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Today's News

  • The Garden Gate: Christmas legends abound

    No one knows for certain the date on which Jesus was born. For more than three centuries, “Christ-Mass” was a moveable feast.

    And, in many places, it was celebrated on Jan. 6, the Epiphany. That’s the day, according to the Biblical account, when Jesus was manifested to the Magi.

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  • Look Back: A Little Something From Our Files From the Week of Dec. 12

    25 Years Ago
    A new 150,000-square-foot shopping center was being built in Rockwood. The Valley Shopping Center, just north of Roane Memorial Gardens on Hwy. 27, would include Walmart, Ingles Food Store, a clothing store and various area shops. Rockwood Water, Wastewater and Natural Gas was approached about providing water, sewer and gas service to the facility.

    10 Years Ago

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  • Shawn Alexander Burney

    Shawn Alexander Burney celebrated his third birthday on Nov. 18.

    He celebrated on Nov. 16 with a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed party.

    He is the son of Melissa and Scott Burney of Harriman.

    Grandparents are Linda U. Banks of Harriman and Troy and Annette Burney of Oliver Springs.

    Great-grandparents are the late Lola and Melvin Utley, the late Etoy and O.T. McDaniel, and the late Sarah and J.H. Burney.

    Shawn has a 4-year-old brother, Brayden Andrew Burney.

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  • Alyson Kate Wheeler

    Alyson Kate Wheeler turned 9 years old on Nov. 6.

    She celebrated with a Justin Bieber-themed party at the Roane County Skating Center with friends and family.

    She is the daughter of Richard and Carla Wheeler of Kingston.

    Grandparents are R.L. Lawson and the late Shirley Lawson and Richard and Elizabeth Wheeler, all of Harriman.

    Alyson has a 12-year-old brother, Noah.

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  • Farmers market awarded state grant

    Harriman Farmers Market was recently awarded a $1,500 grant from the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program to help advertise the market.

    “We are excited about implementing some new ideas at the market this season, and this additional funding will help us accomplish our goals,” said Dina Jackson, Harriman’s city grant coordinator.

    This year the market is focusing on developing a campaign that promotes fresh “Tennessee grown” food as a healthier choice for children.

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  • Hanukkah – for the uninitiated

    by AVIVA YAFFA
    The eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, or the “Feast of Lights,” which this year is observed from the evening of Saturday, Dec. 8, to Sunday, Dec. 16, commemorates what many historians as well as religious scholars consider to be the first organized revolt by a nation against tyranny.
    The story of Hanukkah goes back well over 2,000 years.

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  • Fleischmann still looking for cuts to seal ‘fiscal cliff’ deal

    Roane County’s congressman is noncomittal about the chances for a deal to avoid the what some have termed a looming fiscal cliff in the federal government.
    “I won’t say I’m optimistic or pessimistic,” said Chuck Fleischmann, who represents Tennessee’s Third Congressional District that includes Roane County. “I’m going to continue to be very diligent and vigilant, study the process, so I’m prepared to act if that (a deal) happens.”

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  • Alleged offenders arrested in Roane

    A man accused of sex crimes in Georgia was arrested in Rockwood last Friday.
    City police went with the U.S. Marshals Service to a bakery to arrest William Bradley Jones, who was wanted for aggravated sodomy and aggravated child molestation.
    Jones, 22, was arrested and taken to the Roane County Jail.
    His home address in police and jail records was listed as 630 N. Front St., Rockwood. 
    The crimes Jones allegedly committed occurred over the summer in Woodstock, Ga.
    The alleged victim was 15.
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  • Change in page size this edition

    Although a changes in the Roane County News logo was made as planned with the last edition, the paper size did not change as announced due to a glitch in the pressroom
    The new, narrower format already adopted by the larger dailies in our area is now being used by the Roane County News.
    Newspapers have made the move to save on newsprint.
    A lack of competition in the paper market and other factors have sent newsprint paper costs soaring over the years.
     

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  • Kingston city hall morphing

    By MIKE GIBSON
    newsroom@roanecounty.com
    The operative word in the latest progress update on Kingston’s new city hall might be “snug.”
    That’s a good a general word to describe the budget, some of the space allocation, and even progress toward meeting projected timelines for getting the new hall up and running.
    Snug, but certainly not uncomfortable.
    And no one is complaining, as the project seems to be going as well as can be expected for an endeavor of this magnitude.

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