66-YEAR-OLD FACES SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CHARGES
A 66-year-old man has been arrested for sexual crimes against a minor. According to the 9th District Attorney General's Office, Sammy Curtis Barnard has been charged with four counts of especially agg ...
FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS TVA CONTRACTOR TO BARGAIN WITH SICK COAL ASH CLEANUP CREW MEMBERS
A federal judge is ordering a TVA contractor, accused in the nation’s first and largest case of mass poisoning by coal ash, to sit down at the bargaining table with those cleanup crews that have becom ...
MONROE COUNTY INMATE WALKS AWAY FROM WORK DETAIL
Authorities say a Monroe County inmate escaped Monday afternoon while out on a work detail. MCSO is asking for the public's help in its search for escaped inmate John Adam Cogdill. Cogdill, who is 38, ...
UPDATE: IDENTITY OF MAN KILLED IN SWEETWATER FIRE RELEASED
We now know the identity of the man who died in the Sweetwater fire Saturday night. Investigators told 1057 News this afternoon the victim was 46-year-old Robert Shubert. Firefighters had responded to ...
MULTI-AGENCY RAID NETS THREE ON THIRTEEN TOTAL CHARGES
At 7 a.m. Sunday morning, the Oliver Springs Police Department, aided by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and members of the 7th Judicial Crime Task Force, executed a search warrant on t ...
DEVELOPING STORY: CREDIBLE THREAT TO TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT
Members of the Crossville Police Department and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office have been alerted to what is being considered a credible threat against all Tennessee peace officers. An alert was i ...
HEARING MOVED TO APRIL FOR FORMER CLAIBORNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S MISCONDUCT CASE
A status hearing for ex-Claiborne County Sheriff David Ray has been rescheduled from today to April 15, according to published reports. In 2017, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation opened investiga ...
3.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RECORDED NEAR ALCOA EARLY MONDAY
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Alcoa area early Monday morning. The quake was recorded at 4 a.m., about half a mile southeast of Alcoa at a depth of 12.7 kilometers. It's unclear, at t ...
PIKEVILLE FAMILY OF 9 ESCAPE BURNING HOME
A family of nine was able to escape a fire Saturday morning which wiped out their Pikeville home. Charlene Meeker told reporters that they made it out of the flaming structure minutes before the roof ...
1 DEAD IN SWEETWATER FIRE
One man is dead after a fire broke out in a Sweetwater residence Saturday night. Crews responded to the blaze at 7 PM. Firefighters found the entire roof engulfed in flames upon their arrival. The fir ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE CHARGE 2 WITH MANUFACTURE/DELIVERY/SALE OF DRUGS
The Crossville Police Dept. has finally released the report on two subjects that were recently arrested on drug charges. Officers stopped a blue Chevy Cruze on Highway 70 West due to a tip that the dr ...
CROSSVILLE HOT-PURSUIT ENDS WITH 2 TAKEN IN TO CUSTODY
Crossville Police recently were involved in a hot pursuit which led them through the streets of the city, to Centennial Park, ending with a foot chase. An officer observed a vehicle with one headlight ...
