Decatur News

Melissa Scott sits atop Kiger Sombra at her farm in Decatur, Tenn. The nine-year-old was Scott's first mustang adoption and makes appearances to publicize the Bureau of Land Management's Adopt-a-Horse-or-Burro ...

Decatur: One cousin dead, one jailed after shooting

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Meigs & McMinn County until 1:45am. The embedded strong cells are part of a cluster of storm cells stretching from Birchwood to Etowah.

Photographs from the Marine reserve unit's deployment to iraq While a grateful nation honored its war dead Monday, 60 Knoxville-area Marine Corps reservists were packing their bags and departing for a ...

Athens police have released the estimated cost of a wine scam they say a Florida man pulled on unsuspecting Alabama customers.

The fugitive suspect in the February fatal shooting of a pregnant Newbern woman was captured in Illinois on Tuesday morning. via State Gazette

Crews in Meigs County spent this morning on scene of a house fire off Crestwood Drive in Decatur. via WTVC Chattanooga

“It's hard to prepare for that”

Submitted by Jason Law on April 11, 2008 - 5:59pm. Kelly Whitted, Chad Parker and Tommy Fugate are accused of stealing copper and in effect shutting down power for 90 percent of Meigs County. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

“We are still assessing the damage to the equipment. In the worse case a $200,000 transformer may have been damaged.”

Three in custody in copper theft that put Meigs County in dark Three suspected copper thieves are being questioned about a theft that left thousands of people in Meigs County without power Friday morning and ... via Knoxville News Sentinel

DECATUR, Tenn. - A theft of copper from a power company substation caused a Friday morning blackout for about 6,000 people and closed schools for the day. via The Tennessean

Two more people have been arrested for their involvement in the Friday morning escape of a McMinn County man from a Carter County prison. via Monroe County Advocate

“I've presented information about our group to both the county and city of Decatur for future support, and we are also looking for private sources”

Meigs residents form animal group CARE seeks funds to help spay, neuter pets, educate public Ron Clayton news@knews.com Saturday, January 5, 2008 DECATUR, Tenn.- A group of Meigs County residents has ... via Knoxville News Sentinel

“It really doesn't seem to affect voting, but we are encouraging people to do voting.”

For years, voters cast ballots at two local elementary schools in rural Meigs County. via Knoxville News Sentinel

“Dayton feels like a place that has a need for increased surgical services.”

Santa made a stop at Rhea Medical Center this Christmas season, delivering word of a new surgeon. via The Herald-News

“I hope they will step up to the plate and see that there's a great need for some animal control. We have starving horses all over the county, the stray population is horrible here”

John Pless December 18, 2007 - 6:24PM Ned Proffitt's lawyer and the D.A.'s office arranged to quietly settle the case in another neighboring county back in October. via WTVC Chattanooga

“I'm also working on one that's science fiction. It's fantasy.”

Age: 33 Home: Originally from Decatur, Tenn., she now lives in Muncie. Family: She and her husband, Chris, who serves as her proofreader, have three sons, Donnie, Dakota and Blake. via Star-Press

Another house fire yesterday left an elderly woman dead. This one took place in Meigs County. via WTVC Chattanooga

Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, died Friday after two fatal fires in the Tennessee Valley. via WTVC Chattanooga

A McMinn County family is trying to rebuild their lives after a bad car wreck and financial hardship found its way to them. via WBIR-TV Knoxville

Submitted by Jason Law on November 8, 2007 - 1:54pm. News Crime Meigs County authorities arrest a man on a claim he had sex with a 12-year-old girl. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga