.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Local News

  • Woman stabbed during domestic incident

    By JUDY UNDERWOOD

    Morgan County News Editor

        An Oakdale woman was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment of stab wounds last week, according to Sheriff Dennis Ledbetter.

        The police report states that an E-911 call was received at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 from a woman who claimed her husband had stabbed her while she was still in bed sleeping.

    Click here to read more...
  • Kingston to ditch law that prohibits Election Day liquor sales

    By JENNIFER RAYMOND

    rcraymond@bellsouth.net

    Dispute over a Kingston liquor ordinance has prompted the city council to strike one item from its books — the closing of liquor stores on Election

    Day.

    Bootleggers Liquor Store and Cheers of Kingston were the only stores in the state of Tennessee that were closed, according to Bootleggers’ co-owner Atish “HoJo” Kala.

    According to the Tennessee Alcohol and Beverage Commission, liquor

    Click here to read more...
  • Kingston businessman sings the biodiesel blues

     By DAMON LAWRENCE

    Click here to read more...
  • Rocky Houston trial begins today

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    rclawrence@bellsouth.net

    Ambush? Or self-defense?

    Rocky Houston and his attorney may try to convince a jury the latter is what caused the violent deaths of a sheriff’s deputy and his ride-along passenger two and a half years ago.

    If the trial of Rocky’s brother, Leon, is an indication, the state will try to show the jury the deaths were the result of a premeditated slaughter.

    Click here to read more...
  • Landmark restaurant burns in Rockwood

    By JENNIFER RAYMOND

    rcraymond@bellsouth.net

    A fire that broke out at Wayne’s Cafe late Saturday night destroyed the Hwy. 27 landmark.

    Dispatch received a call alerting them to the blaze at 11:04 p.m., according to the Roane County E-911 center.

    West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department was first on the scene at 1191 Spring City Hwy. No one from the department could be reached to talk about the cause of the fire.

    They also received  help from Rockwood Fire Department and Roane County Emergency Management.

    Click here to read more...
  • Rocky Houston trial begins today

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    rclawrence@bellsouth.net

    Ambush? Or self-defense?

    Rocky Houston and his attorney may try to convince a jury the latter is what caused the violent deaths of a sheriff’s deputy and his ride-along passenger two and a half years ago.

    If the trial of Rocky’s brother, Leon, is an indication, the state will try to show the jury the deaths were the result of a premeditated slaughter.

    Click here to read more...
  • Powers moving to TTC-Dickson

    By CINDY SIMPSON

    rccindysimpson@bellsouth.net

    Harriman Councilman Mark Powers has been appointed director of the Tennessee Technology Center at Dickson.

    Powers, who leaves his job as head of the Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman to accept the appointment approved Friday by the Tennessee Board of Regents, will also soon be leaving his official city capacities.

    “I was encouraged to apply for the job. I got the right kind of encouragement so I went ahead,” Powers said.

    Click here to read more...
  • Rogers predicts difficulty in seating jury

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    rclawrence@bellsouth.net

    Publicity has been plentiful throughout the murder cases against brothers Rocky and Leon Houston.

    The impact that might have on jury selection for Rocky’s upcoming trial was discussed during a hearing in Roane County Criminal Court last Thursday.

    “I think it’s going to be very difficult to get a jury, but we’re going to try to do that,” defense attorney Randy Rogers said.

    Click here to read more...
  • Funding changes could be hard on Roane

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    rclawrence@bellsouth.net

    The school system continues to sound the alarm about state funding.

    Earlier this year, Roane County Schools business manager Eric Harbin told board members that the funding formula the state used to allocate money to school systems resulted in less state money for Roane County.

    Director of Schools Toni McGriff said the future points to more of the same.

    “We expect to get hit again next year,” McGriff told board members last week.

    Click here to read more...
  • Time 'of essence' in Pinnacle Pointe dispute

    By CINDY SIMPSON

    rccindysimpson@bellsouth.net

    A potential resolution of a quarter-million-dollar dispute between Harriman and the developers of Pinnacle Pointe shopping center is waiting on more information.

    Councilman Mark Powers expressed curiosity about where the issue stood at a recent city council workshop.

    A special audit by the state into allegations of wrongdoing showed Prestige owed the city roughly $250,000 for excavation work the city did on the Pinnacle Pointe development on Hwy. 70.

    Click here to read more...

Copyright © 2013

The Roane County News is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Roane County and Kingston, Tennessee, and the surrounding area.