BILL WHICH BANS CELL PHONE TALKING WHILE DRIVING INTRODUCED IN NASHVILLE
Cell phones have been a part of our lives for a few decades now and are used by some people continually. Unfortunately, many use the devices while driving and Tennessee lawmakers have introduced legis ...
UPDATE: TDOC SAYS NO CREDIBLE THREAT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT
An email communication received today from the Tennessee Department of Corrections denies allegations of a threat against Tennessee law-enforcement personnel by the Vice Lords or any other gang. TD ...
INCARCERATED CROSSVILLE WOMAN’S APARTMENT BURGLARIZED
An incarcerated woman’s apartment was reported burglarized sometime during the past three weeks, according to Cumberland County deputies. A friend of the woman told authorities Sunday afternoon the re ...
VW-CHATTANOOGA ANNOUNCES $800 MILLION EXPANSION
Volkswagen-Chattanooga has announced it's expanding with the promise of an eventual 1000 new jobs to the area. Monday, executives with the company stated in Detroit that it will launch an $800 million ...
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 ...











