ROCKWOOD MAN ARRESTED FOR AUTO THEFT; VEHICLE FOUND CRUSHED AT SCRAP-METAL YARD
Roane County deputies received a report of a stolen vehicle earlier this week. A gold 1979 MG Midget was reported seen at a local scrap-metal yard, after having been missing for about two weeks from a ...
STOLEN TRUCK RECOVERED IN ROANE COUNTY
Tuesday night, Roane County deputies responded to a reported vehicle theft. The owner said he’d entrusted 45-year-old James Allen Miles to put gas in his truck February 5 and bring it back that day. M ...
K-9 “SNIFFER” DEMONSTRATES FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
The Cumberland County Board of Education got a demonstration of a K-9 “sniffer” Thursday night. Representatives from Interquest Detection Canines brought in a canine used in the detection of drugs, gu ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOE VOTES TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
The Cumberland County Board of Education addressed a problem which has come before their group in the past: whether or not a privately-schooled student should be allowed to play on a middle-school tea ...
FLOOD-RECOVERY ROAD WORK ONGOING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A few roads in Cumberland County are still giving the road department fits in the wake of last week’s flooding. 1057 News spoke with Road Superintendent Scott Blaylock this morning, who said his road ...
NEW PROGRAM UNVEILED TO AID VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced the launch of a new program designed to help protect victims of domestic violence in Tennessee. Hargett was joined by Sen. Brian Kelsey of Colliervil ...
HIGH-SPEED I-75 CHASE ENDS IN SWEETWATER; PERP IN CUSTODY
Tennessee Highway Patrol officers say a Sweetwater man led them on a high-speed chase through McMinn County and into Sweetwater Tuesday night. According to a THP spokesman, 24-year-old Fidencio Ara ...
MURFREESBORO GUN STORE CLERKS CHASE TEEN THIEVES, HOLD THEM AT GUNPOINT
You have to be a special kind of reckless to attempt to steal from a gun store. That’s what 21-year-old Even Bell and 19-year-old J’Darrius Rice, both of Chattanooga, learned Tuesday afternoon, when t ...
STATE SPORTS BETTING BILL PASSES LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Legalized sports betting has taken a step closer toward passage in Tennessee. HB1 was approved Wednesday by the Departments and Agencies Subcommittee. It was the first of several hurdles the bill face ...
POPULAR FROZEN-BEVERAGE COMPANY RELOCATING HQ TO TENNESSEE
Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today an iconic frozen-beverage company is pulling up its California roots for the friendlier bu ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT. INVESTIGATING TRIO OF BURGLARIES
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department investigators have had their hands full with a rash of burglaries from vacant properties the past few days. Saturday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies res ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS ADVANCE FETAL HEARTBEAT BILL
A state bill that would essentially ban most abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat has cleared another legislative hurdle and now advances to the full House for a vote. "This is an issue tha ...










