
3-YEAR-OLD BLOUNT COUNTY CHILD DIES IN DROWNING
A 3-year-old girl passed away after drowning in a pool Friday night in Blount County. Officers and medics responded to a home on West Cumberland Drive in Louisville where they performed CPR on the chi ...

PEDDE SURRENDERS AFTER RUNNING FROM AUTHORITIES IN CUMBERLAND CO.
A traffic stop last night in Cumberland County turned into a multi-agency hunt for the suspect. Troopers pulled over 42-year-old Ruben Pedde for speeding on I-40. When Pedde stopped, he allegedly aba ...

UPDATE – MORE THAN 200 ANIMALS RESCUED FROM BLEDSOE COUNTY HOME
UPDATE - A Bledsoe County, Tennessee woman who authorities say had more than 200 animals inside her home has been charged with animal cruelty. Caroline Adkins in Pikeville was arrested after more tha ...

ROCKWOOD POLICE CONTINUES FIGHT TO CLEAN UP CITY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
The Rockwood Police Department continues their fight to clean up the city of alleged drug users. Officers arrested four late this week including 30-year-old Kelsey Charisse Leffler, 37-year-old Clint ...

FUGITIVE FROM OUT OF STATE ARRESTED IN MONROE COUNTY
A fugitive from out of state has been captured in the area. Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper William Connors stopped a 2005 Chevrolet on I-75 South in Monroe County for several traffic violations. Whi ...

THREE VEHICLE CRASH LEAVES ONE HURT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a three-vehicle accident on Highway 127 in Cumberland County yesterday. Troopers say a 2012 Toyota RAV 4 driven by 58-year-old Denton Sharp of Crossville was ...

DOTSON, WHO STARVED BABY TO DEATH, DENIED A NEW TRIAL REQUEST
Circuit Court Judge Mike Pemberton denied a request this week for a new trial for 34-year-old Matthew Dotson. The judge heard from Dotson’s attorney petitioning for a new trial in a Morgan County cour ...

DEVELOPING – STONE ELEMENTARY PLACED UNDER SOFT LOCKDOWN
DEVELOPING STORY – Stone Elementary School in Cumberland County has been placed under a soft lockdown. Sheriff Casey Cox told 1057 News minutes ago that the move is a precautionary measure only as aut ...

MAN ON ATV LEADS DEPUTY ON CHASE IN WESTEL COMMUNITY
Cumberland County authorities seek a male subject who led them on a chase yesterday in the Westel community. A officer saw the man on a yellow ATV passing a vehicle at a high rate of speed in a no pas ...

DRIVER ESCAPES INJURY IN TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40
A driver escaped injury in a tractor-trailer accident early this morning in Cumberland County on I-40. Law enforcement and medics went to the scene at the 332 mile marker around 2 a.m. where the 18-wh ...

STEPHEN WEST EXECUTED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR IN TENNESSEE
Inmate Stephen West was executed last night by the State of Tennessee. West was pronounced dead at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville after being electrocuted in the electric chair. W ...

WOMAN KILLED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN FENTRESS COUNTY
A single vehicle crash in southern Fentress County late yesterday claimed the life of a woman. Troopers say a 2009 Mazda driven by 46-year-old Rhonda J. Geracci of Deer Lodge was traveling east on Hig ...