Today's News

Aline Messer of Harriman celebrated her 94th birthday on Aug. 1.
A party was given in her honor on July 24 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Eddie Coker, in Oliver Springs. Fifty guests attending.
Out-of-state guests were daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Mike Kinnas; granddaughter, Denise Honeycutt; grandson, granddaughter-in-law and family, DeWayne amd Brittany Heard, Peyton and Hayden Heard; Angie and Emily Regeski; and Vikki Whitfield.

To promote sound debt management practices, Tennessee Comptroller Justin P. Wilson is encouraging the state’s cities and counties to share what works best for them.
Wilson is asking for comment on a draft statement on debt management.  
The draft is based on four guiding principles for Tennessee governmental debt issuers to consider while developing their own policies.  
These principles are understanding transactions, explaining to citizens what is being considered, avoiding conflicts of interest and disclosing costs and risks.  

Three students from Roane County enrolled in the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University earned placement on the dean’s list for spring semester.
Stephanie M. Hedgecoth of Harriman, Seth T. Greene of Kingston and Julie A. Kirkham of Rockwood are among those honored.
Students who qualified for the dean’s list were enrolled in no fewer than 12 credit hours and achieved a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale, with no grade lower than a B-minus.
ETSU is in Johnson City.

Two Tennessee Technological University students from Roane County were among the honorees during the 35th annual College of Business Scholarships and Awards Banquet at the Cookeville university.
Faculty, business alumni, scholarship donors, scholarship recipients and their families attended the banquet where 123 students received almost $133,000 in scholarships.  
“We are proud of this outstanding group of students,” said James Jordan-Wagner, dean of the College of Business.