Category Archives: Local News
Tyler McWilliams Hired As New Head CCHS Lady Jets Basketball Head Coach
The administration of Cumberland County High School is excited to announce the hiring of Tyler McWilliams as the new head coach of the Lady Jets Basketball Team. Coach McWilliams was selected from amo...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Aviagen investing $35.3 million in Pikeville expansion
Poultry genetics company Aviagen will invest $35.3 million to expand in Pikeville with a new state-of-the-art feed mill. The global company supplies broiler breeding stock to customers in more than 10...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Tennessee Vols tight end has back surgery for herniated disk
Tennessee tight end Austin Pope says he had surgery Thursday to repair a herniated disk in his back. He also had surgery on a different herniated disk two years. Pope wrote on Twitter that the surgery...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Crossville Man Arrested For Vandalism Of Security Light
Crossville Police were dispatched to an Ivey Avenue residence on Thursday after a homeowner’s surveillance camera captured the vandalism of a security light on his property. According to reports...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Crab Orchard Woman Claims Small Fire Set to Trailer was Intentional
According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to Shot Gun Drive for a vandalism report. The victim showed the officers a spot on her mobile home where a fire had b...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Cumb. Co. Records 2nd COVID-19 Death In A Week
Cumberland County has recorded its second death in a week from COVID-19, bringing the death toll from the virus to 6. On Friday, July 17, 2020 Cumberland County had 75 active cases, 247 positive cases...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Vols Player Emmit Gooden Jr. Dismissed From Team
Tennessee Vols football player Emmit Gooden Jr. has been dismissed from the team after he was arrested Thursday on charges of felony domestic assault. He is accused of striking his girlfriend in the h...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Tennessee governor delays scheduled execution due to virus
Because of the pandemic, Governor Bill Lee has issued a temporary reprieve to Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols until December 31, 2020. The 59-year-old Nichols had been scheduled to die...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 18, 2020
Mayors in Oliver Springs and Columbia, TN Test Positive for COVID-19
At least two mayors in Tennessee have tested positive for COVID-19. Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder and his wife have tested positive for the virus after experiencing mild symptoms. Oliver Springs Mayor Om...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 17, 2020
Statewide Unemployment Rate Drops for Second Consecutive Month in July
Tennessee’s unemployment rate decreased in June for the second consecutive month after reaching an all-time high in April of 15.5 percent. Before the pandemic, the state’s previous record-...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 17, 2020