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The Roane County Election Commission does not have to allow convicted sex offender Richard Keith McCarroll to register to vote.

McCarroll sought a court order to require the commission to allow him to vote, but Chancellor Frank V. Williams III denied his petition on Tuesday.
“I agree with what opposing counsel has said regarding the law,” Williams said.
McCarroll was indicted on 648 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 for child pornography images in his possession.

Harriman Utility Board electric ratepayers will be paying $2 more on their customer charge, no matter how much electricty they use.
HUB officials announced the decision in an insert in the utility bills last week.
It said growing costs and TVA changing to a new wholesale rate structure, “made it necessary for HUB to revise its rate structure for our customers.”
The residential rates reflected the additional $2 on the customer charge beginning Oct. 1, in addition to any changes TVA makes in the rates.

Motorists on Margrave Drive have had to detour around the area where Margrave Bridge crossed the once alternate route around part of downtown. 
“Is it going to stay the way it is?” asked Councilman Lonnie Wright recently.
This is the year that some sort of action needs to happen, according to Mayor Chris Mason.
“The last time I talked to anybody was about a year ago, and everybody seemed to be willing to go forward with opening the grant back up,” Mason said.