Category Archives: Local News

The Cumberland County Commission has failed to pass a resolution regulating noise from motor vehicle racing in the county. Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster notes the resolution was intended to reg...

Gov. Bill Lee has signed into law sweeping protections for businesses, schools, and nursing homes against coronavirus lawsuits. Lee on Monday touted the legislation as “historic” and argue...

At Monday’s regular meeting, the Cumberland County Commission passed a resolution to put Cold Springs Road back on the county road list so residents can access Wattenbarger Cemetery, which is a ...

The Cumberland County Commission held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, August 17, 2020. All Commissioners were present. County Mayor Allen Foster reports he was absent due to his quarantine. Cha...

Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster reports that the Tennessee Department Of Transportation will be replacing the bridge on Highway 70 just past the entrance to the Obed River Park. The work will req...

The Vols football schedule was released on Monday and UT will open in Columbia, South Carolina on September 26. The 10-game, conference-only schedule has the Vols hosting Texas A&M on November 14t...

The Cumberland County High School Jets will host Scott County on Friday, August 21, 2020. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has released the following ...

Meadow Park Lake was closed over the weekend as a precaution to a possible COVID-19 exposure but it will reopen on Tuesday, August 18, and resume normal hours.

A divorce filed in the summer of 2019 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, indirectly led to an Aug. 6 general election ballot with its lone contested race pitting husband and wife against each other for the...

The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is now 134,744 as of August 17, 2020 (up 1,036 since Sunday) including 1,387 deaths (up 21 people in a day); 5,881 hospitalizations (up 34 from Sunday) and ...