The boys’ field has been set for next week’s state basketball tournament in Murfreesboro following Monday night’s substate games, which saw five of the six Region 2 teams who played punch their tickets to MTSU. In Class AAA, Region 2 runners-up Powell sprang the upset in Johnson City, knocking off …
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State Republicans: Tennessee Reconnect enrollment off to ‘record start’
(Submitted) House Republican Caucus Chairman Ryan Williams (R-Cookeville), House Majority Leader Glen Casada (R-Thompson’s Station), and members of the House Republican Caucus today announced that enrollment in the Tennessee Reconnect program is off to a record start. Since the program officially opened on Feb. 15, more than 4,000 Tennesseans — an …
Read More »Clinton landmarks added to Civil Rights Trail
Ten Tennessee churches, courthouses, schools, museums and other landmarks are now stops on a new civil rights trail, officials said last week, including Clinton’s Green McAdoo Cultural Center and Museum and the statues of the 12 students who desegregated Clinton High School in 1956, better known as “The Clinton 12.” …
Read More »TBI announces winner of Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest
(TBI) Today, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced 11-year-old Anna McDowell as the winner of the state’s 2018 Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. Her entry has been submitted to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) poster contest representing the State of Tennessee in the national competition. Anna is a …
Read More »AC Mayor Frank officially announces re-election bid
(Submitted by the candidate) Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank has officially announced her bid for re-election for the Republican primary election of May 1, 2018. “I can say without a doubt that I believe my job is serving people and I am enormously thankful for the opportunity I have had …
Read More »CHS student arrested after threatening note found in classroom
For the second time in as many weeks, a Clinton High School student is in custody today, following an investigation into threatening notes found in a classroom at the school on Monday. The Anderson County Sheriff’s department says that after learning of the note, school resource officers, Sheriff’s investigators and …
Read More »Free seminar Thursday in Oak Ridge
The attorneys of McKinney and Tillman PC are hosting a free seminar on Thursday March 8th from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge at 127 Lafayette Drive. Topics to be covered include the 2017 tax reform and estate planning and probate. Come learn how the tax laws …
Read More »SCES teacher Kidwell named to Governor’s School Safety Working Group
South Clinton Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Abbey Kidwell has been named to a school safety group formed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, the working group announced by Haslam on Monday includes leaders from the state government’s executive branch, Tennessee General Assembly, and …
Read More »ORT: OR Planning Commission to consider master plan for former AMSE land
According to our partners at Oak Ridge Today, the Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission will consider a final master plan for about seven acres of land south of the American Museum of Science and Energy, property that was once part of the museum site, when it meets on Thursday. During …
Read More »Meet the Candidates April 5th
Oak Ridge voters are invited to a Meet the Candidates event on Thursday, April 5, at the Oak Ridge Civic Center. The event is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Social Room at the Oak Ridge Civic Center. A group called Democracy for East Tennessee is sponsoring this event …
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