Author Archives: Ronni Chase

After decades of being on display, the bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest has been removed from the Tennessee Capitol. Bedford was also a Ku Klux Klan leader and the bust has been a co...

Cumberland County High School will conduct new student registration for student in grades 9-12 who will be attending CCHS for the first time. Registration will be on Tuesday, July 27, from 8am to 11am...

Reports of dead birds have been increasing in Tennessee due to the recent news coverage of a disease affecting birds in several eastern and midwestern states. The disease is reportedly causing eye swe...

Cumberland County's June unemployment rate was 6.5 percent, up 1.4 percent from May's rate and down 2.7 percent from June 2020. Data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (T...

Dunbar Road will remain closed to thru traffic this weekend between Chacoto Drive and War Eagle Drive as State crews continue to install box culverts. Detours are posted. The work has been held up due...

County Mayor Allen Foster reports that representatives of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development came to Cumberland County on Wednesday to present $3.9 million in broadband gra...

Cumberland County's COVID-19 deaths rose by 1 to 142 on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Active cases rose to 45. Total COVID-19 cases are 6,944.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced today it is partnering with electric vehicle (EV) automaker and automotive technology company Rivian to install Rivian Waypoin...

Volunteer Energy Cooperative reports that a customer has alerted them to yet another phone scam in the area. Someone calling from 330-576-8894 and identifying himself as Shaun Harrison, "an employee o...

Two hikers in Fall Creek Falls State Park were rescued by helicopter Monday after they became trapped by rising waters in Cane Creek Gorge. The Piney Volunteer Fire Department reports the hikers calle...