ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL APPROVES SALE OF FORMER FIRE STATION NO. 2
Rockwood City Council members Monday approved the higher of two bids from a proposal to buy the long-closed Fire Station No. 2 property on South Kingston Avenue. The City Council accepted a bid of $8, ...
FUNDING FOR MORE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES? COUNTY MAYOR FOSTER WEIGHS IN
When the issue of staffing in the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department came up twice in the past few weeks, it was revealed Sheriff Casey Cox had sought funding for four additional patrol deputies l ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAYOR ALLEN FOSTER DISCUSSES SOME OF HIS 2019 WISH-LIST ITEMS
When 1057 News sat down with Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster this morning, he had a little to say about a number of topics. “I would love to get broadband,” he said of the item topping his wish l ...
UPDATE ON COUNTY MAYOR’S BROADBAND SURVEY AND THE SPIRIT BROADBAND SETTLEMENT
If you haven’t already taken the Cumberland County broadband internet online survey, County Mayor Allen Foster urges you to do so. “We’ve gotten a good response,” Foster told 1057 news this mornin ...
DANA SCOTT PEMBERTON GIVEN THE NOD AS ROCKWOOD INTERIM ACTING JUDGE
Rockwood city leaders on Monday night approved the appointment of Dana Scott Pemberton to serve as interim acting judge. This comes after the untimely death of Judge James Smith earlier this year. Pem ...
ROANE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CALLS SPECIAL SESSION MONDAY, APRIL 1
The Roane County Board of Education will meet for a special called session next Monday, April 1, at 6 p.m. at the main office. They’ll conduct their second-round interviews of two finalists, one of w ...
CITY COUNCIL CONVENES IN SPECIAL CALLED MEETING WEDNESDAY
In a special called meeting Wednesday afternoon, with all members present except Scot Shanks, the Crossville City Council unanimously approved three consent-agenda items. The first was regarding an ...
AGGRAVATED BURGLARY REPORTED AT DIXON ROAD HOME IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Monday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies responded to a burglary report at a Dixon Road home. The homeowner, who had been away for the past two months, returned home to find thousands of dollars’ ...
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD VANDALIZED
Tuesday evening, the school maintenance director at Pleasant Hill Elementary School called the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Mary Kington reported unknown individuals had broken through the gate ...
PASSENGER ARRESTED FOR FELONY METH POSSESSION DURING EXCESSIVE-SPEED TRAFFIC STOP
While conducting a traffic stop for excessive speed on Taylor’s Chapel Road, Cumberland County deputies asked the passenger, 38-year-old Jamie Lynn Roberts of Sparta, to step outside for a search of t ...
TRAFFIC BACKUP ON I-40 EASTBOUND IN ROANE COUNTY
Motorists driving on Interstate 40 Eastbound toward Roane County are advised to be aware of high traffic volumes at mile marker 353. Traffic is backed up from past the Highway 326/Gallaher Road exit t ...
MADISONVILLE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD
A three-year-old child was killed in yesterday morning’s trailer fire on Belcher Road in Madisonville. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says the fire, which crews responded to just before 9:30, l ...
