Next Saturday, September 28, visitors to Oak Ridge will have the opportunity to take advantage of two fun events, one is geared to satisfy your artistic tastes and the other is definitely a more “tasteful” event in the truest sense. The Fifth Annual “Taste of Oak Ridge” will be presenting …

On September 12, 2013, at approximately 2:51 AM, Oak Ridge Police officers responded to a “shots fired” call in the Scarboro neighborhood.  After saturating the area with patrol units and interviewing potential witnesses, no evidence of a shooting was found. At approximately 7:21 AM, the residents of 141 Bethune Circle …

The Roane County School Board meeting scheduled for this Thursday has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 6pm at the Board of Education Building.

Funeral Announcements Tina Marie Bradshaw, age 52 of Clinton passed away Saturday morning, September 14 at her home. The family is planning a memorial service which will be held at a later date. Jackson Funeral Services in Oliver Springs is honored to serve the Bradshaw family Alex Howard (Jack) Marshall, Jr. …

Information International Associates Inc. announced Monday that it has been awarded a $24 million federal contract to operate the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center, or HDIAC. IIa will operate the center for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Technical Information Center, or DTIC.  The work will focus on research …

A Maynardville teenager was injured when the car he was riding in spun out on South Illinois Avenue on Saturday evening and hit a tree near Edgemoor Road.  18-year-old Jason Hale as trapped and had to be extricated from the vehicle.  He was taken by ambulance to UT Medical Center in Knoxville.  …

Anderson County Commission Chair Chuck Fritts was re-appointed to a third one-year term as chairman by his fellow commissioners on Monday.  Fritts received 12 votes from his fellow commissioners, former Chair Mark Alderson received three votes and Robert McKamey received one vote.   The Commission also voted to reappoint Robin Biloski as …

CLINTON—Shriners and Masons serve their communities and the people who live in them, and in order to provide more assistance for local citizens, area Shriners have a program to provide some medical equipment to those citizens who may need it.  As an example, the Shriners and Masons have donated two …

The Oak Ridge City Council will meet in a special session this afternoon to consider a one-time $250,000 allocation to the city schools to help stave off a potential loss of millions of dollars in state funding and an October 1st school shutdown.  The special meeting starts at 5 p.m. in the Oak Ridge Municipal …