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June 5, 2009

By Dorothy Brush / dcb1@frontier.net The Crossville Chronicle Fri Jun 05, 2009, 08:05 AM CDT

June 1903

With oil gushing from wells in paying quantities some 40 miles north of us and bright indications of like results 30 miles south of us it would seem Cumberland County is likely to become an oil producing district as well as holding large coal deposits.

Crab Orchard — Work has begun on the new Presbyterian Church.

Linaria — The bark peeling is about over.

Judge Cordell Hull made an excellent impression on the people of the county in his conduct of the Circuit Court here last week. We have rarely heard such unbounded praise bestowed on a judge on the bench here as was accorded Judge Hall.

June 1938

Mrs. Laverne Tabor submitted the winning title of Meadow Park Lake for the newly completed lake which will furnish water for Crossville. She received ten dollars.

Plans are now complete for a post graduate course in obstetrics which will be offered in Crossville by a Chicago specialist. The course will be given over a ten-week period. Many local and nearby physicians have signed up for the course. All registered nurses are also allowed to attend the lectures.

Work on the new $18,000 movie theater is going along in good shape. The front is to be veneered with Crab Orchard stone. The inside of the walls will be the new material — cinder blocks — and it will be veneered with brick. William Garrison, owner, will have his law office in the building.

June 1993

Local VORP (Victim Offender Reconciliation Program) volunteers have been recognized throughout the state for their efforts in pushing for the State Legislature to vote the Victim-Offender Mediation Center Act of 1993 into law. With its passage the volunteers were full of praise for the assistance of State Senator Anna Belle O’Brien and State Representative Shirley Duer who were co-sponosrs of the act.

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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
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