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Posted: Thursday - April 2, 2009
Tennessee: Niota Depot gets area’s first Civil War trail marker
The Niota train depot is the first site in Southeast Tennessee to receive a Civil War trail marker, Mayor Martha Walden said.
Posted: Tuesday - March 31, 2009
Athens: Liars Club needs three shifts
A fast-food restaurant here is home to three separate groups, each called The Liars Club, each meeting at a different time and some since the Hardee’s opened more than 15 years ago.
Posted: Monday - March 30, 2009
2-mile sidewalk project under way in Athens
Work has begun here on 2 miles of new 5-foot-wide sidewalks that will serve the public library, hospital, downtown and other areas.
Posted: Sunday - March 29, 2009
Polk County: Waldroup verdict explained
BENTON, Tenn. — News traveled fast last week in Polk County after Bradley Davis Waldroup Jr. was found guilty on a lesser charge in a 2006 slaying.
Posted: Monday - March 23, 2009
Waldroup sentencing set May 7
Bradley Davis Waldroup Jr. will be sentenced May 7 after being convicted over the weekend of manslaughter and attempted murder.
Posted: Monday - March 23, 2009
Ocoee gets OK for rafting
The water is safe, gasoline prices are down and rafting outfitters expect a banner year in 2009 for the upper and lower Ocoee River.
Posted: Monday - March 23, 2009
Rural firefighters happy to get McMinn trucks
When three new fire engines are delivered in April to the McMinn County Fire Department, three rural county departments will take the old trucks.
Posted: Thursday - March 19, 2009
DA Bebb takes responsibility for confrontation during murder trial
BENTON, Tenn. — 10th Judicial District Attorney Steve Bebb on Thursday admitted fault after a judge tossed him out of a courtroom during a trial in Polk County.
Posted: Thursday - March 19, 2009
Judge kicks District Attorney Bebb out of murder trial
A judge tossed 10th Judicial District Attorney Steve Bebb out of the courtroom this morning after the DA confronted a state attorney at the Davis Waldroup murder trial.
Posted: Thursday - March 19, 2009
Tennessee: Waldroup witnesses describe slashing, shooting scene
The woman who died in what prosecutors say was a rampage by Bradley Davis Waldroup Jr. was shot eight times and slashed repeatedly on the head with a machete, according to testimony Wednesday at his murder trial.
Posted: Tuesday - March 17, 2009
Tennessee: Ocoee stakeholders hopeful for summer tourist season
With gas prices down and federal stimulus money on the way, it looks like it could be a bright summer season for tourist destinations in the Ocoee area.
Posted: Monday - March 16, 2009
Athens: Dispatch dilemma
All 911 calls in McMinn County go to a central center, but then fire and police calls for the towns of Athens and Etowah are routed again to their individual dispatch systems.
Posted: Thursday - March 12, 2009
Meigs gets Grace Sims’ prison quilt
The granddaughter of one of Meigs County’s most infamous women has given the Meigs County Historical Museum a quilt that her grandmother stitched in prison.
Posted: Monday - March 9, 2009
McMinn County: Owner say Woods hospital coming back
It’s been 15 months since McMinn County sold Woods Memorial Hospital to a doctors’ consortium for $4 million.
Posted: Monday - March 9, 2009
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Closure sought for Upper Tellico trails
A U.S. Forest Service official said she hopes the public will agree to closing the 39-mile Upper Tellico off-road trail system off Tellico River Road in Monroe County.
Posted: Sunday - March 8, 2009
LED signals brighten Athens
ATHENS, Tenn. — Motorists in many cities may notice that traffic signal lights are becoming brighter as cities swap out incandescent bulbs for LEDs.
Posted: Friday - March 6, 2009
McMinn County resident charged in slaying
A McMinn County man has been charged with first-degree murder in the Wednesday shooting of Monroe County resident Renee Roissier Miller.
Posted: Thursday - March 5, 2009
Tennessee: McMinn man charged in Monroe slaying
A McMinn County man has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death Wednesday night of Monroe County resident Renee Roissier Miller.
Posted: Thursday - March 5, 2009
Polk County: Rangers scheduled to burn 3,000 acres in Cherokee Forest
Cherokee National Forest rangers will set 3,000 acres on fire in Polk County’s Ocoee Ranger District over the next few days.
Posted: Wednesday - March 4, 2009
Monroe driver flees pursuit, escapes in Georgia
Police in two states are on the watch for a Monroe County man who eluded pursuit through two counties, then crashed his car and escaped once he got over the Georgia line.
Posted: Tuesday - March 3, 2009
Tennessee: Monroe driver sought after 3-county chase
Police in two states are on the watch for a Monroe County man who eluded pursuit through three counties, then crashed his car and escaped once he got over the Georgia line.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 28, 2009
Tennessee: Pipeline around pollutants
The latest project in the cleanup of the Copper Basin is a waterline to divert clean water in a creek so that it doesn’t pick up mining pollutants before it flows into the Ocoee River.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 23, 2009
Bill would open road chief race in McMinn
State Sen. Dewayne Bunch, R-Cleveland, told McMinn County commissioners last week he has filed a bill in the General Assembly to exempt the county from a law setting standards for the position of road superintendent.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 21, 2009
Meigs mayor says sheriff’s departmetn needs more money
Nearly every year Meigs County Sheriff Walter Hickman asks for additional funds for his department. But early every year his requested amount gets drastically cut by the County Commission.
Posted: Wednesday - Feb. 18, 2009
Athens bans skateboards downtown
Tired of property damage and complaints from owners, Athens City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban skateboarding in a 12-square-block area downtown.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 17, 2009
2 charged with murder in Beene slaying
ATHENS, Tenn. — Felony murder charges have been filed against two men accused in the Jan. 29 shooting death of Athens business man Jeff Beene.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 17, 2009
McMinn County: Grand jury to hear evidence in slaying
Prosecutors seeking murder indictments against two men in the shooting death of Athens businessman Jeff Beene will present evidence to a McMinn County grand jury today.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 16, 2009
Niota official will try again in Niota police firing
A Niota City Commission member said she didn’t intend to violate the state’s open meetings law in the firing of the city’s assistant police chief.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 15, 2009
McMinn County: Courthouses consider security precautions
ATHENS, Tenn. — A recent security drill at the McMinn County Courthouse pointed out some problems with the warning system, including panic buttons that did not work.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 14, 2009
McMinn County: Suspect confesses in Beene slaying, sheriff says
Jeff Beene didn’t know as he held a gun on a burglar in his Athens business that the man’s partner was sneaking up from behind, ready to grab him.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 13, 2009
Athens: New accomplice named in Beene slaying
ATHENS, Tenn. — Another man than one named earlier Friday now is being called the accomplice in the Jan. 29 fatal shooting of businessman Jeff Beene.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 13, 2009
Update: Meigs escapee charged with killing Athens businessman; second man arrested
Meigs County jail escapee Daniel Lankey has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Athens businessman Jeff Beene, McMinn County Sheriff Steve Frisbie said in a news conference this morning.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 13, 2009
Athens: Escapee charged in Beene killing
A Meigs County Jail escapee who was recaptured just this week has been charged with fatally shooting Athens businessman Jeffery Beene during a Jan. 29 burglary.
Posted: Thursday - Feb. 12, 2009
Athens fills vacated council seat
Athens City Council members on Wednesday voted 3-1 to appoint Shane Jackson to the vacant seat on the council.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 10, 2009
Athens: Dad going to trial in tot’s death
More than five years after Mitchell Delashmitt, 35, was charged with raping and killing his 14-month-old daughter, a trial date of Sept. 1 was set during a hearing Monday.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 9, 2009
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Gun stores doing a booming business
Rural gun stores seem to have two things in common these days: Business is up, and restocking is a challenge.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 7, 2009
Man killed in McMinn barn fire identified
Authorities on Friday released the name of a man whose body was found in the burned remains of a hay barn on Thursday afternoon
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 7, 2009
New Athens fire chief brings up-to-date ideas
Bill Dyer was a battalion chief at the Oak Ridge Fire Department when he considered applying for the Athens chief’s position that came open when Bob Miller retired.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 6, 2009
Body found in McMinn barn identified
Authorities this afternoon released the identity of a man whose body was found in the burned remains of a hay barn on Thursday.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 6, 2009
McMinn County: Plans on track for VA clinic
ATHENS, Tenn. — A clinic for area veterans should open in McMinn County within a year, federal officials said this week.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 3, 2009
6 seek Athens council seat
ATHENS, Tenn. — Six people have applied for the seat on the Athens City Council seat left vacant when Shannon Alvey resigned.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 2, 2009
Athens: Man killed when tree falls on trailer
A Texas man was killed and his wife injured early Sunday morning when a large Oak tree fell on their trailer camper at an Athens campground.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 2, 2009
McMinn County: Delashmitt may get trial date at hearing
ATHENS, Tenn. — A hearing next week in the Mitchell Delashmitt murder case could lead to a trial by summer, according to a McMinn County prosecutor.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 1, 2009
Athens businessman dies of gunshot wound
ATHENS, Tenn. — An Athens businessman shot in a midnight Thursday burglary at one of his plants has died.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 1, 2009
Meigs gets $25,000 grant to lower dropout rates
DECATUR, Tenn. — Meigs County Schools has received a $25,000 AT&T grant to help reduce the county’s high-school dropout rate.
Posted: Saturday - Jan. 31, 2009
New museum mural shows 1930s life in Meigs County
A new display at the Meigs County Museum includes a mural of downtown Decatur in the 1930s and a trunk with medical equipment used by a doctor who practiced in a building depicted in the mural.
Posted: Friday - Jan. 30, 2009
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Athens businessman shot confronting burglar
An Athens business owner who called police early today to say he was holding a burglar at gunpoint was shot after circumstances apparently turned around.
Posted: Friday - Jan. 30, 2009
Wilderness training
The instructor for the wilderness first-responder class at Lee University said it is perfectly located geographically.
Posted: Thursday - Jan. 29, 2009
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Athens takes shot at cutting prescription cost
Athens has launched a program to help provide residents with relief from the high cost of prescription drugs.
Posted: Wednesday - Jan. 28, 2009
Mayfield says products clear of threat
ATHENS, Tenn. — Mayfield Dairy Farms announced today that it does not use peanut butter or peanut butter paste from Peanut Butter Corp. of America in its products.
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