Jan 11, 2025 · Updated to include the names of the two people who died in the crash. Two people were killed Saturday morning when the vehicle they were in struck the Food City grocery store building in Oak Ridge.. At 8:55 a.m. Saturday, a vehicle traveling northbound on South Rutgers Avenue near Manhattan Avenue left the road and struck the Food City building, according to information from the Oak Ridge ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Mrs. Edwena L. Crowe, a pioneer, dedicated community leader, and beloved matriarch known affectionately as “Mama Crowe,” passed away peacefully on January 13, 2025, surrounded by her family. Born in Aiken, South Carolina, Edwena was the daughter of the late Edward Coneser and Martha Elizabeth ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Kingsport police are investigating the deaths of an Oak Ridge woman and a man who were found dead of gunshot wounds on Dec 28. Kingport police identified the two as 25-year-old Mikayla Sandusky and 27-year-old Dillion Prater. Their bodies were sent to the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center of the East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City for autopsies ...

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Jan 2, 2025 · Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher proposal, which would provide public money for private schools to thousands of Tennessee students and which was voted down by state lawmakers last session, is the topic of a talk on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 12 noon during the Lunch with the League meeting of the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge.

Nov 11, 2021 · Members of the Blount Special Operations Response Team (BSORT), which includes members of the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, Blount County Rescue Squad, Maryville Police Department, and the Alcoa Fire Department, helped ORPD in recovering the car after ORPD reportedly received a tip from private divers about the vehicle Wednesday afternoon.

Dec 20, 2024 · Little did Anderson County native Jimmy Byrge think when he wrote the book "The Evergreen Christmas Tree" in 2008 for a railway venture that it would become one of Amazon's "hot" new books this year and plans would be underway for an animated movie based on the book with narration by a well-known performer, as well as a live-action movie.

Jan 9, 2025 · The next ORION program will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the City Room (Room A-111), McNally-Coffey Building, Roane State Community College, Oak Ridge campus on Briarcliff Avenue. The title of the program is “How to Explode a Star,” and the speaker will be professor Sherwood Richers, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Dec 3, 2024 · This "Historically Speaking" column is written by Ben Williams, public affairs specialist for the U.S. Department of Energy in Oak Ridge. He is a good friend, and we have worked together on many of the historical preservation efforts over the years. I asked him if he would consider writing a summary of transformation efforts at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) and he agreed.

Jan 29, 2025 · This story is updated with quotes from Oak Ridge mayor, Explore Oak Ridge leader. Melton Lake in Oak Ridge has been picked as the venue for the first SEC Rowing Championship on May 11.. Rowing became the 22nd sport to be sponsored by the conference and the 13th women's sport in which an SEC Championship is conducted.