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The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday did not extend the city’s controversial contract with traffic camera vendor Redflex Traffic Systems. The decision was reached in a 3-4 vote with Mayor Tom Beehan, Mayor Pro Tem Jane Miller, and Council member Charlie Hensley voting to extend the five-year contract for …

(Oak Ridge Today) The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday will consider extending a controversial traffic camera contract for two years, or ending it.  The Council postponed a vote earlier this month. It will now be considered during a special 7 p.m. meeting on Monday.  The current five-year contract with Redflex Traffic …

In February, we told you that a Rockwood police officer’s foot was run over by a suspect trying to elude arrest and that the suspect had not been apprehended.  That changed on Thursday night when 26-year-old James Poland of Rockwood was arrested in Oak Ridge on charges stemming from the …

An Anderson County grand jury has indicted a man already facing charges of vehicular homicide by intoxication on another charge of DUI.  56-year-old Danny Bean is facing charges in a November 2012 wreck on Highway 61 that killed two women—Alberta Farrer and Patricia Smith—and earlier this month, was indicted on …

CLINTON—Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank has been elected treasurer of the East Tennessee Development District’s board of directors as well as treasurer of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency’s (ETHRA) Board and Policy Council. The ETHRA Board and Policy Council meetings are held in coordination with the East Tennessee Development …

POSTED AT 2:40 PM MARCH 21, 2014 BY JOHN HUOTARI of www.oakridgetoday.com More human remains have been found by a dive team near a pickup truck found under water on Thursday and last seen being driven by a man missing since 2010, authorities said. The Knoxville Police Department said the 1996 Ford Ranger pickup truck found upside …

(Submitted) The Coal Creek Miners Museum will host a Chili Supper and Fundraiser on March 29, 2014 at 6 p.m. at Main Street Baptist Church, located at 215 Fourth Street in Lake City to raise funds for the remodeling and display construction of the museum’s new home on Main Street. The event …

WYSH has learned that Anderson County officials are looking into allegations that a School Board member may be profiting illegally from doing business with the county government.  During a recent School Board meeting, a purchase order associated with the school’s new energy contract was considered that included a clause that …

Sheriff Glen Freytag is asking for assistance in a home invasion sexual assault that occurred Sunday in Morgan County. Chief Deputy Steve Cochran said the assault occurred about 3 p.m. in an undisclosed section of the county. “He broke into the house and was waiting for her,” he said. The …

A legislative proposal that would allow Lake City to officially change its name to Rocky Top will soon be debated by the state House of Representatives.  On Thursday, the House Calendar and Rules Committee voted to put the plan, also known as HB 1469, on the House’s agenda for Monday, …