Farragut News

Local mom Kimberly Rife is planning birthday parties for her 4-year-old daughter in July and twin boys turning 3 in October.

You're supposed to leave a "you're-a-stupid-jerk-and-I-quit" note on the boss's desk after the Powerball number has been picked.

A cluster of hotels near Campbell Station Road in Farragut are seen in this May 3, 2013 photo.

Although he's one of Farragut High School's economy-sized soccer players, Dami Omitaomu came up big Wednesday night.

Recent media coverage of a citizen-proposed Farragut gun ordinance, and my support of it as an elected Farragut alderman, have a new twist with the May 2 headline of the Farragut Press: "Mayor ends in-home gun ordinance talk." Ensuing feedback demonstrates clearly that the town demands serious consideration of the proposal.

For the past year, Scott County's only hospital has been closed, but the facility could see new life as early as July.

Several new hotels in Farragut Friday, May. 3, 2013 on the south side of Interstate 40/75. On the left are Comfort Suites and Country Inn and Suites and on the right are Holiday Inn Express and Fairfield Inn and Suites.

Our political leaders continue to know what is best for us and for business. In Farragut, the mayor and three aldermen seem to think that a 3 percent hotel tax is a wise idea.

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road, will be the site of the 29th annual Bob Watt Youth Fishing Rodeo from 9-11 a.m. June 8. Participants ages 13 and under are invited to attend.

Chadwick Boyd will take part in the Southern Food Writing Conference May 16 & 17 in Knoxville and is part of the International Biscuit Festival.

For the first time in Knox County Schools' history, family members and friends will be able to watch online as their graduates cross the stage.

A Middle Tennessee woman has died after the car she was in went down a boat ramp and into a lake.

Families got to check out cats and dogs. Children also enjoyed face painting and arts and crafts.

Farragut Middle School students will learn about the programs and resources available through C-SPAN during a bus tour and several local winners of the StudentCam 2013 documentary competition will be recognized.

A town center hasn't materialized, but the owner of a prime parcel of Farragut land is putting it up for sale.

MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL The Comfort Suites, left, and the Country Inn and Suites, along with the new Hampton Inn in the background are among the hotels or motels that could be affected if the town of Farragut institutes a motel tax.

Clary Point Knoxville celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday. The center, on Concord Road in Farragut, will only house people with dementia and Alzheimer's. Residents will live in one of three neighborhoods that include living quarters, a kitchen and space for activities.

It was a tenuous few hours in Farragut Tuesday morning after deputies responded to a call about a suspicious package at a local post office.