PARTLY CLOUDY SATURDAY, RAIN SUNDAY
Friday is going to be a mostly cloudy day with a slight chance of a shower and temperatures near 50 degrees. Saturday a portion of the day will be partly sunny with temperatures in the low 50s. Chance ...
K-9 “SNIFFER” DEMONSTRATES FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
The Cumberland County Board of Education got a demonstration of a K-9 “sniffer” Thursday night. Representatives from Interquest Detection Canines brought in a canine used in the detection of drugs, gu ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOE VOTES TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
The Cumberland County Board of Education addressed a problem which has come before their group in the past: whether or not a privately-schooled student should be allowed to play on a middle-school tea ...
BESSIE “JILL” (BROWN) PETERSON, AGE 88
Funeral services for Bessie “Jill” (Brown) Peterson, age 88, of Pall Mall, Tennessee, will be Saturday, March 2, at 1 p.m. at Brown Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in Maupin Cemetery. Family wil ...
CAPTAIN DEMPSEY WALTON “WHITEY” WHITE, AGE 90
Funeral services for Captain Dempsey Walton “Whitey” White, age 90, of Fairfield Glade, will be Saturday, March 2, at 11 a.m. at Fairfield Glade Christ Lutheran Church, with graveside service to follo ...
ROCKWOOD TRIO ARRESTED FOR METH POSSESSION
While patrolling the Westel Road area of Cumberland County earlier this month, deputies ran a tag and learned it didn’t match the subject vehicle. Initiating a traffic stop, they encountered the drive ...
ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED IN ROANE COUNTY
This just in to the 1057 Newsroom: We now have additional road closures in Roane County as a result of the recent rains in East Tennessee. Riggs Chapel Road in Harriman is closed due to a potential ...
WILLIAMS’ SHOT WITH SECONDS TO GO LIFTS VOLS OVER OLE MISS, 73-71
Grant Williams’ close-range shot 4.3 seconds to go gave the U.T. Vols a 73-71 win over Ole Miss on the road last night. The win gave the Vols a double bye in the SEC tournament, guaranteeing a top- ...
FLOOD-RECOVERY ROAD WORK ONGOING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A few roads in Cumberland County are still giving the road department fits in the wake of last week’s flooding. 1057 News spoke with Road Superintendent Scott Blaylock this morning, who said his road ...
NEW PROGRAM UNVEILED TO AID VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced the launch of a new program designed to help protect victims of domestic violence in Tennessee. Hargett was joined by Sen. Brian Kelsey of Colliervil ...
HIGH-SPEED I-75 CHASE ENDS IN SWEETWATER; PERP IN CUSTODY
Tennessee Highway Patrol officers say a Sweetwater man led them on a high-speed chase through McMinn County and into Sweetwater Tuesday night. According to a THP spokesman, 24-year-old Fidencio Ara ...
MURFREESBORO GUN STORE CLERKS CHASE TEEN THIEVES, HOLD THEM AT GUNPOINT
You have to be a special kind of reckless to attempt to steal from a gun store. That’s what 21-year-old Even Bell and 19-year-old J’Darrius Rice, both of Chattanooga, learned Tuesday afternoon, when t ...
