TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER GLEN CASADA TO RESIGN
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada is expected to resign today (Friday, August 2, 2019), months after a scandal surrounding racist and sexist text messages surfaced. The House Republican Caucus chose ...
GEORGIA MAN DIES IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ALONG THE SPUR
A Georgia man died after an accident along the Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge yesterday. Officers say 73-year-old Barry Willard Wallace of Cedartown died after a tree came down the slope and ...
TWO-YEAR-OLD FOUND DEAD IN WHITLEY COUNTY
Kentucky State Police are investigating after a two-year-old girl was found dead in Whitley County. Police responded to a home on Leona Wyatt Road yesterday for a report of a missing child. Multiple l ...
UPDATE – SURGERY SUCCESSFUL FOR 5-YEAR-OLD BATTLING CANCER
Yesterday, 1057 News brought you a story about a 5-year-old Bradley County girl battling stage 4 cancer. Olivia Weatherford had surgery yesterday in an effort to remove the majority of the cancer. We ...
STRICKLAND INDICTED FOR MURDER OF ATHENS MAN
A Monroe County grand jury indicted a Athens, Tennessee man for second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Court documents state 47-year-old Paul Shane Strickland is charged in connection with the s ...
GILBREATH SENTENCED FOR CHILD RAPE IN MONROE COUNTY
A Madisonville man learned his fate in Monroe County Criminal Court for child rape. The judge sentenced 56-year-old Terry Lee Gilbreath to 40 years in prison to serve at 100 percent. He will receive c ...
BRADLEY COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY STABBING FATHER
A 33-year-old Bradley County man was charged with reportedly stabbing his father in the neck twice with a Swiss Army knife yesterday. Christopher Anthony West faces aggravated domestic assault charge ...
AT LEAST ONE DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED IN KENTUCKY EXPLOSION
Officers confirm at least one person is dead and at least five are injured. At least seven are unaccounted for at this time. Several structures are on fire in the area of the Indian Camp Trailer Park. ...
5-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY COUNTY CHILD BATTLING CANCER
A 5-year-old Bradley County, Tennessee girl is in the fight for her life. Olivia Weatherford of Cleveland was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer on April 2, 2019. That is when doctors found a large tumor w ...
LAWSUIT FILED IN CONNECTION TO DAVIDSON CO. WAFFLE HOUSE SHOOTING
A Davidson County judge pushed a lawsuit against Metro government one step closer to seeing a jury. The lawsuit is from the family of Waffle House shooting victim 23-year-old Akilah Dasilva. The lawsu ...
BREAKING NEWS – AT LEAST TWO DEAD IN WALMART SHOOTING
BREAKING NEWS - A gunman accused of opening fire inside a northern Mississippi Walmart today leaving at least two dead. Investigators said the incident unfolded this morning at the chain's store in S ...
CRMC TO PRESENT RESOLUTION REGARDING SALE OF CUMBERLAND RIVER HOSPITAL
Cookeville Regional Medical Center is scheduled to present a resolution to the city council Thursday, August 1, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. to accept a new offer on Cumberland River Hospital. The resolution co ...
