Sparta News

Funeral service was Tuesday, May 21, from the chapel of Family Heritage Funeral Home with Bro.

Blue skies and nice weather mean different things for different people. But for Upper Cumberland Regional Airport manager Jim Kmet, it means more airport visitors - and increased fuel sales.

A Spencer man was arrested at Cookeville Regional Medical Center Saturday after allegedly pulling a knife and threatening someone in a waiting room.

A man and a woman have been arrested in a case in which a safe was stolen out of a residence last month.

Two men remained jailed after they allegedly swallowed $5,000 worth of heroin during a traffic stop in Franklin earlier this week.

It was a long awaited reunion, but it doesn't quite have a story book ending. Tiffany Oliver went missing from Sparta, Tennessee in 2007 when she was 13 years old.

Tiffany at 19, with the officers who discovered her. L-R: Detective John Ford, Sheriff Oddie Shoupe, Tiffany Oliver and Detective Chris Isom.

The event, slated as the "Toughest in Tennessee" held true to its name as participants of the Second Annual FCS Commander Run left panting after the extreme 5K and admitting, "This was definitely harder than last year's Commander - extremely challenging and fun." They are referring to the mud-crawling, obstacle-climbing, extreme terrain course that ... (more)

Some shoplifters go boldly where others have rarely gone, looking to score more than the little item slipped inside a pocket.

Some shoplifters go boldly where others have rarely gone, looking to score more than the little item slipped inside a pocket.

Tiffany Rose Hayes Oliver disappeared from her home in Sparta on April 15, 2007 at age 13.