Local News

The Rockwood community lost one of its greatest coaches with the passing of C.W. Pemberton Jr., who died Tuesday at 85.
Pemberton taught and coached football for a total of 38 years.
Along the way, Pemberton had stops in Vienna, Mo.; Gordonsville, Tenn.; the Homesteads in Crossville, South Harriman and Rockwood.
It was at Rockwood where Pemberton left his mark — coaching the Tigers to the 1976 TSSAA Class A State Championship.

Longtime businessman Rhea Browder, who with his brothers, Joe and Ed Browder, formed Harriman Oil Co. in the late 1930s amid the Great Depression, died Monday at 97.
So pivotal was the role the family played in Harriman politics and business that a section is dedicated to them in the popular Walter Pulliam book, “Harriman: The Town That Temperance Built.”
The historian and editor said this week he got to know the Browders well during his 30 years as a newspaper man in Harriman.

by MIKE GIBSON
newsroom@roanecounty.com
In a time when many are searching under seat cushions for extra quarters, the city of Kingston looks to be turning down a big wad of bills.

Officials want to reject a $150,000 grant from the Federal Rural Development Administration for improvements to the Kingston Public Library.

At a Sept. 6 work session, Kingston City Council moved to draft a motion to withdraw its request for the grant, which was filed two years ago. The grant was unexpectedly received this past June.

An employee with Galloway Construction in Sunbright adds brush to the shredder while clearing away an area on Patton Lane for an electric company last week. The employee did not want to give his name.