CUMBERLAND COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. TO HOLD DRUG TAKE-BACK AND CHILD CAR SEAT SAFETY DAY
The Cumberland County Health Dept. will hold a community drug collection and car seat safety event on Wednesday, March 27 at the Health Dept. facility on at 1503 S. Main St. (Highway 127 South). The e ...
FORMER CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR FIRED THIS WEEK AFTER BEING INDICTED LAST YEAR
The Former Cumberland County Waste Director who was indicted by a grand jury just over a year ago for sexual misconduct was fired from his position just this past week. County Mayor Allen Foster annou ...
FINALLY THEY AGREE ON SOMETHING: BLUETICK COONHOUND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED STATE DOG
Governor Bill Lee has signed into law a new bill that designates the bluetick coonhound as Tennessee’s official state dog. The bill introduced by Rep. Bill Beck would make the hound a state symbol. ...
FORMER TRACK COACH AWARDED $1.7 MILLION IN SUIT AGAINST OAK RIDGE SCHOOL SYSTEM
A former Oak Ridge High School track coach who sued the Oak Ridge school system was awarded more than $1.7 million by a jury in federal court Monday. John Edward Anderson sued the school system for ...
STILL NO WORD ON WHEREABOUTS OF MISSING TANSI TEEN
1057 News met this morning with Sgt. Gary Howard of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, who reported no news in the ongoing search for missing Lake Tansi teenager Jade Miller. Howard said they’ve ...
TWRA SURVEYING ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES IN TENNESSEE
Authorities with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency are conducting surveys to assess alligator snapping turtle populations in Tennessee. According to a statement released by the agency, "The s ...
NORTHCUTT ARRESTED FOR STRIKING AN ELDERLY MAN WITH A CANE
Monday evening, Crossville police responded to Heather Ridge Circle for a report of an 81-year-old man who’d been assaulted with a cane. The elderly victim was attended to by EMS and Crossville Fire p ...
CONVICTED FELON ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS VIOLATION DURING TRAFFIC STOP
Cumberland County deputies conducting a traffic stop late last night ended up arresting the driver for theft and weapons charges. Deputies said 24-year-old Tyler Lee Ford of Crossville seemed extremel ...
POLICE ADMONISH VILLAGE INN RESIDENT FOUND LURKING IN TREES
Monday evening, Crossville police found a local man sitting in a chair in the tree line along the Crossville City Hall property. They’d received several complaints from employees regarding a man sitti ...
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN MURDER OF PREGNANT KENTUCKY WOMAN
Investigators in Whitley County, Kentucky, say 29-year-old Daniel Nantz is their primary suspect in Saturday’s shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend. Kentucky State Police say Geri Johnson, als ...
ROANE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT
Midafternoon Thursday, Roane County deputies responded to a home on the 4100 block of Harriman Highway for two subjects fighting and a threatened stabbing. The victim claimed while he and his grand ...
KENTUCKY MAN HELD ON $100,0000 BOND FOR MULTIPLE DRUG, WEAPONS CHARGES
Wednesday afternoon, Wayne County, Kentucky, authorities arrested 40-year-old Joshua T. Gregory of Monticello on outstanding warrants for multiple drug and weapons offenses dating back to November 201 ...
