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Saturday winds take out trees, leave over 7,000 without power

It was brief, but high winds that breezed through Saturday evening did quite a bit of damage, knocking down trees and leaving many areas without power.

Roane County Central Dispatch had 60 calls related to the high winds, most of which were on their non-emergency number and concerned trees across roadways.

“No one was injured due the storm. No injuries were reported to us that I was made aware of,” said Chuck Hiatt, Operations Chief of Office of Emergency Services.

Crash claims Harriman woman’s life

A Harriman woman was killed in a car accident on Sugar Grove Valley Road Tuesday afternoon.

The crash happened near Sugar Grove Baptist Church around 4:15 p.m. The Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated.

According to the report, Debra Alexander was traveling west when she lost control of her 1996 BMW. She crossed the center line and struck a 2012 Hyundai driven by Nicole C. Bashant. The BMW then left the road and struck a utility pole.

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Perry pledges support for Oak Ridge research projects

Department of Energy Secretary Richard Perry promised to do everything in his power to protect the Department of Energy funding during upcoming budget battles.

Perry and Sen. Lamar Alexander toured the Oak Ridge National Lab Monday, including the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility where he viewed examples of 3D printing and other DOE technology.

Looking around the facility at examples of additive manufacturing including parts of an excavator, a military jeep and a small submarine, Perry said he supports the research now underway.

Come SailAway: Kingston academy aims to tailor learning

While some educational experts continue to ponder the wisdom of “mega schools” one Roane County educator is betting that smaller can still be better.

For 20 years, SailAway Learning and Academy in Kingston has championed a “micro school” concept that provides an individualized learning experience for its students.

Clinch reactor meetings today

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is scheduled to hold two public meetings today – Monday – on TVA’s early site permit application for the Clinch River site.

The meetings will be at the Pollard Technology Conference Center Auditorium at 210 Badger Ave., Oak Ridge.

The first meeting is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m.; the second meeting is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m.

TVA has expressed interest in deploying a small modular reactor at the Clinch River site.

Hospital security guard disarms man

A Roane Medical Center security guard was able to convince a Lancing man to give him his gun on Friday afternoon after the man allegedly threatened to kill his wife.

Harriman police identified the man as Jason Byrge. No  age was available at press time.

“The hospital security actually disarmed him before we got there,” said Harriman Police Lt. Jarrod Whitson. “He was actually in the car with the gun, not walking around.”

Byrge allegedly made threats while talking to the guard.

On a big KICK

A group of Bowers Elementary School third, fourth and fifth graders are getting fit to benefit others.

Harriman Police Chief Derek Pacifico and some of his staff joined the youth for a rousing game of kickball to earn even more points in UNICEF’s Kid Power program, which has youngsters tracking their fitness activities with UNICEF Kid Power bands in order to send therapeutic food packages to kids in need.

Ex-employee files suit against Omni Visions

Omni Visions is being sued by a former employee who claims she was retaliated against for reporting allegations of sexual misconduct and TennCare fraud at the company’s facility in Roane County.

Harriman resident Vickie Davis filed the lawsuit last week in Roane County Circuit Court.

Omni Visions operates Roane Academy, which houses teenage boys for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. Roane Academy is located in the Roane County Industrial Park.

Estranged husband said to wield axe handle in fight

Harriman police arrested a man who was reportedly swinging an axe handle in an altercation near Little Caesars on Roane Street.

Jerry Butler II, 45, of 905 Unaka St., Harriman, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of reckless endangerment and vandalism in the Monday fracas.

Jerry Griffin told police Butler struck him with an axe handle in an altercation that drew onlookers from nearby area businesses.