SPRING IS HERE !
We officially moved into spring late Wednesday afternoon and wasn't it a beautiful day! Now a passing front will bring shower chances into Thursday morning but some clearing is expected to arrive Thur ...
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS INTERVIEWING UNDERWAY IN ROANE COUNTY
Monday evening the Roane County Board of Education began interviewing candidates for the vacant Director of Schools position. Interviewing continued through Wednesday at the central office, 105 Bluff ...
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR PROPOSED HAZARDOUS-WASTE MANAGEMENT PERMIT
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will hold a public hearing April 23 to collect comments on the proposed hazardous waste management permit for American Zinc Recycling (AZR), fo ...
DALE HOLLOW LAKE, PLANKYARD ROAD ACCESS AREA CLOSING APRIL 1
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces the Plankyard Access Area at Dale Hollow Lake near Byrdstown, Tennessee, is closing for an unspecified time period as of April 1. The P ...
SEATBELT USAGE RATES UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN TENNESSEE, STUDY SHOWS
This week the Tennessee Highway Safety Office announced a significant increase in the state’s overall seat belt usage rate, compared to previous years. The usage rate rose from 88.5 percent in 2017 to ...
PERMANENT SPACE ALLOCATED FOR FOOD PANTRY AT ROANE STATE’S CROSSVILLE CAMPUS
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Roane State Community College have announced the permanent space for a food pantry to serve the Roane State community, based at the school’ ...
WATER LEVEL TO BE LOWERED AT MELTON HILL RESERVOIR
TVA has announced it will temporarily lower the water level of the Melton Hill Reservoir from Sunday, March 24, through Sunday, April 7, to allow property owners to repair docks, stabilize shoreline a ...
ROANE COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH INTRODUCING DRUGS INTO A PENAL INSTITUTION
Yesterday morning, Roane County deputies were searching a holding cell in the Roane County Detention Center when they found a plastic baggie containing a white powdery substance believed to be heroin, ...
SHERIFF COX SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON LAW-ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES INVOLVED IN FRIDAY’S CHASE
“There were never eighteen cars.” That’s what Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox told 1057 News this afternoon about the number of law-enforcement vehicles involved in a high-speed chase Friday ev ...
TENNESSEE’S “BATHROOM BILL” INCLUDES MORE PLACES CONSIDERED AS PUBLIC
The “New Bathroom Bill,” SB1297/HB1151, has been expanded and now includes additional areas considered “public” places. The bill – which would charge members of the opposite sex with indecent expos ...
LOCAL MAN CELEBRATES BIG RACING WIN IN GEORGIA
When the checkered flag came down Saturday night, Brandon Williams of Crossville came up the big winner at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. In a heart-pounding race against Cameron Weaver, #95 ...
COMMUNITY BAND PRESENTS CONCERT IN MEMORY OF GRACE K. KERR
The Cumberland County Community Band presents its next concert tomorrow evening, March 21 at 7 p.m. “Made in the U.S.A.” will feature a special program dedicated in memory of Grace K. Kerr, sponsored ...
