Calhoun News

Fireworks sales are still sizzling despite the weakened economy, says Mike Pollock, a volunteer selling fireworks for Calvary Tabernacle of God.

With turmoil in Calhoun, a movement is growing against the current City Commission.

Staff Photo by Tim Barber A Carroll and Greene Auction company worker unlocks a PT Cruiser and holds the keys to all six vehicles that were scheduled to be auctioned on Thursday at the McKenzie Financial Center in Cleveland.

From growing a few fruits and vegetables to ways of preventing the need for a lawnmower, the four gardens in Sunday's Keep McMinn Beautiful Garden Tour have plenty of ideas to offer aspiring and established gardeners, as well as people just looking for a nice afternoon diversion.

Tickets are being pruned and plucked away for this year's Keep McMinn Beautiful Garden Tour.

Joseph McMinn had quite a party Saturday, 185 years after his death. One of Tennessee's earliest governors, and the man for whom McMinn County is named, was saluted as local residents and visitors alike gathered in the old Shiloh Presbyterian Church cemetery, where McMinn was laid to rest in 1824.

On May 29th Claxton firefighters, along with Etowah, Calhoun, Riceville, Englewood and McMinn County Haz-Mat responded to a fire at Sign Reflections on 840 County Road 750 in McMinn County.

Four brand new Typhoon Custom Pumper fire trucks recently purchased by the county were put on display last night at the McMinn County Airport.

This Saturday, special festivities are planned in Calhoun to honor Gov. Joseph McMinn.

One small city continues to make big headlines. The city of Calhoun, Tennessee held their monthly commission meeting Monday but decided not to allow our cameras inside.

When Kennetha Wade lost her job making washing machine motors for General Electric in Murfreesboro, she knew a mid-life career change was in order after 29 years on the assembly line.

Photo by Rebecca Scunziano Music teachers in McMinn County and Athens City school systems pick up their grant checks from the Arts Center.

McMinn County officials say they feel comfortable that they will get 2009 property taxes from AbitibiBowater.

Just as two new full-time, certified police officers take to the streets of Calhoun, the two former officers fired in March have filed legal papers to get their jobs back.

Tennessee Police Department Rocked by Scandal gets Shut Down by State Submitted by Amy Katcher on May 9, 2009 - 7:05pm. Community Small town politics get even messier as the state of Tennessee shuts down the entire Calhoun Police Department.

The little town of Calhoun has again been rocked by a big-time shakeup as the new police chief has resigned on the same day state officials put a halt to the department.

AbitibiBowater produces a wide range of newsprint, commercial printing papers, market pulp and wood products.

A house fire that began when a van crashed into a house Sunday morning in Athens has been labeled intentional, authorities said.

Newsprint maker AbitibiBowater Inc. on Thursday filed for bankruptcy court protection in Canada and the U.S. after deciding there was no other way it could deal with its more than $6 billion debt.

While smoke boiled from the smokestacks at the AbitibiBowater plant in Calhoun Thursday, local residents and business owners still worry about the future.