REED RETIRES AS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR IN ROCKWOOD
Mike Reed is retiring from the City of Rockwood after 30 years of service as Director of Parks and Recreation – 25 full-time and five part-time years. Today at noon his city colleagues gave him a r ...
ANDERSONVILLE WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF SHOOTING DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN 2017
Late this morning, after a three-day trial, a Union County jury deliberated just three hours before finding 44-year-old Shannon Leigh Smith of Andersonville guilty of second-degree murder in the July ...
FEMALE BODY FOUND LAST NIGHT IN LOUDON COUNTY, MAY BE WOMAN MISSING SINCE MARCH 15
Loudon County Sheriff's Office confirms a female body was found near the Polecat Boat Dock at 10:50 p.m. Thursday night. They believe it is the body of 31-year-old Elisha Carpenter, but cannot confirm ...
METH SEIZED IN RHEA COUNTY RAID ON VEHICLE FROM OUT OF STATE
Early this morning, deputies and detectives with the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office spotted a vehicle occupied by subjects transporting illegal narcotics from out of state. When the vehicle refused to s ...
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 ...
SAFETY FEST TN 2019 REGISTRATION NOW UNDERWAY
Registration is now open for Safety Fest TN 2019. The annual community event offers more than 100 free safety classes, sessions and demonstrations to residents and companies from April 29 to May 3. T ...
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 ...
