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Today's News

  • Get a glimpse of the past at Harriman Christmas Tour

    The spirit of Christmas is upon us — and what better way to feel the love of the season than to share with others.

    On Dec. 14-15, Harriman residents will open their homes to guests for the 23rd annual Christmas Home Tour and Tea.

    Guests will be able to get a glimpse into the past as they tour seven Victorian-era homes with the glorious architecture of days gone by.

    The style and craftsmanship of the homes represented are from 1890s-1920s time period.

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  • A VIEW from LICK SKILLET: Dr. Rywell’s Tenn. apple stack cake re-visited

    Gentle reader, there comes a time when repeating oneself is no longer repetition but a tradition.

    Thus it is with our annual holiday column about our beloved Tennessee Apple Stack Cake, also known in this area as “Fruit Cake.” As we have said many times before, what is being offered in some grocery stores as apple stack cake is not our Tennessee Apple Stack Cake.

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  • Russell hopes to improve DUI prosecution results

    DUI prosecutions could ramp up in the 9th Judicial District.

    The District Attorney General’s Office now has a DUI prosecutor and DUI coordinator, thanks to a federal highway/transportation safety grant.

    “It funds the prosecutor and coordinator positions and is renewable annually,” District Attorney General Russell Johnson said. “The majority of Tennessee districts have them, and others have had them for years.”

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  • Judge Simmons to retire in 2014

    Circuit Court Judge Russell E. Simmons Jr. announced he’s decided to retire after 23 years.

    “I want to thank the citizens of Loudon, Meigs, Morgan and Roane counties for the opportunity to serve as your Circuit Court Judge since Sept. 1, 1990. Since I now desire to pursue other interests and spend more time with my family, I do not intend to seek re-election in 2014,” Simmons announced in a statement this week.

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  • Midtown business corridor proposal

    A request to rezone a significant stretch of land across from Roane County Park from agricultural to commercial was before the Roane County Planning Commission Wednesday.

    The zoning request was pushed off until next month’s planning commission meeting, Dec. 18.

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  • Assessor wants to change office computer systems

    Appraisal information for Roane County properties can be found on the state’s real estate assessment data website.

    That could change in the future.

    Roane County Property Assessor David Morgan is planning to switch to a different computer system.

    “I foresee us being totally off the state system around March/April of this coming year,” he said.

    Morgan said he’s not happy with the state system.

    “It’s just old and archaic,” he said.

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  • Looseleaf laureate: On idealism, cynicism and conspiracy theories

    It has taken decades to realize how much a series of bullets — fired half a century ago by a lone gunman, or maybe not — has impacted the life of one preschooler.

    I was a 5-year-old in hand-me-down dungarees. The knees, judging by most of the pictures from the era, were worn bare.

    I don’t remember ever seeing my mother cry before that day; perhaps that’s why my memory of  President John F. Kennedy’s murder is so vivid.

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  • Dotson starvation case hearing set for March

    A new hearing date of March 3, 2014, has been set for the couple accused of starving their son.

    Matthew and Amanda Dotson are charged with first-degree murder in the death of 2-year-old Clifford.

    Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton reported the tot weighed only 12 pounds when he died in May 2012. Investigators said a preliminary autopsy indicated the child died of severe malnutrition.

    Matthew Dotson was appointed a new attorney, Kent Booher, in July, after former attorney, Joseph Lodato asked to withdraw from the case.

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  • Kingston paving moves forward

    The state highway funds Kingston officials have been looking to expend for well more than a year now appear to be in play.

    City council members authorized the city manager to advertise for paving bids for North Kentucky Street at the Nov. 12 full council session.

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