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If any place deserves to become a business hub for turning fly ash into useful products, Roane County Executive Mike Farmer said that place should be Roane County.

The Princess Theater project is much more than renovating a movie theater. The theater and surrounding buildings are planned to entertain but are also to be used for arts education for local students.

A man accused of choking a woman to death during "kinky sex'' has had another criminal charge added to his rap sheet.

Two Roane County men have been indicted for Internet sex crimes involving children, according to a news release from the Harriman Police Department.

Toss an aluminum can in the Emory River, and the law says it's a $50 fine. The penalty for releasing 3 million cubic yards of fly ash into the river, however, is not yet known.

As the first anniversary of TVA's coal ash spill disaster looms, the agency is building a large hillside overlook for spectators to watch the cleanup.

A grand jury in Kingston has declined to indict a Roane County man in the shooting of his pregnant wife.

" The Roane County Grand Jury voted unanimously on Tuesday against indicting the deputy who fatally shot a Kingston man last spring.

Were his dreams crushed by disaster or were those dreams bigger than his wallet? Joseph Armes II insists the TVA ash spill, not investing beyond his means, is the reason he's on the verge of financial ruin.

TVA has developed a plan to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 18 airborne release of materials at the Kingston Fossil Plant, according to a preliminary report given to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

George White has his theory on why Rockwood officials want to expand the city's boundaries into Park View subdivision.

A Roane County man has been arrested and charged with the robbery of a Westel convenience store that took place last week, according to reports.

Despite fighting hard against Catholic last week, the Lenoir City Panthers dropped their fifth game of the season against the Knoxville private school.

That's Roane County Road Superintendent Tom Hamby's reaction to the lukewarm response he got from the TVA reparations foundation for $5 million for the highway department.

Roane County can expect another $400,000 or so in impact payments from TVA, the agency has announced.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported Thursday that at least 1.2 million yards of fly ash from last year's ash spill at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant have been removed from the Emory River and surrounding area.

Opponents are raising environmental concerns about the Tennessee Valley Authority's plans to finish a second reactor at its Watts Bar site in Tennessee.

The cause behind the ash that floated through the air on Sept. 18 from the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant is still unknown.

With residents reeling with the destruction after one billion gallons of coal ash flooded into the river and damaged area homes, people are now wondering why they had never heard of coal ash before and whether or not it's safe.

Whether dredging it out, or digging it up, TVA administrators insist their commitment is total to freeing Roane County of the residue from the coal ash flood of its Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is shipping coal ash from a huge spill to an Alabama landfill at a faster pace than first announced.The nation's largest public utility says an increase in dredging operations at the Emory River in Kingston, Tenn., has let it increase shipments to the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County from 85 rail cars each day to ...

After a heartbreaking loss to Kingston last Thursday, the Lenoir City Panthers will have a tough opponent to rebound against, Knoxville Catholic.