PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEAK AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY THIS EVENING
Former President George W. Bush will speak tonight at Vanderbilt University, along with Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and presidential historian Jon Meacham. Meacham is endowed chair and vi ...
SULLIVAN COUNTY RECYCLING PLANT CLOSING; KNOXVILLE NOW CLOSEST FACILITY
When Tri-Cities Waste Paper in Kingsport closes Friday, it’ll leave Sullivan County without a plant to handle paper and plastic recycling. Asheville Waste Paper, Tri-Cities’ parent company, has not c ...
KENTUCKY MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD
The Wayne County, Kentucky, Sheriff's Office announced late last week an Albany, Kentucky, man was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child. Aiden H. Fields was arrested on a Cumberland Co ...
KINGSTON WWII VETERAN OFFICIALLY ACCOUNTED FOR SEVENTY YEARS LATER
It took 74 years, but 24-year-old Army PFC William F. Delaney’s remains have finally been accounted for. The Kingston, Tennessee, native was officially accounted for December 17, 2018, according to th ...
MAN ATTEMPTS TO STEAL FIRETRUCK IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY
Tazewell police officers arrested a man Sunday for attempting to steal a fire truck. They found Johnathan Scott Rodriguez at the wheel of an idling Tazewell/New Tazewell Fire Department ladder truc ...
BILL WOULD BAN SMOKING IN AND NEAR PLAYGROUNDS – ON AN “OPT-IN” BASIS
A bill currently making its way through committees in the state legislature seeks to ban smoking in or near playgrounds. As written, the bill authorizes Knox County and Knoxville to prohibit smokin ...
