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City manager choice today?

Kingston isn’t wasting any time on filling the job after longtime city manager Jim Pinkerton retired last month.
Three finalists will be in town today (Friday) for tours and interviews, and a council vote on them is set in the afternoon.
From nearly 40 people who applied, the final three are David Bolling, a former Oliver Springs town manager and current town administrator for Newscastle, Maine; Tracy Baker, assistant city administrator of Sevierville; and David Rutherford, McMinnville city manager.
A fourth finalist withdrew from the process.

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VW parts center not yet ready for main jobs push

When are the jobs coming?
That’s what Bob Kite, a member of Roane County Industrial Development Board, recently wanted to know about Volkswagen’s new Southeastern Regional Distribution Center.
“When you’re full PDC (parts distribution center) how many people do you expect to employ?” Kite asked.
“I don’t necessarily want to be quoted as saying any particular number,” said John Kutz, senior manager of the facility. “Anywhere from, probably, 20 to 50 people.”

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Lady ’Cat seniors enjoying the ride

The Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats have had a season for the ages, and Lady ’Cat seniors Macy Martin, Kaylee Morgan, Char-Lee Roberts and Rachiel Snellings are having a ball.

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The writing’s on the wall for Tiger seniors

The wall on the Rockwood baseball fieldhouse says it all. The wall lists district, region, sectional and state tournament appearances from past years.

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Lady 'Cats roll to state, 25-3

TSSAA Sectional games are supposed to be close and not decided until late in the contest.

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Finished business, Tigers returning to state tourney

By GOOSE LINDSAY

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GUEST OPINION: Graduation prayer fights a lost cause

By CHARLES C. HAYNES
First Amendment Center
School officials in Lake City, Arkansas have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation:
No prayer, no graduation.

On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade graduation at Lake City’s two elementary schools.

The action came soon after the district received a complaint letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation objecting to prayers at previous graduations.

Rather than drop the prayers, the district opted to drop the entire ceremony.

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Lady ‘Cats down Coalfield for first-ever region title, 8-0

The Lady Jackets ran into a vicious Bobcat Wednesday and her name was Courtney Jones.

The sophomore led the Lady Bobcats to their first region title in school history as Oliver Springs defeated Coalfield 8-0 behind a six-hit shutout from Jones. The Oliver Springs win also gave head coach Matt Headden his 200th career win.

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Rockwood rallies to win Region 2-A title

Pretty much any kid that has ever played baseball has probably dreamed at one point of hitting a game-winning grand slam home run with two outs on a 3-2 pitch.

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AP records seizure an affront to a free press

By GENE POLICINSKI
First Amendment Center
What The Associated Press calls “a massive and unprecedented intrusion by the Department of Justice”(DOJ) into its news gathering activities is more than an affront to a free press — it’s a direct challenge.

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