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Today's News

  • Arrests: April 28-May 9, 2013

    Editor’s Note: Readers are cautioned that some names may be the same as, or similar to, other members of the community.
    April 28 — Tiffany Laura Edwards, 34, 536 Baumgarder Road, Harriman: domestic assault. No bond listed; court date June 24.

    • Nathan Glenn Eller, 24, 275 Little Johnson Valley Road, Kingston: open container law, DUI, violation implied consent law. No bond listed; court date June 3.

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  • Kingston shutterbug Sims heads up Arts Council

    New board members were elected, and changes to the charter were made, during the annual meeting of the Arts Council of Roane County.

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  • Wheat lives on for those who called it home

    By Bonita Irwin • For Roane Newspapers
    Alumni of the former Wheat High School and old Roane College, as well as former residents of the former Wheat community, will celebrate 82 years of homecomings at the George Jones Church on Oct. 6.

    The service will begin at 11 a.m., with John Stair Jr. bringing the message. A covered-dish dinner will be at noon under the nearby tent.

    The community of Wheat, situated near the K-25 Site, was first known as Bald Hill because all of the timber had been cut to construct houses.

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  • One-man show to give Lincoln, Twain stances on Civil War

    “Abe Lincoln, Mark Twain and the Civil War,” a one-man theatrical production, will take place Oct. 9 in Kingston Public Library at 1004 Bradford Way.

    The historical, humorous and educational program will start at 6 p.m.

    Dave Ehlert will portray both Lincoln and Twain in this 90-minute production, which tells how a Union president and a Confederate deserter fought against slavery in both pre- and post-war days.

    Call the library at 376-9905 for details.

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  • Look Back: A Little Something From Our Files From the Week of Oct. 2

    25 Years Ago
    Thelma Hughes, an employee at Kayser-Roth in Rockwood, was honored for her 45 years of service to the company. She was presented with a certificate by her supervisor, Ronnie Rhea, and a Gatsby wall clock by human resources manager Lygetta Travis and plant manager Ed Foster. Hughes worked in knitting for 33 years and switched over to quality control, the job she held on her milestone anniversary. An avid University of Tennessee Volunteers fan, the Rockwood native and her husband, Edgar Hughes, were the parents of a daughter, Gena Stinnett.

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  • The Garden Gate: Have chocolate to feel like royalty

    Tradition holds that the ancient Aztec emperor Motecuhzoma was so addicted to “chocoatl,” the sacred beverage made from cocoa beans, that he consumed 50 golden goblets of it a day.

    The earliest cocoa trees probably grew in the tropical lowlands of Central America and Mexico. An ancient Toltec myth gives credit to the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl for first planting these trees and bringing chocolate, food of the gods, to human beings.

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  • New HHA director can relate

    Amy Hall, Harriman Housing Authority’s new director, isn’t just experienced in working in public housing.
    She knows what it is like to live there.
    “It was a lonely life,” she said.

    Hall said she was raised by a single mother and lived at the housing project at Fiske Heights for 14 years.
    “We moved in when I was 4 years old and moved out when I was 18.”

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  • FURLOUGHED: EPA ash spill cleanup chief must sit it out

    Federal government shutdowns have sidelined a key figure in the ash spill cleanup at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing cleanup of the TVA ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant.
    Craig Zeller, project manager for the EPA, said he has been furloughed because of the government shutdown.
    He said oversight of the cleanup project is not being impacted, however.

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  • Two arrested in Bluff Road holdup

    Two people were arrested on Monday in connection with an alleged armed robbery over the weekend.
    According to a press release from the Roane County Sheriff’s Office, a man walked into the Rocky Top Market on Bluff Road, pointed a handgun at clerks and demanded money.
    The press release listed Mark Andrew Randolph, 35, and Rufena Jean Bunch as suspects.
    Randolph is charged with aggravated armed robbery and possession of drugs.
    Bunch, 26, is charged with possession of drugs.

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  • Truck-part maker fined by TDEC

    The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation fined DAYCAB Co. Inc. $2,825 last month. The Rockwood company makes commercial truck parts.
    The fine was for failure to apply for proper environmental permits and for damages TDEC incurred during its investigation.
    TDEC officials  conducted an inspection in October 2012. They said spray booths, a lamination area, grinding and other equipment were operating without construction and operating permits.

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