Lots of news events hit the press in 2015.  Crossville News First had 2.2 million views throughout the year and we’ve looked at the stats to see what were the most read stories.  The top ten stories were read by over 650,000 viewers directly on our CNF web site and through sharing on Facebook. The second most read story was actually published last year (2014) and went viral reaching 500,000 viewers.  The “Tick” story was not re-published this year but was ‘resurrected’ by readers this year which caused it to again go viral through sharing on Facebook – reaching 140,000 viewers.  The most read local story was the ice storm that hit the Plateau last winter. You can read the full stories by clicking the graphics. Here are the top ten most read CNF stories of 2015.

10. CROSSVILLE BUSINESSMAN KILLED IN CAMPGROUND ACCIDENT

9. EARLY MORNING SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD AT CUMBERLAND – WHITE CO LINE

8. BLEDSOE COUNTY DEPUTY FOUND DEAD IN A FIELD NORTH OF PIKEVILLE

7. CUMBERLAND COUNTY EDUCATOR FOUND DEAD

6. THREE ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS ON THE LOOSE IN CROSSVILLE

5. REPORTS OF SUSPICIOUS WHITE VANS IN AREA CAUSING CONCERN

4. TN WOMAN ON METH LEFT BABY IN WOODS OVERNIGHT, PIT BULL APPEARED TO PROTECT THE CHILD

3. “THE SKY IS FALLING” – ICE STORM DEVASTATES THE PLATEAU: PICTURES

2. EXPERTS WARN OF FATAL AND RARE TICK VIRUS IN TENNESSEE

1. 1.7 MILLION LBS OF CHICKEN BEING RECALLED, SALMONELLA – SOLD AT WALMART, KROGER