OLIVER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HONORED WITH TN STEM SCHOOL DESIGNATION
Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced today Oliver Springs High School is among 11 schools receiving the Tennessee STEM School Designation, bringing the total number of STEM-designated school ...
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER ROANE COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP
Early this morning, Roane County deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 70 in Harriman. The driver, 40-year-old Kathy Lynn Stegall was found to have a suspended license. Deputies asked Stegall ...
KINGSTON WOMAN SPOTS “ONE IN A MILLION” YELLOW CARDINAL IN HER YARD
When a retired biologist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory noticed an unusual, brightly colored bird in her backyard in Kingston, she contacted Jimmy Tucker, president of the Knoxville Chapter of the ...
COMMUNITIES OBSERVE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WITH MEMORIAL CEREMONIES
Crossville and Cumberland County conducted a memorial service for law-enforcement personnel yesterday morning on the courthouse lawn led by the Fraternal Order of Police. Cumberland County Sheriff Ca ...
OAK RIDGE CITY MANAGER MARK WATSON EARNS NEW TITLE… DOCTOR
Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee May 9. In March, Watson successfully defended his dissertation, “City Managers, Mayors an ...
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN ROANE COUNTY; TAX INCREASE LIKELY
There are ongoing discussions within the Roane County Budget Committee about a property-tax rate increase this year. During the May County Commission meeting, Commissioner David Bell asked County Exec ...
FY 2019-2020 TAX RATE ADOPTED ON 1ST READING BY CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Tuesday night, the Crossville City Council's May meeting had a very short agenda. After the council re-appointed Virgie Lotz to the Crossville Housing Authority, the month's consent agenda was passed ...
HARRIMAN LINK TO BRICEVILLE STORE BREAK-IN AND BATLEY VEHICLE FIRE
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a break-in early Sunday morning at a store in Briceville. Ginger King, owner of Ginger’s Deli on Briceville Highway, called deputies to the b ...
WATER RATES MAY BE DISCUSSED AT OLIVER SPRINGS COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY
The Oliver Springs Town Council will meet Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at City Hall. At last month’s meeting, the water board decided to raise customers’ water rates 5.5 percent. City Manager Thomas McC ...
HEFTY (HEFTY HEFTY) INCREASE IN GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES IN ROCKWOOD
Garbage collection rates will go up more than 25 percent in the city of Rockwood starting in July. The City Council voted unanimously last night to approve entering into a contract with Waste Connecti ...
TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS ON KINGSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
When the Kingston City Council convenes at 6 p.m. for its regular meeting this evening, they’ll be discussing two new business items. First, they’ll vote to allocate up to $18,995 for the city manage ...
GOLDBERG ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER TRAFFIC STOP
Oliver Springs police arrested 24-year-old Anthony Dylan Goldberg after a traffic stop Monday morning. Goldberg was charged with speeding, evading arrest, failure to exercise due care, reckless endang ...
