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Today's News

  • April flowers find appreciation

    A jaunty breeze drifts flower blossoms and their fragrance through the air on a hill overlooking both the Tennessee and Clinch rivers and Kingston’s Fort Southwest Point.

    “This is our own private park overlook,” Jim Miller said. “It is one of the most historical views from Roane County.”

    The property of Jim and Carrie Miller is a popular destination for floral lovers, including the Harriman Garden Club, which has seen members visit numerous times over the years.

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  • Kyker tapped for Meet the Mentors post

    Mitchell Kyker, vice president of Kyker Funeral Homes, was one of 50 funeral directors nationwide selected to participate in the National Funeral Directors Association’s Meet the Mentors program.

    Meet the Mentors, supported by the Funeral Service Foundation, took place March 18-19 in the Emory Conference Center Hotel on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta.

    It brought together young funeral professionals to learn from three of the country’s leading funeral directors and network with like-minded peers.

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  • Skidmore certified financial officer

    Harriman City Clerk Angela Skidmore was among the 175 municipal finance officers recently awarded the Certified Municipal Finance Officers certificate Feb. 22 in Nashville.

    The program requirements were completed by 216 finance officers, city recorders, city managers and mayors.

    “MTAS would like to express our sincere congratulations to this class of Certified Municipal Finance Officers,” said Jim Thomas, executive director University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service.

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  • OUT to LUNCH: Good friends, good food order of day at Mama Mia’s

    When I was about 12 years old, my parents and I went to eat at my favorite cousins’ house. Both boys were older than me, like big brothers. They were Eagle Scouts, and it was fun being with them.

    Their mother, Aunt Lois Stephens, was the head cook for the schools in Livingston and an excellent cook herself. We all looked forward to eating with them. I have several of her recipes.

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  • Midway knocks off Cosby, 9-8

    The Midway Green Wave beat the rain and the Cosby Eagles Thursday evening, 9-8.

    Thursday’s game was a seesaw affair that would see Midway’s game-winning run being scored on a dropped third strike of all things.

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  • Lady Waves take down Rockwood, 11-3

    The Midway Lady Green Wave stayed perfect in District 3-A following an 11-3 win over Rockwood Wednesday evening at Midway. 

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  • Lunsford signs with Patriots

    Harriman High School has had its share of great running backs over the years, and now one of the best to ever play for the Blue Devils is heading to the next level as Lucas Lunsford signed his National Letter of Intent last week to play for the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky.

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  • Career Day at Roane State

    Local Roane County businesses talked with every eleventh grade student from all five Roane County schools at the fifth annual High Schools Career Day put on by the Roane County Chamber of Commerce.  
       In the Roane State Community College gymnasium students were able to learn about different career paths and what education or training could be required.

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  • Meth problem worsens

    Meth lab activity in Roane County continues to show no signs of slowing down.
    Rockwood police discovered an anhydrous ammonia meth lab inside an SUV at the intersection of East Wheeler Street and Skyline Drive on Wednesday. A section of East Wheeler Street was blocked off during the investigation.
    Police said anhydrous ammonia labs are rare for this area.
    The occupants of the vehicle were identified as Matthew A. Knight, 34, David W. Foland, 51, and Teri L. Stephenson, 53.

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  • Child rape charges for 45-year-old

    A Harriman man has been charged with child rape.
    David Milton Wales, 45, was charged after March 29.
    Harriman Police Sgt. Greg Sims was dispatched to Roane Medical Center on a report of a rape of a child that was said to have happened a couple of months prior.
    The child’s mother said her daughter had given her explicit details of what happened with a man named David Woods  and described a man between 35 to 45 years old with red hair and blue eyes who lived on Hillwood Drive.

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