A deal announced earlier this year that would have brought as many as 620 new jobs to Oak Ridge will not move forward. Canadian powdered-metal maker CVMR—which stands for Chemical Vapor Metal Refining—announced in March that it would invest $313 million to move its global headquarters and primary operations to …
Read More »Candlelight Christmas at Museum of Appalachia
On Saturday, December 12th the Museum of Appalachia will host A Candlelight Christmas from 5 pm until 8 pm. Stroll selected buildings in the Museum village, enjoy the Christmas story, sample sassafras tea and molasses cookies, sing carols in the Irwin Chapel, visit with Museum animals, and more. Children will be able to …
Read More »Blue Cross Bowl games to be televised
The 2015 BlueCross Bowl Championships will stream live on the NFHS Network and air live on a Statewide Television Network. Locally, you will be able to watch all of this weekend’s championship games on MyVLT. Games will also be available (live and on-demand) on the NFHS Network at http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/tssaa. A …
Read More »OR’s Higgins among Mr. Football winners
(TSSAA) Tennessee’s best high school football players for 2015 were recognized at the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards luncheon hosted by the Tennessee. More than 400 people, including the honorees, their families, coaches, school administrators and members of the media from all parts of the state, attended the 2015 luncheon …
Read More »High School Basketball scores Friday Nov. 27th & Saturday Nov. 28th
High School Basketball scores Friday Nov. 27th & Saturday Nov. 28th GIRLS Friday: Lenoir City 55 Anderson County 41…Campbell County 72 Oliver Springs 54 Saturday: Oliver Springs 53 Anderson County 52…Campbell County 48 Lenoir City 35 BOYS Friday: Anderson County 47 Scott 40…Lenoir City 62 Oliver Springs 56…Campbell County 87 …
Read More »High School Football Playoff semifinals November 27th
High School Football Playoff semifinals November 27th 6A: Maryville 27 Oakland 13…Maryville vs. Ravenwood Saturday for state title 5A: Sevier County 42 Rhea County 28…Sevier County vs. Independence for state title Friday 4A: Catholic 54 Marshall County 35…Catholic vs. Pearl Cohn Saturday for state title 3A: Alcoa 42 Notre dame …
Read More »ATV wreck injures 2 teens
(Information from Oak Ridge Today) Two Oliver Springs teenagers were injured in a two-vehicle ATV crash in Coalfield on Friday afternoon, and one of them was flown to a hospital by a medical helicopter that landed in Oliver Springs. The teenager flown to the hospital was a 14-year-old who had been …
Read More »6 businesses cited in beer sting
Over the last two weeks, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, in cooperation with the Rocky Top Police Department, the Oliver Springs Police Department, and Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention of Anderson County (ASAP), conducted compliance checks of local businesses who sell beer. Investigators with the Sheriff’s Special Operations Unit and …
Read More »State, AC unemployment falls
County unemployment rates for October 2015, released today, show the rates decreased in 90 counties, increased in four, and remained the same in one county. Specific county information for October is available on the Internet; http://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/labor/attachments/Labor_Force_Estimates,_Oct_15.pdf.Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in October at 4.2 percent, down …
Read More »Tuesday night high school hoops round-up
In local high school basketball Tuesday, the Coalfield Lady Yellow jackets jumped out to a big lead early, extended it to 55-17 at halftime and cruised at home, beating the Clinton Lady Dragons 70-38. Coalfield got 18 points from Grace Hensley and 16 points from Kaylea Foster while Clinton was …
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