Crossville News

I have written before about television shows I like getting canceled. They are axed, apparently, because no one, it seems, other than me and a handful of others, watches them.

The Fairfield Glade Volunteer Firefighters have again agreed to support a "Christmas" fundraising drive for the Bread of Life Rescue Mission in Crossville.

With the continued growth of the city of Crossville, city council members bit the bullet and approved moving forward with building, equipping and staffing a third fire station.

Crossville City Council members expressed extreme frustration over recent actions by the water quality department of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation threatening fines concerning the partial failure of the Caryonah Dam and the city's ongoing efforts to correct the problem.

The annual Farm-City Breakfast, sponsored by the Cumberland County Farm Bureau, is scheduled for Nov.

Residents of Smith Mountain and Cumberland County offered impassioned pleas to the Office of Surface Mining Thursday, asking that it turn down a request for a revision to the post mining land use for Turner Mine on Smith Mountain Rd.

A vehicle exceeding the speed limit caused a Cumberland County sheriff's deputy to attempt a traffic stop, and after a short vehicle and foot pursuit, netted items related to recovery of a rifle recently reported stolen in a residential burglary.

November 1903 *Seven folks left on the night train to Nashville. They are all bound for Los Angeles, California to live.

For the second year in a row The Performing Arts Alliance of Rural Tennessee is bringing back Celtic powerhouse Coyote Run for two nights in December at the Palace Theatre in downtown Crossville.

The Crossville audience of the Bryan Symphony Orchestra can learn more about an unprecedented performance by the orchestra in collaboration with the Asheville Lyric Opera during a preview luncheon that begins at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at the Palace Theater.

Crossville Police have arrested another person in connection with the passing locally of counterfeit bills, this time seizing the suspect's vehicle, a printer and other evidence.

The Cumberland County Veterans Council will sponsor a Veterans Day ceremony Nov.

The Cumberland County man who drove a stolen pickup truck through a school yard and who was facing other felony charges in Criminal Court pleaded guilty recently to burglary, meth and endangerment charges and received a four-year prison sentence.

The city of Crossville has announced the leaf pickup schedule for this fall. Schedule is as follows: A*If your garbage removal day is Monday, please have your leaves curbside before Nov.

The following incident reports were on file at the respective Rutherford County law enforcement agencies.

A man and woman driving a vehicle with the wrong registration displayed were arrested Sunday after police discovered components for a clandestine methamphetamine lab in the vehicle, according to Crossville Police reports.

A Crossville woman who did not return home when expected and who was reported as a missing person was found along with a friend in an area trauma center, the victim of a traffic accident, according to local authorities.

John Simms smiles as he poses with his 2009 "Best of Show" painting.A The award was presented at the recent judged Fall Awards Show at the Plateau Creative Arts Center.A The show was sponsored by the Art Guild at Fairfield Glade.

A Cumberland County man has been arrested and charged in connection with an attempt to pass a counterfeit bill at a local retail store, according to Crossville Police reports.

A Cumberland County man who was in charge of the care of a one-month-old baby when it died has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, bringing to a close a tragic case under unusual circumstances.