LITTLE BITTY EARTHQUAKE RECORDED IN SWEETWATER
Did you feel it? Not a lot of people did. The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale was recorded near Sweetwater at 7:01 a.m. today. The quake was registered ...
PUBLISHERS CLEARINGHOUSE SCAM ALERT
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department has been alerted to another potential scam being perpetrated against unsuspecting local residents. Recently, an elderly woman reported she’d received a text ...
JUDGE PATTERSON ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 13 YEARS ON THE BENCH
Criminal Court Judge David Patterson announced his retirement Thursday morning. Patterson said his 13-year career on the bench will officially come to an end June 30th. Patterson spent ...
TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNS ON I-40 SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Traffic was rolling at a crawl Sunday afternoon on I-40 westbound. A tractor-trailer rig overturned and emergency personnel closed the right lane down at mile marker 331. No word of any injuries in ...
SUBJECT JAILED ON MULTIPLE FORGERY CHARGES
A Roane County man is facing multiple forgery charges. 39-year-old Robert Daniel Strickland Jr. was brought in to the Roane County Jail on Wednesday by officers from Oliver Springs. Strickland was ind ...
ROCKWOOD POLICE INVESTIGATING THURSDAY NIGHT HIT AND RUN AT VICTORIAN SQUARE PARKING LOT
Rockwood Police, Fire, and EMS were all called to the parking lot of the Victorian Square Assisted Living Facility on S. Chamberlain St. Thursday evening for a pedestrian vs. vehicle report. According ...
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 ...
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 ...
