SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER STABBING, MURDER IN COOKEVILLE
Cookeville police responding Wednesday to a report of a stabbing on Foundation Drive found two victims suffering from stab wounds. Officers and Putnam County EMS personnel began lifesaving measures o ...
JURY CONTINUES TO DELIBERATE FATE OF RACIST CHURCH SHOOTER
A jury is deciding the fate of 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, the man charged with 43 crimes, including first-degree murder and aggravated assault, in the 2017 shooting of the Burnette Chapel Chur ...
CHILD SAFE, SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN CHATTANOOGA AMBER ALERT ABDUCTION
The toddler reported abducted yesterday from the Chattanooga area has been found, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. And the man accused of running off with her is in custody. Report ...
JURORS TO BEGIN DELIBERATION IN CASE OF RACIST ANTIOCH CHURCH SHOOTER
Jurors heard closing arguments in Davidson County Criminal Court this afternoon, after which Judge Cheryl Blackburn issued instructions before sending them to deliberate the fate of Emanuel Samson. Sa ...
DOZENS ARRESTED DURING “OPERATION METHAMFELONY” DRUG ROUNDUP
It’s been a busy day for authorities in Loudon County. Members of the 9th Judicial District Drug Task Force spent much of the morning rounding up drug offenders in and around Loudon County. Loudon Co ...
HAS GEORGE HARDIN BEEN CAPTURED? RUMORS SWIRL, BUT NO.
Initial reports that George Hardin had been captured in Putnam County proved to be unfounded. Putnam County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Laura Hull told 1057 News this morning they ...
HARDIN STILL AT LARGE; AUTHORITIES FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFO
While the manhunt for 57-year-old George Edwin Hardin continues, local law-enforcement authorities released additional details about the kidnapping case that began Sunday afternoon. Cumberland County ...
PAIR CHARGED IN MEIGS COUNTY MURDER
Multiple charges have been lodged against two people in connection with the body of a man found in Decatur May 15. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the body of 60-year-old Roger Dale Miller ...
TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER GLEN CASADA ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada has announced he is stepping down. Casada released the following statement: “When I return to town on June 3, I will meet with Caucus leadership to determine the b ...
“MAJOR LOSS” SUFFERED AFTER FIRE AT LAKE CUMBERLAND’S CONLEY BOTTOM MARINA
A large fire early this morning damaged parts of the marina at Conley Bottom Resort on Lake Cumberland in Monticello, Kentucky. The fire started around 2:30 a.m. and destroyed the store and café, acc ...
RACIST SHOOTER AIMED TO KILL WHITE CHURCHGOERS
As 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson headed to court this morning, prosecutors said the man intended to kill at least 10 white people in his September 2017 retaliatory racist attack on the Burnette Ch ...
SUSPECT SOUGHT AFTER WEEKEND KIDNAPPING IN CROSSVILLE
Multiple state, federal and local agencies are involved in a manhunt at this hour for a suspect in the kidnapping of a woman abducted Sunday from her home in Cumberland County. At midafternoon, Cross ...









