1903 September
+Ed Bandy has been doing blacksmith work at Waldensia. He is loud in his praise of the treatment received at the hands of those in charge of the company work there.
+The bark hauling is about over and tie and stave wagons have taken the place of the tan bark hauler.
+A.A. Millard was over from Crab Orchard last week. He has been considering the question of moving to the county seat. His many friends here would welcome him and his estimable wife with a glad hand.
1929 September
+Cumberland County High School has the largest attendance ever on record. More than 140 pupils and more expected. The increase has been largely due to the running of busses hauling the pupils from various points on six routes.
+The death trap of the Tennessee Central Railroad on the east side of town claimed three more victims as passenger train No. 1 westbound crashed into a Ford coupe killing Mrs. Laura Elmore, age 21 and her two children, 9 month-old baby girl and 3-year-old boy. This makes the second disaster and brings the dead to eight.
+The work of putting iron furnace slag on the road from town leading to Lantana is underway. No road in the county needs it worse nor does any deserve it more.
1993 September
+Speaking to the County Commission a solid waste consultant with the UT County Technical Advisory Service, warned, “Your landfill has approximately 18 more months and then it has got to close.”
He added the county is going to have to face raising fees soon. New requirements are very expensive but solid waste management is the key to the cost of a landfill.
+TAD, the Teens Against Drugs Center is expanding their hours to better serve the large number of students attending the facility. The age groups are divided. Students in eighth grade and up Monday and Wednesday and students in second through seventh on Tuesday and Thursday.
+“Oklahoma” ended its summer-long run at the Crossville Playhouse on September 5.
Area News
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Plane has rough landing
No one was injured when a pilot veered off a runway to avoid a deer that was in the path of his light airplane as he landed the craft.
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Lemert grave site rededication set Monday
The restoration of the gravesite of 1st Sgt. Milo Lemert, Cumberland County's only WWI Medal of Honor recipient, is finally complete after months of repair and rebuilding. A special dedication will be held May 28 at the City Cemetery at Sgt. Lemert's gravesite. The dedication will immediately follow the 11 a.m. annual Memorial Day Ceremony for Cumberland County in downtown Crossville. The public is invited to both events.
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County to use new district boundaries to fill vacancy
The Cumberland County Commission approved a resolution to use new district boundary lines in the August County General Election in order to fill the vacancy created by the death of 9th District Commissioner Clyde Cramer.
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THP to enforce seat belt usage this Memorial Day weekend
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to step up efforts to enforce seat belt usage over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. State Troopers along with other state and local law enforcement agencies are participating in the national seat belt enforcement campaign, Click it or Ticket, May 21 through June 3.
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Shooting victim identified; accomplice jailed
A burglar who fled from a home invasion after his partner was shot by a resident may be held responsible for his friend's death, sources close to the investigation of Tuesday's fatal shooting have told the Chronicle.
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Healthy eating, activity earn CO honors
Students at Crab Orchard Elementary have been eating better and getting more activity during the past school year. Those efforts have been recognized with prestigious awards for school health.
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Defendant pleads guilty to avoid jail
A Crossville area man told a Criminal Court judge earlier this month he was entering a plea of guilty to fraud to keep from going to jail.
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Man sentenced in sexual battery, statutory rape cases
A Crossville man charged with raping one woman and with having sexual relations with an underaged teen in a separate incident has pleaded guilty to related charges and was sentenced to jail.
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County to build, operate Big South Fork Visitor's Center
The Big South Fork Visitor's Center may become a reality after the county commission narrowly approved building and operating the facility once the project is completed.
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One dead in shooting near PH
One person is dead, a homeowner slightly injured, and at least a third person is in custody following a fatal shooting that may have been sparked by a home invasion near the Pleasant Hill community. And a fourth person might be connected with the incident.
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