DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS INTERVIEWING UNDERWAY IN ROANE COUNTY
Monday evening the Roane County Board of Education began interviewing candidates for the vacant Director of Schools position. Interviewing continued through Wednesday at the central office, 105 Bluff ...
SEATBELT USAGE RATES UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN TENNESSEE, STUDY SHOWS
This week the Tennessee Highway Safety Office announced a significant increase in the state’s overall seat belt usage rate, compared to previous years. The usage rate rose from 88.5 percent in 2017 to ...
WATER LEVEL TO BE LOWERED AT MELTON HILL RESERVOIR
TVA has announced it will temporarily lower the water level of the Melton Hill Reservoir from Sunday, March 24, through Sunday, April 7, to allow property owners to repair docks, stabilize shoreline a ...
ROANE COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH INTRODUCING DRUGS INTO A PENAL INSTITUTION
Yesterday morning, Roane County deputies were searching a holding cell in the Roane County Detention Center when they found a plastic baggie containing a white powdery substance believed to be heroin, ...
SHERIFF COX SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON LAW-ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES INVOLVED IN FRIDAY’S CHASE
“There were never eighteen cars.” That’s what Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox told 1057 News this afternoon about the number of law-enforcement vehicles involved in a high-speed chase Friday ev ...
TENNESSEE’S “BATHROOM BILL” INCLUDES MORE PLACES CONSIDERED AS PUBLIC
The “New Bathroom Bill,” SB1297/HB1151, has been expanded and now includes additional areas considered “public” places. The bill – which would charge members of the opposite sex with indecent expos ...
TWO INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY IN FRIDAY CRASH IN THE ALLARDT COMMUNITY
FROM FENTRESS COURIER Two persons were injured, one seriously, in an accident which occurred Friday, March 15 about 1:30 p.m. on Hwy. 52 near the west Allardt City limit sign. According t ...
HARRIMAN RESIDENTS GETTING FAKE POLICE CALLS SAYING “WE HAVE A WARRANT AND YOU’RE GOING TO BE ARRESTED”
Harriman Police are reporting a phone scam going around that scares people into thinking they're going to be arrested. The following was posted on Harriman's Police Facebook page: We have received ...
SMOKE COVERS HALF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY TUESDAY, CITIZENS CONCERNED
We got some calls Tuesday afternoon from concerned residents over ‘lots of smoke’ lingering over the county. One caller said it looked like half the county was on fire. A check with the County Fire ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS ONE STEP CLOSER TO SPEEDING UP DEATH-ROW EXECUTIONS
As U.S. executions hover near historically low levels, a bill passed by the Tennessee House aims to remove one state court's review before putting inmates to death which ultimately would speed up the ...
WHY DIDN’T CUMBERLAND COUNTY GET ANY OF THE $14 MILLION GRANT MONEY FOR INTERNET IMPROVEMENTS?
Many Cumberland Countian's are wondering why none of the recent internet broadband grants announced by Governor Lee went to the Cumberland County. The closest counties to get part of the more than fo ...
17 RESOLUTIONS APPROVED AT CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
At last night’s Cumberland County Commission meeting, commissioners approved 17 resolutions, including sales of two delinquent-tax properties and measures regarding multiple budget line items. All bud ...
