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 …

Midnight Cry Southern Gospel Ministry will be at Beech Park Baptist Church, Sunday Sept. 29th at 11:00 am. Beech Park Baptist Church is located at 1085 East Tri-County Blvd., Oliver Springs.  Call 865-435-0045 for more information. Visit them online at www.beechpark.org

GOVERNOR HASLAM, COMMISSIONER HAGERTY ANNOUNCE MERCHANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL TO OPEN FIRST U.S. FACILITY IN TENNESSEE Footwear Manufacturer to Invest $5.4 Million, Create 109 New Jobs in Jefferson County  NASHVILLE—Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty, along with officials from the Footwear Division of the Merchant …

Norris Elementary School will host a ceremony at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, in recognition of Constitution Week 2013.  School officials have invited several local dignitaries to participate in the event.  Norris Elementary is located at 42 E. Circle Road in Norris.

Dr. Tim Joseph will be presenting a program Thursday night, September 19 at 6 pm at the Kingston Public Library entitled The Project that Changed World History, featuring nearly 200 rare and interesting photographs on the Manhattan Project.