Today's News

Unused paint and stain may be dropped off at the Post Oak convenience center at 123 Post Oak Valley Road, Rockwood, beginning Sept. 21.
Roane County Solid Waste Department is offering this service for Roane County residents to dispose of any unused paint or stain from their households.
No paint or stain from businesses will be accepted.
Managing and disposing of paint will increase the county's eligibility to host future annual Household Hazardous Waste events.

East Tennessee State University’s Tennessee Gamma Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity recently presented Balanced Man Scholarships to two Roane County students at an annual luncheon.
Hunter Smith of Kingston received a $1,000 award.
Son of Rick and Debbie Smith, he is a recent graduate and valedictorian of Roane County High School.
Named among his school’s Who’s Who Top Ten, he served as band lieutenant, men’s tennis team captain, Student Council secretary and trumpet section leader in the band.

Zachary Hunter Eason, a Tennessee Technological University student from Kingston, has been awarded the G. Joseph Fleming Scholarship.
Eason, a freshman electrical engineering major at the Cookeville-based university, was awarded for his outstanding academic performance.  
A 2010 graduate of Roane County High School, Eason is the son of Robert and Angie Eason.
His grandparents are Bob and Carol Nall of Kingston and Peggy Eason of Sarasota, Fla.