the time of the theft. Deputies discovered ... Read More »

Late Sunday night, as Cumberland County deputies approached a suspicious vehicle parked outside a business on the 300 block of West Avenue, two men emerged from the building. After one of the men, 47-year-old Jimmy Lynn Barnwell of Crossville, began behaving strangely and dropping things on the ground, a search turned up drugs and drug paraphernalia. Barnwell admitted the crystalline ... Read More »

Early voting in Tennessee for the November 6 elections begins tomorrow, Wednesday, October 17, and runs through Thursday, November 1. Secretary of State Tre Hargett said this affords registered voters an opportunity to choose a time to vote that fits into their schedules. “Tennesseans broke August early-voting records as they selected nominees and elected county officials,” Hargett said. “Interest remains ... Read More »