Today's News

There was a new arrival Monday at the home of Shannon and Ashley Jones Blakely.

Marie James was born Monday, Jan. 21, in a hospital in Cookeville.

Blakely is the couple’s first child. Grandparents are the Rev. and Mrs. Odel Cruckfield, Lametea Moore and Shannon Jones Sr.

Ceola Lawrence is the great-grandmother.

Congratulations to this young couple on becoming parents.

Last Sunday, Julia Harris was honored with a pre-birthday dinner in Oak Ridge with some of her children and grandchildren.

The Roane County Beer Board is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to consider an application for an on and off premises beer permit.

The applicant is Deborah Violet, 181 Tacoma Road, Oak Ridge.

The permit is for Maggie’s Place, 3015 Harriman Hwy., Harriman.

The property is owned by Tony Clough. According to Violet’s application, Bill Lassiter held the last beer permit at the location.

Members of the public can appear before the Beer Board to express approval or disapproval of the permit.

Lt. Maretta McNichol and Capt. Tim Hawn of the Roane County Sheriff’s Office recently graduated with the fourth class of the East Tennessee Crisis Intervention Team training.

To date, 71 area law enforcement officers have completed the program.

“Law enforcement agencies in the area are to be commended for the value they place on this program by allowing officers to participate, especially given the shortage of staff in some departments,” said Brian Buuck, chief operating officer at Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital and Center in Oak

An alleged counterfeiter was arrested on Jan. 18.
Larry Dale Griffis faces two counts of counterfeiting and theft.
According to the warrant on the counterfeit charges, Rockwood police were dispatched to Hardee’s on Jan. 3 in reference to fake money being used.
“The complainant advised that she received a $20 bill that was counterfeit,” the warrant said. “She stated that she knows the man who passed it. She advised that it was the defendant Larry Dale Griffis, whom she had worked with in the past.”