FORMER OLIVER SPRINGS HOUSING AUTHORITY WORKER PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD
A former Oliver Springs Housing Authority employee pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. Forty-four-year-old Melissa Eula May of Knoxville en ...
DEFENSELESS PICKETT COUNTY WOMAN DIES AFTER BRUTAL ATTACK BY PACK OF DOGS
Authorities in Pickett County say an elderly woman died Wednesday following an attack by a pack of dogs the day before. Pickett County Sheriff Dana Dowdy confirmed 88-year-old Bessie “Jill” Peterso ...
ROCKWOOD MAN ARRESTED FOR AUTO THEFT; VEHICLE FOUND CRUSHED AT SCRAP-METAL YARD
Roane County deputies received a report of a stolen vehicle earlier this week. A gold 1979 MG Midget was reported seen at a local scrap-metal yard, after having been missing for about two weeks from a ...
STOLEN TRUCK RECOVERED IN ROANE COUNTY
Tuesday night, Roane County deputies responded to a reported vehicle theft. The owner said he’d entrusted 45-year-old James Allen Miles to put gas in his truck February 5 and bring it back that day. M ...
K-9 “SNIFFER” DEMONSTRATES FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
The Cumberland County Board of Education got a demonstration of a K-9 “sniffer” Thursday night. Representatives from Interquest Detection Canines brought in a canine used in the detection of drugs, gu ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOE VOTES TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
The Cumberland County Board of Education addressed a problem which has come before their group in the past: whether or not a privately-schooled student should be allowed to play on a middle-school tea ...
ROCKWOOD TRIO ARRESTED FOR METH POSSESSION
While patrolling the Westel Road area of Cumberland County earlier this month, deputies ran a tag and learned it didn’t match the subject vehicle. Initiating a traffic stop, they encountered the drive ...
ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED IN ROANE COUNTY
This just in to the 1057 Newsroom: We now have additional road closures in Roane County as a result of the recent rains in East Tennessee. Riggs Chapel Road in Harriman is closed due to a potential ...
FLOOD-RECOVERY ROAD WORK ONGOING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A few roads in Cumberland County are still giving the road department fits in the wake of last week’s flooding. 1057 News spoke with Road Superintendent Scott Blaylock this morning, who said his road ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT. INVESTIGATING TRIO OF BURGLARIES
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department investigators have had their hands full with a rash of burglaries from vacant properties the past few days. Saturday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies res ...
CROSSVILLE MARKS “TREE CITY U.S.A.” DESIGNATION WITH SEEDLING GIVEAWAY MARCH 1
To mark the start of tree-planting season in Tennessee, the Crossville Tree Board will again celebrate Arbor Day with a tree giveaway. This year’s giveaway will be Friday, March 1 at the Turner Field ...
TRAILER STOLEN FROM ZUERCHER ELECTRIC COMPANY
Monday evening, a Zuercher Electric Company trailer was reported stolen from an open barn on Finley Road. The trailer, a black twenty-foot utility trailer with 2-by-12 sixteen-foot rails, has ZEC s ...
