Today's News

By Damon Lawrence and Cindy Simpson

Two young Roane County men lost their lives Friday morning in separate crashes on major thoroughfares.

Anthony Dale Basler, 23, died at the scene of a 6:22 a.m. crash on Interstate 40 near the Buttermilk Road exit.

Ninety minutes later, 26-year-old Cody E. Sackett of Kingston was killed on Hwy. 58 in a two-vehicle crash near River Road.

An official with the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office determined last week that Rockwood Water, Sewer and Natural Gas may have violated state law by allowing interdepartmental borrowing of operating funds.
Rod King, general manager of the utilities, and the city board governing the operations have openly admitted the more profitable gas department has loaned money to the water and sewer departments.
A comptroller’s office review of city finances indicates, however, that the issuance of such loans was not previously approved as required by statute.

Harriman voters won’t get a say on whether they would like to have a city manager-style of government.
At least not yet.
While some Harriman City Council members have said they’d prefer a decision from city voters over having to make one themselves, that’s not how the majority voted last week when council member Ken Mynatt took steps toward giving constituents that choice on the Nov. 2 ballot.
“This way, we let the citizens decide,” he proposed in making a motion to that end.