Category Archives: Local News

8/15/2020 Cumberland County’s Active Case Count rose by 33 people to 225 for Saturday, August 15, 2020. Positive Cases are up by 31 from Friday to 561 on Saturday. Recoveries are 329 which is do...

Posted to the City Of Crossville Facebook Page on Saturday, August 15, 2020: Meadow Park Lake will be temporarily closed due to potential COVID-19 exposure. We apologize for any inconvenience and will...

Cumberland County COVID-19 data as of Friday, August 14, 2020: 192 active cases (+16); 530 positive cases (+28); 7 deaths officially reported (+0); 30 hospitalizations (+0) and 331 recovered (+12). Th...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced $168 million more in COVID-19 relief for small businesses, agriculture, tourism and workforce development through federal coronavirus relief funding. The Republic...

Another person has died from COVID-19 in Cumberland County, bringing the death toll to 7. Active cases went up by 14 for a total of 176 reported on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Positive cases are at 502...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that he will sign a bill that toughens penalties on some protests in response to continued demonstrations in the state and nationwide over racial injustice. The b...

University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman announced that university-organized tailgating will not be allowed during the 2020-21 football season, WVLT rpeorts. Plowman said if UT is able to have...

The Delinquent Tax Committee will be meeting on Monday, August 17th at 3:30pm in room 310-Building and Grounds meeting at 4:30, Monday, August 17, 2020-The Cumberland County Commission will hold its m...

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley today announced that Tennessee tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates in July. Overall July revenues were $1.86 billion, wh...

We are now learning that Rhea County’s second COVID-19 death is a doctor who worked at Rhea County Primary Care. WRCB reports that Dr. Sithipol Tantihachai was well-known and respected in the Da...