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Kingston Elementary School third-grader MyKenzie Price, has already raised more than $1,200 for Relay for Life.
It’s a very personal mission.
The 8-year-old will be keeping her great-grandfather in her thoughts as she walks in the Lenoir City relay May 6.
MyKenzie was very close to her “Pa Paw,” former Kingston fire chief Bobby Scruggs.
“He would take me fishing, and he would push me on the swing,” she said.
Scruggs died after struggling with cancer for four years, and Price will recognize him for her third year at the relay.

Gloria Wright is no longer director of the Roane County ambulance department. She was informed about the county's desire to go in another direction on Monday.

"We asked Gloria to basically take a position lower than what she's at now," Roane County Executive Ron Woody said.

Woody said Office of Emergency Services Director Howie Rose and consultant Jack Jinks will manage the ambulance department on an interim basis.

"Until we do a search or determine exactly what we need to do," he said.

Harriman officials hope to incorporate several properties on both sides of Hwy. 70 with a referendum in June.

A resolution to annex the Midtown area properties was approved by Harriman City Council during a special-called meeting April 22.

“A lot of the properties are already under contract with the city, except four of them,” said Harriman building inspector Maria Nelson during discussion of the resolution at a workshop last week.

Disaster drills at TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in nearby Rhea County could be more challenging in the future because of the disaster that occurred in Japan.  

“Used to, we might have an event that was an earthquake at one unit that would result in damage to the plant and possible releases of radiation,” said Ray Golden, TVA senior manager of nuclear communications.