Niota News

Police have arrested an East Tennessee man after a woman said he pointed a gun at her when she refused his $100 offer for sex.

A heated debate over fire truck design issues led to the McMinn County Commission rejecting a bid to buy two vehicles that would replace aging trucks in the Riceville and Niota rural fire departments.

The American Legion Riders Post 81 needs your help in making sure children in McMinn County have a very merry Christmas this year.

For 23 years, the McMinn County Rescue Squad has hosted a haunted house in Athens.

Citizens we need your help and support niota37826 and possibly non-niotain will be planning the Niota parade this year as per the orders of someone that sounds like the former mayor of our little town. If its legal I will allow anti-waldon banners on vehicle/hay wagons/tractors/wreckers/t-shirts...ect I will check the local rules for the parade and get back to you here.

honey blonde said in the Niota Forum:

its sad you have to post it twice to get them to understand.i will get the word out that {non-niotain and 37826} will do the parade.

Please post your ideas here citizens or e-mail them to me

Niota has a new mayor after Monday night's meeting as Mayor Martha Walden submitted a letter of resignation and city commissioners then agreed with her suggestion in her letter to appoint Cecil Black as her replacement.

An early morning collision killed two men and injured another in Sequatchie County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Photo by Greg Moses Danny Willis of Niota recently penned a book based on his childhood experiences with pigeons.

The preliminary hearings scheduled Thursday for two people charged in the Sept. 19 murder of Grady Nichols Jr.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the McMinn County Circuit Court Clerk's office that centers around a terminated employee.

After a tumultuous Etowah Commission meeting Monday evening, a commissioner publicly admitted he had asked City Manager Andy Hyatt to resign before Hyatt is fired.

After attending her father's funeral and graveside service, an East Tennessee woman was taken to jail, charged in his fatal shooting.

Niota37826 said in the Niota Forum: here is the question posed to Utilities Commissioner Rutledge. Please don't take these questions personally......

honey blonde said in the Niota Forum:

when has anyone been satisfied with the mayors and commissioners in Niota! in all the years I have been here thats all I have heard is complaining. its never going to be perfect as long as humans are running it, because humans are not perfect. everyone makes mistakes.

A man and woman got separate, real-life lessons in an East Tennessee town when they said the wrong things in the wrong places.

Mayor Walden requested leave of absence,

Read the Story from The Daily Post Athenian by Anthony Dake Staff Writer

In May, Louie, a 16-year-old quarterhorse, was competing in barrel-racing events for his proud owners, David and Stacy Morrow, of Niota.

Once again, tea party members gathered in Athens, Tenn. voicing their concerns over fear of what they call "government takeover." Many people in the group flaunted their signature slogan, "Don't tread on me," claiming the government has stopped listening to the people, and now they plan to pay Washington D.C. a visit.

Local law enforcement officers will be out in force this weekend with the Labor Day holiday, patrolling the roads and hoping everyone has a safe and enjoyable end to summer.

The McMinn County Sheriff's Department scoured the countryside around the Union Hill community this morning before finding a stolen vehicle used to ram a deputy's patrol car.

Update from the DPA He needed a Ride