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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) – State Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) is pictured in the center along with Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) President Claude Pressnell (left) and Bryan College President Dr. Doug Mann (right) after the 66th TICUA Annual Meeting “Policy in a Post-COVID World” on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. …

The Roane County Board of Education met for a work session Tuesday to discuss once again the high school consolidation plan the board is still discussing which would be to build two new buildings, one to combine Rockwood and Harriman, and then a new school building for Kingston. The talks …

Photo by Kris Coppinger on Facebook As the future of the former Roane Medical Center in downtown Harriman may be only a few weeks away. During Tuesday’s Harriman city council meeting council member Kenyon Mee brought up to the council that he received word that the former Hospital may sell …

Numerous fire trucks we’re seen responding to an attic fire on Breedlove Road just south of Rockwood just before noon on Thursday. All the occupants of the home at the end of Breedlove, which runs off Highway 27 just across from Burke Mill Road, were out of the residence and …

Kingston Police on February 10th just after 9pm, officers with the Kingston Police Department were dispatched to the Kenjo Market located at 505 Gallaher Road on a stolen vehicle call. The victim stated that a male had jumped into his vehicle and drove off. The vehicle was reported stolen and …

  On 02/08/2022, at 1656 hours, Officers David Choate and Marie Watson responded to the Exxon Zoomerz located at 935 N. Kentucky street in reference to a possibly intoxicated subject.   The subject was identified as Karen Reeves. Ms. Reeves was acting erratically and officers began investigating. Ms. Reeves stated …

(NASHVILLE, TN), February 14, 2022 — Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) filed Senate Bill 2702 to help school districts across Tennessee address ongoing staffing challenges. The bill would allow retired members of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) to be reemployed as a K-12 teacher, K-12 substitute teacher, or as a …

The Tennessee Highway Patrol released the preliminary report late Thursday of the accident that took the lives of a man and a woman on Highway 61 near Mount Pisgah Baptist Church on Tuesday. According to the report, Melissa Giles, 44, of Oliver Springs and Jesse Lowe, 38, of Harriman were …

A 2-car accident in South Roane County Wednesday, around 1:30pm, closed a portion of Hwy 58 near Mans hollow Road and also knocked out power for thousands of Volunteer Electric Customers . We are still awaiting the Tennessee Highway Patrol report on who was involved and the extent of injuries, …

Redistricting is the way we change the districts that determine who represents us. Every member of the U.S. House of Representatives, most of our state legislators, and many of our local legislators in towns and counties are elected from districts. These districts divide states and the people who live there, …