Norris News

Originally published: June 27. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: June 26. 2009 11:34PM NORRIS -- In crisp dress uniforms and white gloves, the Tennessee Army National Guard Honor Guard will open the Museum of Appalachia's July 4th celebration bright and early at 10 a.m. with the presentation of our nation's flag.

Furrow Auction Company is putting 18 Rarity Communities lots on the block tomorrow, in an attempt to move properties that were foreclosed by First Tennessee bank.

In 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority engineered the community of Norris as a town of the future, creating a bastion of environmental efficiency and sustainable development in an era when few planners gave those ideas a second thought.

The city of Germantown has filed a $2 million building permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to demolish its fire station at 3031 Forest Hill-Irene Road.

The Museum of Appalachia 2819 Andersonville Hwy. Clinton, TN 37716 Tel 494-7680 Fax 494-7680 E-mail us at: museum@museumofappalachia.org The Museum of Appalachia in the Norris, Tennessee area is a popular summer vacation destination in East Tennessee.

Just when you think you've heard every crime story in the book. There comes the story of Larry Stephen Moore II, 42, of Maryville.

A search continues today for two men, one armed with a pistol, who robbed a motel Monday off Interstate 75.

Senate Republican Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville today unveiled the GOP's latest plan for restructuring the selection of judges on the Tennessee Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals.

An Anderson County commissioner is reviving his efforts to shrink the size of the 16-member commission.

A tornado watch is in place for East Tennessee Friday and a second round of severe thunderstorms are rolling across the area.

One lane of traffic is back open now, after a box truck wrecked on Interstate-75 by the Clinton-Norris exit.

Garden writer Page Dickey will speak about "Gardens in the Spirit of Place" at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Knoxville Museum of Art.

Someone killed and mulitated a bald eagle, removing parts of its body and leaving the carcass along the shore of Lake Norris in East Tennessee.

Tennessee Trails Association is sponsoring a 2 p.m. Sunday, hike on the Riverbluff Trail in Norris.

Regina and Jeff Merritt work on one of the Norris cottages theya ve restored since their move there in 1982.

Jack Watson shows off his state-record spotted bass. The fish weighted 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was caught from Parksville Lake in Polk County.

Chattanooga officials gave detailed estimates Friday on how much money might come to the city from the federal economic stimulus bill, including $3.6 million for weatherization projects, $2.5 million for ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary plans to launch its new Norris Lake Flotilla on Tuesday according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

An electrical fire in a small switchgear room at Norris Dam prompted the shutdown of one of two 50-megawatt generators at the dam, and it will be offline for several days for repairs, TVA spokeswoman Nancy ...

There could be up to six thousand new locations where wine is sold in Tennessee.