COUNTY COMMISSION MEETS FOR REGULAR MONTHLY SESSION
It was largely business as usual at the Cumberland County Commission monthly meeting Monday evening. The commission unanimously passed all 19 resolutions brought before it, with only brief discussion ...
FOSTER RESPONDS TO JONESBOROUGH 10 GIG INTERNET SERVICE
After the County Commission meeting last night, 1057 News asked Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster about the recent announcement regarding 10-gig internet service coming to the small Northeast Tenne ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE DETECTIVE SWORN IN AS TBI VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE MEMBER
At a ceremony at its Nashville headquarters Monday, Crossville Police Detective Kevin Wood was sworn in as a member of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Violent Crimes Task Force. The Task Force ...
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: EAST FIRST STREET CLOSED FROM SOUTH MAIN ST. TO ROCKWOOD AVE.
The City of Crossville Street Department will have East First Street closed from South Main Street to Rockwood Avenue today, Tuesday, May 21. Motorists are reminded to use caution when traveling in t ...
TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER GLEN CASADA ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada has announced he is stepping down. Casada released the following statement: “When I return to town on June 3, I will meet with Caucus leadership to determine the b ...
MAN EVADES ROADBLOCK, GETS STOPPED FOR DRIVING ON SUSPENDED LICENSE
Thursday night, Cumberland County deputies en route to assist on a call along Shadberry Drive observed a van hauling a trailer with nonfunctional lights. The van turned onto Shadberry Drive and tried ...
WAS THAT REALLY A VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN OUT AT NIGHT?
Thursday night, Cumberland County deputies responded to an address on Cherry Branch Loop for a call about a suspicious man selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Before arriving at the caller’s home, ...
“MAJOR LOSS” SUFFERED AFTER FIRE AT LAKE CUMBERLAND’S CONLEY BOTTOM MARINA
A large fire early this morning damaged parts of the marina at Conley Bottom Resort on Lake Cumberland in Monticello, Kentucky. The fire started around 2:30 a.m. and destroyed the store and café, acc ...
METH IN BODY CAVITY BRINGS FIFTH CHARGE FOR WOMAN ARRESTED IN ROCKWOOD
Just after midnight Sunday, Roane County deputies met Rockwood Police officers with 22-year-old Alexis Brynae Brackett at the sallyport of the Roane County Justice Center. Before Brackett came into t ...
MULTIPLE WRECKS IN ROANE COUNTY KEEP FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY
A single-vehicle crash on Sugar Grove Valley Road late Friday left some residents near Dickey Valley Road without power. The car left the road and struck a power pole, causing the lines to fall on and ...
FATHER, SON ARRESTED BY ROANE COUNTY DEPUTIES
Shortly after 6 Sunday morning, Roane County deputies were dispatched to an address on Dickey Valley Road in Harriman because 51-year-old James Lee Pelham, Sr., had showed up while there was an active ...
RACIST SHOOTER AIMED TO KILL WHITE CHURCHGOERS
As 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson headed to court this morning, prosecutors said the man intended to kill at least 10 white people in his September 2017 retaliatory racist attack on the Burnette Ch ...
