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Today's News

  • Rockwood man may be charged in I-40 wreck

    Alcohol may be involved in a fiery two-vehicle crash on Interstate 40 in Knoxville last Friday. Five people were injured.
    Witnesses told police that Oliver Butler, 64, of Rockwood,  was traveling westbound on I-40 when he swerved across the median and his GMC van became airborne.
    They said it landed on a Mercedes SUV, then overturned and caught fire.
    Passersby who pulled Butler from the vehicle said they smelled alcohol, and officers found beer cans inside and outside the van.

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  • Kingston ‘tweaks’ sign laws

    By MIKE GIBSON
    newsroom@roanecounty.com
    While it may be true that miracles happen all the time, Kingston City Council members aren’t concerned with signs from above.
    They’re worried about the more terrestrial versions you see every day — on the side of the road, in store windows, on big billboards, in the beds of broken-down old trucks.
    And at a Nov. 6 work session, council moved to put the first reading of an ordinance amending its existing sign ordinance for a  vote in the full council session this week.

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  • Looseleaf Laureate: Train draws crowds

    My boyfriend, Derek, while patching a leak near the chimney of his home in Hamilton County, called me from his roof last Sunday.
    “I just heard a steam whistle,” he said. “Is today the day the train runs to Roane County?”
    It was.
    Chattanooga’s steam engine was making a rare passenger excursion on Norfolk Southern tracks along Walden Ridge. On that day, it was set to go into Harriman, turn around and head back.

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  • Coats for the Cold distributions Sunday

    Dennis Ferguson’s 18th annual Coats for the Cold distribution will begin at 1 p.m. Nov. 18.

    The free distribution of coats and jackets will take place in the garden center at Rockwood Walmart Supercenter.

    “I want to thank everyone who gave coats this year to help those less fortunate stay warm,” Ferguson said.

    Collections of outerwear were collected Nov. 5-12.

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  • 200 years of worship at Post Oak Springs

    Post Oak Springs Christian Church has a rich history as a mother church for the denomination.

    The Rockwood church celebrated its 200th anniversary during homecoming services earlier this month. Spencer Garner, who was pastor 31 years from 1968-99 and is now a missionary, was guest speaker.

    The church’s history spans through conflict, new styles of worship, new church buildings and changing congregations.

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  • Supplies sought for victims of hurricane

    Big Emory Baptist Association and Remote Area Medical are teaming up to fill a tractor-trailer with supplies for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

    Donations will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Nov. 25 at the trailer, which is parked at Big Emory Baptist Association’s office at 1216 Ruritan Road, Harriman.

    Items needed include blankets, paper towels, baby food and diapers, soups, hygiene products, cleaning supplies, toys and stuffed animals and coats.

    No water or clothing will be accepted.

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  • Hardaway to speak at service

    New Century United Methodist Church, Harriman, will observe its 61st annual Women’s Day beginning at 11 a.m. Nov. 18.

    Joyce Eskridge Hardaway, formerly of Harriman, will be the speaker for the hour.

    Special music will be provided by Veree Kilby.  Lunch will be served after morning worship.  

    Hardaway, who now lives in Chattanooga, is president and CEO of Hardaway Consulting Services. She is also a partner in Kastle Instructional Recovery, a tutoring business.  

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  • Bowers Elementary honor roll: First nine weeks 2012-13

    A Honor Roll
    Third Grade
    Piper Suddath
    Layken Kemp
    Abbie Bullard
    Josh Dunaway
    Chase Johnson
    Abigail Roberts
    Lily Taylor
    Carter Smith
    Gracie Cagley
    Sabrina Peters
    Grant Whitlock
    Matthew Scarbrough
    Brooke Jenkins
    Brittany Brown
    Elijah Harmon
    AJ Burkhardt
    Zoe Oakes

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  • FBI offering Internet Challenge

    Teachers and students are encouraged to take an opportunity to participate in the Safe Online Surfing Internet Challenge.

    The FBI-SOS Internet Challenge is an online educational program that teaches children about Internet safety, in a fun way, using interactive games.

    While competing with other similar-size schools, students in grades 3-8 will be taught to recognize online dangers and how to be safe cyber surfers.

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  • Kyle Bates enrolled at Ga. Tech

    Kyle Bates of Harriman is part of the freshman class at Georgia Institute of Technology.

    Bates is an electrical engineering major.

    Georgia Tech is in Atlanta.

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