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A Briceville man pleaded guilty Monday in Anderson County Criminal Court on a charge that he had fondled a five-year-old girl at a Rocky Top grocery store. 33-year-old Timothy Robert Braden was originally charged with aggravated sexual battery in the incident, which occurred in May of 2015, but entered a …

An Oak Ridge woman who threatened suicide in 2014 before pointing a gun at responding police officers has pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault. In exchange for her best interest plea, which does not admit guilt but acknowledges that a tougher sentence might be handed down in a …

(Oak Ridge Today) The Oak Ridge Board of Education passed the budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 on second and final reading on Monday. The budget includes 3 percent salary increases and a request for an additional $538,048 from the city, a 3.6 percent increase in municipal …

Monday, the Clinton City Council approved its budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1st on first reading. The budget leaves property tax rates at their current level of 94 cents per $100 of assessed value while providing two percent pay raises for city workers. The second and final …

Anderson County school and government officials are celebrating greater-than-expected energy savings thanks to a system-wide energy conservation project. In 2014, the Anderson County school system entered into a 15-year-contract with Energy Systems Group—or ESG—to make $9.6 million worth of energy improvements aimed at reducing the amount of electricity used in school …

Oak Ridge Police are investigating an armed home invasion robbery that occurred Saturday afternoon. Officers were called to a home on Jonathan Lane at around 3:15 pm Saturday and when they arrived, found the two occupants of the home injured. The victims told investigators that three suspects had entered the …

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department says that two people were arrested Sunday, May 22, following a robbery and prostitution investigation in Ben’s Mobile Home Park off Edgemoor Road in Claxton. According to the ACSD, deputies were called at around 2:30 am to meet with the 32 year old victim who …

The Anderson County Commission’s Operations Committee will consider Public Works Director David Crowley’s request that his legal bill be paid after he was acquitted of criminal charges last month. Crowley had been charged with illegally inspecting five buildings without the proper certification but was acquitted on those charges in April …

Last week the Campbell County Commission voted to allow Animal Control Officer Otis Poore to drive his work vehicle home and lower response times to calls about stray or nuisance animals. Previously, he had been required to leave his vehicle at the Courthouse at the end of his day. Poore …

(MRN)  Joey Logano chased race leader Kyle Larson down in the late stages of the final segment Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, grabbing his final lead of the night just two laps from the finish and keeping the Number-22 Ford in front the rest of the way to notch his …