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Today's News

  • Back to school

    Mary “Cricket” Lewis picks up her No. 94 bus at Roane County Schools’ bus garage Friday afternoon in anticipation of today’s first day of school for the 2011-12 year.

    If things kicked off according to schedule, Lewis began her route at about 6:55 a.m. near the Harriman Police Department on Russell Street.

    Motorists are reminded to exercise caution around school areas and in school parking lots as excited children enter and depart from the premises.

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  • Alleged mom killer’s trial put on hold

    From staff reports

    A murder trial scheduled to take place this week in Roane County Criminal Court has been postponed.

    Milford Barnett is accused of killing his mother, Pearl Barnett, in April 2007.

    District Attorney General Russell Johnson said the public defender got permission to be out of court this week because his wife was sick.   

    The trial may get reset for later this month.  

    “It’s possibly going to be moved to Aug. 23,” Johnson said.

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  • Rockwood students heading to class in new digs

    The old band room at Rockwood High School was damp in more ways than one.

    Not only did the roof leak, but band members said the space could dampen their spirits.

    “If you would sit the wrong way on your chair, you’d flip off backwards and keep going because you couldn’t stop,” senior Kaleigh Snipes said.

    Fortunately for current and future members, the old band room is a thing of the past.

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  • Richard Petty to be in Oak Ridge

    NASCAR legend Richard Petty will be at Food City in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, Aug. 10 from 3-5 p.m..

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  • Brown named TTU golf coach

    For most of his life, Polk Brown's life has centered around golf.

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  • 2011 Roane County Football Jamboree set for Friday

    The 2011 Roane County Football Jamboree will take place Friday night at Midway.

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  • Roane Choral Society performs at Hall of Fame
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  • Bowers to join rest of county in starting school on Monday

    While the community enjoyed the results of the school construction project in Rockwood on Thursday, some Harriman parents and students wondered if the work would postpone classes for Bowers Elementary.

    Roane County Director of Schools Toni McGriff put those worries to rest late last week.

    She said she expects Bowers to open on time.

    McGriff had previously said the school year at Bowers might be delayed for a week.

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  • Rockwood 'picked' for TV show about antiques

    Finding a gem in a heap of junk is a popular television show gimmick nowadays, and the hosts of one of them may have found treasure in Rockwood.

    The History Channel’s “American Pickers,” a show geared at searching through antique stores, garages and junkyards, came to downtown Rockwood last month and visited local businessman Bill Wright.

    Wright operates an antique business in the city and is locally known for his singing.

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  • Harriman bridge being dismantled

    Norfolk Southern has started tearing down the bridge on Harriman’s Margrave Drive, according to City Coordinator Bob Tidwell.

    “That is not going to stop our plan to work with them to rebuild it, because it has to be torn down anyway,” Harriman Mayor Chris Mason said.

    Harriman officials have been trying to get assistance in replacing the bridge after it was learned that in addition to the cost of rebuilding it, there would be cost involved in moving utilities.

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