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Today's News

  • Roane seniors headed to California

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    When most senior citizens travel to California it's to visit family or see Hollywood.

    For Wayne and Sydney Woodlee of Kingston and Charlie and Joyce Ingram of Rockwood, however, an August trip to San Francisco is more of a business trip as the quartet of Roane County seniors will be looking to bring home a gold medal in mixed tennis at the 2009 National Senior Olympic Games.

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  • Kingston the place to be on Independence Day

    By JOHNNY TEGLAS jteglas@roanecounty.com

    Kingston is the place to be on Saturday, July 4, as the Roane County community converges for its annual Smokin' The Water Independence Day celebration.

    Festivities get underway Saturday at 10 a.m. with the annual parade along Kentucky Street. Immediately following the parade, residents can enjoy a watermelon cutting at Ft. Southwest Point, an open car show at Roane County High School, and a motorcycle show along the Race Street dike.

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  • One of the Clinton 12 remembers

    By JENNIFER RAYMOND

    jraymond@roanecounty.com

    On Aug. 27, 1956, history was made in the small town of Clinton — history that would lay the ground work for the future.

    On that day, 12 high school students said a prayer and then made the long trek down Broad Street and Foley Hill to the front of Clinton High School to become the first African American students to walk through those doors.

    They were also the first black students to attend an all-white public high school in the South.

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  • Roane teams eliminated from state tournament

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    The 2009 Dixie Youth Baseball season came to a close for Roane County teams over the weekend as Harriman and Kingston were both eliminated from the Dixie Youth Majors State Tournament being played at Southwest Point.

    Harriman's two losses in the double elimination tournament came as the Devils dropped a 9-2 decision at the hands of Perry County on Friday then Harriman suffered a 4-1 setback at the hands of Red Bank on Saturday.

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  • Harriman duo signs with Roane State

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    College coaches at any level are always looking to sign local talent.

    Roane State women's basketball head coach Monica Boles is no different and she signed two players from Roane State's back yard this week as the Harriman duo of Shantel Boyd and Kiersten Douglass both signed with the Raiderettes.

    "I'm excited," Boyd said after signing. "I've wanted to play college basketball all my life and now I'm getting the chance to do it close to home."

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  • Close-knit Rockwood alumni reunite

    By JENNIFER RAYMOND

    jraymond@roanecounty.com

    Graduates of Rockwood High School will get a chance to come together this summer to reminisce about their days as a Rockwood Tiger with fellow classmates.

    The sixth annual Rockwood High School Reunion will be June 8-14 at Rockwood First Baptist Church’s lake property.

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  • OS competes in passing league

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    The Oliver Springs Bobcats have spent much of the past few seasons taking on bigger schools while trying to rebuild their program.

    This week the Bobcats have again been taking on bigger schools, but it's not been in region play, it's been part of the 2009 Air Attack Passing League at Webb School of Knoxville.

    On Tuesday, Wiley Brackett's Bobcats played a pair of games on Faust Field but they didn't have much luck as they were downed by the host Spartans, 38-15, and by Halls, 44-0.

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  • Jackets finish third in state

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    A strong postseason run came to an end Sunday afternoon for the Kingston A All-Stars as the Junior Jackets closed their season with a strong third place finish in the Dixie Youth A State Tournament played at Goodlettsville.

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  • Sticks and stone may break bones, but words don't

    We have grave concerns about Roane County Constable Mark Patton’s fitness for duty.

    As for the suit seeking to have him disqualified from elected office, we’re comfortable letting the honorable Judge Russell Simmons deal with merits of that.

    We come here today with another concern — the impact of name-calling and obscene gestures that seem to be in ample supply.

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  • Coffman signs with Cleveland State

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    Midway’s Alex Coffman has always wanted to play college softball and now the former Lady Wave star is getting her chance as last week Coffman signed scholarship papers with Cleveland State Community College.

    “I’m really excited,” Coffman said. “I’m kind of surprised by this.”

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