Tusculum, TN

Longtime educator Dr. Jerry F. Ward, who served as superintendent of Greeneville City Schools, taught at Tusculum College, and devoted much of his life to education and community service, passed away Monday, November 2, at the age of 88. Ward spent 30 years with Greeneville City Schools, beginning in 1964 as assistant principal of Greeneville […]

B.J. Brooks won election to the Tusculum Board of Mayor and Commissioners Tuesday according to unofficial elections results. Brooks was the only name on the ballot, however, incumbent commissioner Mike Burns registered as a certified write-in an attempt to retain his seat after missing the filing deadline for the election. Burns’ write-in effort came up […]

Just after 10:00 PM Wednesday,Greeneville Police officers spotted a black Honda Accord traveling westbound on Tusculum Boulevard, crossing the centerline. Officers stopped the car and spoke with the driver, Robert Hansel of Cutshall Avenue.According to the report, empty bottles of alchol were inside the vehicle and Hansel appearted lethargic and had slurred speech. Hansel performed […]

Tusculum Mayor Alan Corley said at the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Monday evening that City of Tusculum officials met with Tusculum University officials and representatives of Fleenor Security recently to discuss the dozens of false fire alarm calls out to Tusculum VFD and other area departments in the past few months. Corley said […]

The third such incident in the past few months took place at the same location late Monday evening when a commercial semi overturned while negotiating the turn from the Tusculum Bypass onto East Andrew Johnson Highway. An incident report is not yet on file but the crash appeared similar to other recent crashes when an […]

The Tusculum Board of Mayor and Commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to enter into a yearlong contract with the company Genetec for automated License Plate Reader (LPRs) cameras. The city had already been using four of the LPR cameras near the city limits of Tusculum on a 90 day trial basis. The four cameras are […]

A Limestone home just across the Washington County line was destroyed by fire early Saturday. Units from the Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department joined the Limestone, Sulphur Springs, Gray, Nolichuckey Valley and Embreeville Volunteer Fire Departments at the scene of the fire on Sugar Plum Lane. There were no injuries according to a Washington County Sheriff’s […]

Firefighters responded to a fire call just after 1:00 am today in the sixty eight hundred block of the Erwin Highway in Chuckey. A passerby saw flames coming from a barn and called 9-1-1.  Units from Tusculum, Camp Creek, and the Nolichuckey Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the call.  Upon arrival, crews located a small […]

GREENEVILLE – Tusculum University students took the next step in their career development by visiting with potential employers and graduate schools during a fair Tuesday, Oct. 20, on campus. About 40 companies and organizations spread throughout the top floor of the Meen Center and spoke with the students as they went from table to table. […]

Greene County Democratic Party organizers tell Radio Greeneville News around 300 attended their Ball Hall Program entitled A Gathering For Democracy on Saturday. Early morning rain and cool temperatures gave way to temperatures in the fifties and party sunny skies by mid afternoon at The Historic Gables on Harlan Street in Tusculum. JERRI GREEN Democratic […]