Today's News

Roane County has met the criteria to join Retire Tennessee, the state’s retiree recruitment program.
Roane, Maury and Warren counties were announced by Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty as the newest counties in the 13 that are part of the active Retire Tennessee program.

Despite a late rally, the Harriman A All-Stars dropped a 10-8 heartbreaker to the Sweetwater All-Stars Saturday afternoon. 

Harriman got on the board first with a RBI single by Nick Pelfrey, but Sweetwater scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to make the score 4-1.

Rockwood’s Sonic-Drive-In crew is one of top 300 stores in the nation in the Dr Pepper Sonic Games, an annual competition recognizing the top Sonic Drive-ins in the country.
Restaurant workers will learn soon if it is one of the top 48. Those finalists will be whittled down to the coveted top 12, which will participate in September’s Dr Pepper Sonic Games national finals.
“They announce on a weekly basis through July. They do it zone by  zone,” said manager Dwan Garrett of the announcement of who is on the top 48.

Tennessee tied for 18th with Florida in CNBC’s latest rankings of the top states for business.
Three states that border Tennessee — Virginia (No. 1), North Carolina (No. 3) and Georgia (No. 4) ranked in the top 5.
“We scored all 50 states on 43 measures of competitiveness developed with input from business groups including the National Association of Manufacturers and the Council on Competitiveness,” CNBC senior correspondent Scott Cohn wrote about the rankings.