Today's News

Could Rockwood’s best December in years for local option sales tax be another sign the economy is making a turnaround?

Or could the growing number of low-priced retail stores be a contribution, with shoppers tightening their belts, shopping local and spending less for more items?

Regardless, Rockwood city recorder Jim Hines announced revenue information to the Rockwood City Council Monday that included some good news.

A Roane County man faces a murder charge in an Illinois cold case.    

Robert “Bobby” Bostic of 354 Tennessee Chapel Circle was arrested by authorities on Jan. 25.   

Bostic, 70, is accused of killing Carlton Richmond on June 25, 1982.

According to the Round Lake Beach Police Department in Illinois, Bostic and Richmond were members of the same motorcycle club.

The University of Tennessee Extension is trying to meet $5.4 million in budget reductions by making restaffing changes.

Sixty positions will be cut statewide, and some employees will have to transfer.

How will these cuts and redistributions affect Roane County’s extension office?

Both Roane and Anderson counties will share one agent between them, said Tim Cross, UT’s dean of extension.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission has delayed a decision for at least to two years to move forward through the regulation process and request the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a hunting season for sandhill cranes in the state.