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Gallaher attorney negotiating plea in Grill & Pub death

Eric Gallaher may never face a jury in his manslaughter case. His attorney, Donice Butler, said they’ve had discussions with the District Attorney General’s Office about a possible plea deal that would resolve the case without having to go to trial.

Butler said Gallaher might enter a plea if they can “negotiate one that he could live with.”

“I wouldn’t want to release the details of that plea unless and until we’re ready to enter it,” she said.

Roane to seek more equitable part in Plateau Park tax funds

Partnerships are OK, Roane County Executive Ron Woody said, “as long as they are equal.”

Woody doesn’t see equality when he looks at Plateau Partnership Park, an industrial park venture between Cumberland, Morgan and Roane counties.

“We didn’t do a good job of negotiating, it looks like,” Woody said.

Each county borrowed $2.5 million for the industrial park project. The land is in Cumberland and Morgan counties. None of it is in Roane County.

County hopes to sweeten Plateau deal

Roane County Executive Ron Woody got unanimous approval on a resolution that calls for renegotiation of the Plateau Partnership Park deal.

“I think everybody is aware we didn’t get a fair shake on that deal,” Commissioner Steve Kelley said. “Roane County definitely ended up holding the short end of the stick.”

Plateau Partnership Park is a joint industrial park venture between Roane, Cumberland and Morgan counties.

All of the land is in Cumberland and Morgan counties.

Deal to expand Kingston park falls through

Kingston City Council members received updates on some key city grant applications at April council sessions.

And though the news wasn’t all good, the bottom line was that the city is still in hurry-up-and-wait mode.

The bad news, said City Manger David Bolling, is the city’s plan to purchase a plot of land adjacent to the newly acquired Gertrude Porter Park fell through when officials couldn’t reach a mutually agreeable deal with a neighboring property owner.

Racers feel at home in Roane event

Cyclists saw the beauty of Roane County firsthand this weekend.

Cyclists and their bikes filled the roadways for the Roane County Omnium, a cycling event that included a timed race in Harriman, races in Rockwood’s historic downtown area and a road race in Kingston that culminated in the South of the River area.

“It was beautiful,” said Johnny Hayes of the Village Volkswagen team.

“I absolutely loved the course. It was one of the better courses I’ve raced on in a long time.”

‘Prospect 14’ sales put $150,000 in city coffers

Harriman Industrial Development Board sold enough downtown buildings recently to cut the city quite a nice check.

Industrial Board Chairman Bill Alexander presented the $150,000 check last week to Harriman City Council.

The funds come from the more recent sales of property through a project called Prospect 14, a campaign to sell downtown properties vacated with the moving of Roane Medical Center to Midtown.

Those sales include a building on Trenton Street that will be used for a store in the front and alignment shop in back.

‘Legends salute’ to take place of Pearl fundraiser

This weekend’s fundraising event for the historic Roane County Courthouse will go on — without Bruce Pearl.

“He has canceled because of his obligations with the Auburn transition,” said Stephanie Wright, a member of the Roane County Heritage Commission.
Pearl, the former University of Tennessee men’s basketball coach, was selected as head coach of the Auburn University Tigers in March.

State suspends Butler from practicing law

After weeks of waiting, Harriman attorney Donice Butler finally received a verdict in her disciplinary case on Friday. 

It wasn’t the decision she wanted. 

“Based upon these findings of fact and conclusions of law, the Hearing Panel finds that the respondent (Butler) shall be suspended from the practice of law for a period of nine months,” the panel ruled. 

Butler said she plans to appeal the decision. 

Leon Houston imprisoned in Oklahoma

Leon Houston is at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

The transfer center houses federal inmates in-transit to other facilities.

U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves sentenced Houston to five years for using a telephone communication to threaten to kill Cleveland, Tenn., attorney James Logan.

A federal jury in Knoxville found him guilty of that charge in November.