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Lady Tigers can’t stop Devils’...

By Melissa Coley

newsroom@roanecounty.com

The sun was bright, the air was warm but the Harriman Middle School Lady Blue Devils bats were as hot as a cat on a tin roof on a summer day Saturday morning at Flour Mill Flats ballfield.

Harriman jumped out to an 11-1 lead after two innings before Rockwood settled down and held the Devils scoreless for the remainder of the first game. Rockwood’s Sam Tilley was able to cross the plate in the top of the third giving her team their second run of the game.

GLIMPSES: U.S-Mexican tensions...

By MARK BANKER

When I left Roane County in 1969, there were no Mexican restaurants here. When I returned 18 years later, there were a few. Today there are many - including several that are excellent.

While many of us enjoy the food at these modest eateries, we are less certain about the folks who prepare and serve our meals. Indeed, they and their restaurants represent one of the most important developments in our region — and nation — in my lifetime.

Lady Devils come from behind

By Melissa Coley

newsroom@roanecounty.com

The Harriman Middle School girls’ softball team traveled to Wartburg on Friday evening to take on the Bulldogs in what turned out to be a tale of two teams that started and ended the game in opposite directions as the Blue Devils struggled early and finished strong while Wartburg started strong and struggled late to lose a five run 1st inning lead and the game by a score of 9-5.

GOING with the FLO: Kudos to the...

By FLO CHARLES

Roane County is gifted with so many leaders of integrity. One office in particular is the County Executive, with Ron Woody being our present County Executive.

It was my pleasure to attend the Roane County Tea Party and listen to the brilliancy of Ron Woody as information poured from him that he had accumulated throughout his career and the leadership skills he has developed. I couldn’t write them down fast enough.

Thinking about futures on the...
Harriman and Cherokee square off...

By Melissa Coley

newsroom@roanecounty.com

Friday evening the Cherokee Yellow Jackets traveled to Harriman for some middle school softball action. Maddie Ladd put on a show with 14 strikeouts and her team gave her five runs to work with which was enough to give the Lady Devils the win and the shutout by a score of 5-0.

It was three up three down in the first for the visiting Lady Jackets as the first two hitters were Ladd’s first victims of the “K” attack.

State helping Irma victims...

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency is waiving all family income and one- year lease restrictions on vacant apartment units in its Low Income Housing Tax Credit program for victims of Hurricane Irma who temporarily relocate to Tennessee.

OUT to LUNCH by Bethel Poston:...

This “Out to Lunch” adventure at Zaxby’s in Midtown involves four generations of the Poston family.

My wife Carol and I live in Midtown Heights. We pass Zaxby’s every time we go to Kroger, Lowe’s, church, Kingston, Harriman, Interstate 40, Knoxville and other places going east.

I’ve had Zaxby’s on my “Out to Lunch” prospect list for some time, waiting for an opportunity to pop up.

We were excited when our grandson Brady, wife Toni and our 8-month-old great-grandson Benjamin, said they would like to spend their vacation at our house.

Thumbs up for promoting high...

On behalf of the Roane County high schools, we would like to thank Mr. Willett and the Roane County News for publishing the Careacter Star Athlete of the Week Award winners.

The Knoxville News Sentinel has decided not to publish the award winners as they have done in the past. Mr. Willett has allowed the winners to be published in the Roane County News.

If this did not happen, Roane County athletes would not receive the recognition they deserve.

Thank you to this paper and others across the state for continuing to promote high school athletics.

Happenings on the hill

The second edition of this column has a lot different feel to it than I would have imagined last week.
I was pretty sure that the Vol’s would get their offense rolling and we could pull out the victory in the swamp, as we all know that didn’t happen.
Let’s rewind to last year at the Georgia game. That’s a play all of the Vol fans will remember forever. It’s still the topic of a lot of football conversations.