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April 10, 2009

By Dorothy Brush / dcb1@frontier.net The Crossville Chronicle Fri Apr 10, 2009, 11:15 AM CDT

April 1903

H.C. Potter and William Scarbrough were over from Pleasant Hill yesterday. They say there is strong talk of incorporating the town with a view to maintaining better order.

At Waldensia the Chicago — Tennessee Coal and Coke Company continues to push the development of their coal properties with unabated vigor. They are now working in 30-foot coal and are preparing to take out 400 tons a day.

C.W. Widney, son of L.S. Widney, arrived here from Knoxville to take the position of typewriter in the Granite Realty and Investment Co. office for the manager, J.B. Johnson.

April 1929

Red Cross Relief Worker Miss Tyler got to Nashville from Hickman, Kentucky by freight in an effort to get to Harriman to help in the flood disaster. The Nashville paper chartered an airplane to fly her and a reporter with the pilot. They landed in Crossville and dispatched a message to learn where to land.

Mrs. Walter Stewart, little son and her sister, Miss Hattie Suttle of Pleasant Hill, left yesterday by car for St. Louis. They will pass the baseball season there while Mr. Stewart is pitching for the St. Louis Browns.

April 1993

County jobless rate drops 1%. Gov. McWherter said unemployment went down in 93 of Tennessee’s 95 counties.

The School Board work session brought differing opinions on the nepotism policy, an issue from the past. A specially called meeting next week will attempt to put the issue to rest.

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Plane has rough landing
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May 25, 2012
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.

May 25, 2012
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.

May 25, 2012
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.

May 25, 2012
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.

May 25, 2012
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.

May 24, 2012
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.

May 24, 2012
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.

May 24, 2012
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.

May 24, 2012
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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