ROANE COUNTY ROTARY BAND FESTIVAL RESCHEDULE DATE SET
The 18th Annual Roane County Rotary Band Festival, sponsored by the Harriman, Kingston, and Rockwood Rotary Clubs, originally set for October 7 has been reset. The band festival will now be Monday, Oc ...
TDOT TO CLOSE SMALL PART OF HIGHWAY 70 EAST IN CROSSVILLE FOR A DAY
The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced today it will close a section of Highway 70 East in Crossville in the area of Village Way (where Sonoco Gas Station is located in between Miller By ...
FLORIDA BEGINS ARMING SOME PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER CONTROVERSIAL PROGRAM
Teachers in seven Florida county school districts will soon be locked and loaded thanks to a state law enacted this month that provides schools with the option to allow teachers to carry concealed gun ...
NATIVE AMERICAN PITCHER’S COMPLAINT PROMPTS ATLANTA BRAVES TO NOT GIVE OUT FOAM TOMAHAWKS
The Atlanta Braves organization took a complaint from a Native American St. Louis Cardinals pitcher into consideration and yesterday the club did not distribute foam tomahawks before their Game 5 matc ...
GAYNELL IIAR, AGE 85
Gaynell Ilar (ilar), age 85, of Kingston, passed away Monday, October 7, 2019. She was a member of Kingston Church of Christ where she was a faithful greeter who loved handing out bulletins and making ...
MISSING ARMY VETERAN FROM MISSOURI MAY BE IN EAST TENNESSEE
A Missouri Army veteran is missing and may be in East Tennessee. Officers say 26-year-old Caleb Rios was last seen earlier this month in the 1600 block of Rembrandt Drive in St. Charles County, Missou ...
BLUE BELL RECALLS CERTAIN BUTTER CRUNCH HALF GALLONS
Blue Bell Ice Cream is recalling certain half-gallon Butter Crunch ice cream products because they may contain plastic. “The company investigation revealed the broken tool was inadvertently incorpora ...
DOLLYWOOD SUED BY PRODUCTION COMPANY BEHIND PEANUTS GANG SPECIAL
A lawsuit was filed on Dollywood Tuesday in U.S. District County in Knoxville by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, the production company behind the Peanuts gang holiday specials. The lawsuit alleges Do ...
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE GETS MONEY TO HELP IMPROVE RESPONSE
The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is receiving more than $200,000 in new funding to improve the response for Tennesseans seeking help through the National Suicide ...
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ENCOURAGES TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR HALLOWEEN
Seven people were killed in traffic crashes in Tennessee during last year’s Halloween period between Tuesday, October 30 through Thursday, November 1. That’s why the Tennessee Highway Patrol is urging ...
MICHAEL YARBER, AGE 61
Michael Yarber, age 61, of Crossville, passed away October 7, 2019. He was born October 9, 1957 in Athens, Tennessee, the son of Clarence and Jackie Stephenson Yarber. He was an educator, having taugh ...
SIX ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY STEALING FROM CHURCH CLOTHES CLOSET IN KINGSTON
The Kingston Police Department says six people are facing charges after allegedly stealing items left for the Kingston United Methodist Clothes Closet. In at least two incidents, officers caught some ...
