Cumberland County News

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

While Route 66 remains the subject of legend another famed highway running through East Tennessee offers its own brand of roadside adventure.

Cumberland County's non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell almost one percentage point in September, falling from the August rate of 11.6 percent to 10.8 percent.

An image of a lone fisherman in heavy mist has captured top honors in the adult amateur division of Scenic Tennessee's 2008-2009 photo contest, "Lands Worth Preserving." The 32 winning photos, showcasing Tennessee's unspoiled natural landscapes from wetlands to waterfalls to working family farms, will be on display November 6-22 at the East ...

The Cumberland County Democratic Women's Club on behalf of the local Democratic Party celebrated Veterans Appreciation Day in Crossville by hosting a hotdog luncheon followed by a presentation of a $500 check to Mark Daniels.

A multi-county, high-speed flight from police because of a revoked license ended in an Overton County wooded area where three local residents were apprehended and returned to Cumberland County to face charges.

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.

From the Crossville Chronicle : This was Haslam's eighth trip to the county, and joining him was his wife, Crissy, and campaign aide Andrew Hogan.

A Cumberland County woman accused of firing a handgun during a confrontation with neighbors is to appear in court this week to answer four charges, according to arrest 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.

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.

County commissioners approved accepting a $2.68 million Qualified School Bond Authority loan on behalf of the Cumberland County Board of Education during Monday night's commission meeting.

In a fair and just society, governments, corporations and citizens share equally in the burdens, risks and rewards of governmental and corporate decisions.

The Cumberland County Commission will meet tonight, Monday, Oct. 19 at the Cumberland County Courthouse.

A Cumberland County man is dead following a tragic hunting accident in the Colorado wilderness.

An East Tennessee man lost his life in this crash on rain-slickened Peavine Rd. between Fairfield Glade and Hebbertsburg around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, according to Trooper Jason Winningham of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

A Fairfield Glade man has given Cumberland County Sheriff's Investigators a statement about the sexual assault of a young child in an ongoing investigation, according to reports.

The man Cumberland County sheriff's investigators say shot and killed his daughter Monday will remain in jail without bond, at least for a little while longer, after his bond hearing set for yesterday in General Sessions Court was postponed.

This November, the Cumberland County Community Chorus will be giving a Veterans Benefit Concert.