DANNY EARL FOSTER, AGE 56
Danny Earl Foster, age 56, of Rockwood passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Survivors include his parents: Earl and Faye Foster; sisters: Marlene Kost and husband Alan, Terry Kiernan, Cathy Foster, a ...
DONALD T. WHITE, SR., AGE 81
Donald Tilford “Don” White Sr., age 81, of Kingston passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2019. He is survived by wife of 61 years: Addie White; sons: Dwayne White and Donald T. and Kay White Jr. of Westel; ...
U.S. PULLS OUT OF ARMS TREATY WITH RUSSIA
A historic arms-control treaty signed three decades ago by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was scrapped after President Trump decided to withdraw this morning. The move to ...
CUMBERLAND CO. COMMITTEE DISCUSSES COUNTY ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY
The Cumberland County Building and Grounds Committee received an update on the county archives structure at their meeting late yesterday. Plans have been drawn up by Upland Design Group for a new addi ...
TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER GLEN CASADA TO RESIGN
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada is expected to resign today (Friday, August 2, 2019), months after a scandal surrounding racist and sexist text messages surfaced. The House Republican Caucus chose ...
GEORGIA MAN DIES IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ALONG THE SPUR
A Georgia man died after an accident along the Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge yesterday. Officers say 73-year-old Barry Willard Wallace of Cedartown died after a tree came down the slope and ...
TWO-YEAR-OLD FOUND DEAD IN WHITLEY COUNTY
Kentucky State Police are investigating after a two-year-old girl was found dead in Whitley County. Police responded to a home on Leona Wyatt Road yesterday for a report of a missing child. Multiple l ...
UPDATE – SURGERY SUCCESSFUL FOR 5-YEAR-OLD BATTLING CANCER
Yesterday, 1057 News brought you a story about a 5-year-old Bradley County girl battling stage 4 cancer. Olivia Weatherford had surgery yesterday in an effort to remove the majority of the cancer. We ...
STRICKLAND INDICTED FOR MURDER OF ATHENS MAN
A Monroe County grand jury indicted a Athens, Tennessee man for second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Court documents state 47-year-old Paul Shane Strickland is charged in connection with the s ...
GILBREATH SENTENCED FOR CHILD RAPE IN MONROE COUNTY
A Madisonville man learned his fate in Monroe County Criminal Court for child rape. The judge sentenced 56-year-old Terry Lee Gilbreath to 40 years in prison to serve at 100 percent. He will receive c ...
BRADLEY COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY STABBING FATHER
A 33-year-old Bradley County man was charged with reportedly stabbing his father in the neck twice with a Swiss Army knife yesterday. Christopher Anthony West faces aggravated domestic assault charge ...
JAMES THOMAS LAWSON, AGE 57
James Thomas Lawson, age 57, of Crossville passed away July 31, 2019. He is survived by his sons: Chris Lawson and his wife Brittany of Lebabnon, Tennessee, James Lawson of Crossville, and Chris Mille ...
