Today's News

Harriman’s Fraternal Order of Eagles 3429 helped make the holidays brighter for some area families.

The group hosted a kids’ Christmas party in the Eagles family room for the children on their angel tree.

Fifty-eight children from Roane County received Christmas presents from this tree.

The organization also distributed 30 Christmas baskets to area families.

Harriman Fraternal Order of Eagles is at 422 Old Hwy. 70, Midtown.

January's national average price for a gallon of gas are holding steady at around $3.30 per gallon, reports AAA.

“Motorists should see pretty stable gas prices this month,” said Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, The Auto Club Group.

“Gas prices in the Southeast are slightly cheaper than they were this time in 2012, whereas the national average is the same as last year.”

The agency predicts pump prices will likely hold stable for the remainder of the month as multiple factors place equal pressure on oil prices.

U.S. Air Force Airman David P. Coulter recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

Son of Dorene Coulter of Loudon, he graduated in 2010 from Midway High School.

Coulter completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Looks as if the new Orion Spacecraft vehicle, moving last month from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., to the U.S. Naval Base in San Diego, was too wide for the Interstate 40 construction area at Exit 347 in Harriman.

Kingston’s Bill Wright spotted the spacecraft as it traveled through Roane County, and we appreciate him allowing us to share his photograph with our readers.