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Today's News

  • Tigers advance to Area 4 AA title game

    The Rockwood Tigers advanced to the Area 4 AA Tournament championship game Monday night with a hard-fought 38-32 victory over Midway in the tournament semifinals at Lenoir City Middle School.

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  • Roane girls find success in Area 4 AA Tournament

    Saturday was “win or go home” day at the Area 4 AA Tournament being played at Lenoir City Middle School, and three of Roane County’s four teams participating in the tournament kept their season alive with victories.

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  • Midway splits with Berean

    The race for the District 3-A boys regular season title has been a roller coaster affair all season and that roller coaster took a wild turn Friday night as Midway dropped a 58-48 decision at home against Berean Christian.

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  • Bobcats swept by Warriors

    The power of "one" proved to be too much for the Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats Friday night against the Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK) Lady Warriors as the Lady Warriors used a 19-7 advantage in points from the free throw line to take a 48-38 win Friday night in hardwood action. 

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  • Raiders still on top despite loss

    The Roane State men's basketball squad loaded onto the bus tied for first place Friday morning for the long ride to play Southwest in Memphis Friday night, and Dyersburg State Saturday afternoon. 

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  • OS assistant principal arrested

    Donna R. Moore, the assistant principal at Oliver Springs High School, was arrested in Morgan County for domestic assault against her husband Thursday night.

    Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Davis arrived at about 10:30 p.m. at the home Moore, 43, shares with her husband, 43-year-old Craig Moore, at 133 Authorn Sheldon Road in the Coalfield community.

    “The victim, Craig Moore, stated that his wife, the defendant Donna R. Moore, came home very intoxicated and began yelling at him,” Davis’ report said.

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  • Rockwood hires Ruppe as recorder

    Former Morgan County Executive Becky Ruppe has a new government gig.

    With last week’s Rockwood City Council meeting drawing to an end, Mayor James Watts asked for and received approval to hire Ruppe as city recorder/grant coordinator.

    The city, however, had neither been looking for nor advertising the position, something Vice Mayor Peggy Evans and Councilman Mike Freeman said they would have preferred.

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  • Agency strives to help families find right path

    Roane County isn’t isolated from homelessness, including families with young children struggling to find and keep a roof over their heads.

    That’s why Pathways Housing Services has been helping families find and pay for housing since 2006.

    Pathways’ goal is for those served to be able to maintain their own permanent housing once they graduate from the program.

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  • Accident devastates horse owner

    The thump Jerry Keeney heard from inside his home on Jan. 10 was the clue that something bad had happened.

    “I said somebody’s had a wreck out there,” Keeney recalled. “I ran outside, and I saw my horse laying in the middle of the road and the car down the road about 40 feet.”

    The driver of the car was 18-year-old Caleb Wilson, a senior at Roane County High School and firefighter with East Roane County Volunteer Fire Department.  

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  • Qualls no stranger to Roane in search for school director

    A familiar face will help the Roane County Board of Education in its search for a new director of schools.

    Toni McGriff, the current director, is retiring, effective June 30.

    The board voted 9-1 to hire Wayne Qualls to act as facilitator in the search for her replacement at the Jan. 19 meeting.

    Qualls, a former state commissioner of education, helped the board in its last search for a school director.

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