Norris News

Services for a U.S. Army sergeant from Lake City killed July 13 in Afghanistan will be held Monday and Tuesday.

A camel named Herbert was lurking in Kelsey Julian's slab of alabaster. An owl is emerging from Clare Freeman's chunk of the milky-white mineral.

Before we look at lighter aspects of the news, please wipe that smile off your face and read one telling paragraph from our "No Need To Elaborate" file: Facing dire economic straits, the University of Tennessee ...

Spc. Jason Dean Hovater was much more than a soldier stationed in an outpost in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

Former News Sentinel sports writer Ted Riggs, second from left, sits courtside at an event with, from left, former News Sentinel sports editor Tom Siler and fellow News Sentinel writers Frank "Red" Bailes and ...

The body of a man with a group renting houseboats was found in Norris Reservoir Tuesday afternoon.

Attending the annual Uncle Dave Macon Days festival brings back childhood memories for lifelong Murfreesboro resident Crystal Iden.

Earl Romines picks blackberries from his motorized chair. His berries are sold at the Oak Ridge Jackson Square farmers' market and the market at Laurel Church of Christ.

Lake levels were the talk of the summer last year, because they were much lower than normal, and 2007 was the driest year in 118 years.

Cartopac cartoners from Oystar IWK feature a rotary carton feeder unit for gentle carton handling.

A new Anderson County government satellite office for a number of services should be in place by the end of next month, officials said.

It's unlikely that Norris Lake will ever produce striped bass that weighed 40 pounds or more before a die-off in 2003.

The search continues for a missing Ohio man on Norris Reservoir. The call first came into to Campbell County 911 around 6:15 Sunday evening.

“It doesn't seem like it was 10 years ago.”

By Darren Dunlap Monday, May 19, 2008 Saul Young Linda Upton Hill tells stories to a group of children Sunday from underneath the statue of Alex Haley at Haley Heritage Square where UT's Alex Haley Scholarship ... via The Knoxville News Sentinel

“I think the biggest attribute is keeping local customers shopping in town and creating a center of retail convenience”

' Anderson County and the city of Clinton stand to get an economic boost when Wal-Mart opens a supercenter May 21 at the Clinton-Norris exit off Interstate 75. via Knoxville News Sentinel

“We're pretty certain that was her”

Sightings of a Memphis woman missing for more than a week have been reported on Highway 51 near Dyersburg. via State Gazette

“I am pulled in so many directions. Cortney came on (for the) day-to-day fundraising. That's always the way we saw it transitioning”

By Georgiana Vines Saturday, May 10, 2008 Cortney Piper, who lost in the Democratic primary to Amy Broyles to represent the 2nd District on County Commission, has joined the campaign staff of U.S. Senate ... via The Knoxville News-Sentinel

“I would ask her first thing, why? And who sent you? And I want to see your credentials. If she can't produce any identification or anything that says where she's from, I wouldn't let her in”

Sevierville police have a warning about a health department imposter trying to get into people's homes. via WATE-TV Knoxville

“That's a major challenge to the county”

Eastern Anderson County is the hot spot when it comes to new homes, retail ventures and industries, but future growth may soon hit a roadblock - a maxed-out sewer line. via The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Horse farm trots in as backdrop for artful exhibits By Doug Mason Sunday, April 27, 2008 Lyna Evans "Coming Home," Charcoal/paper, 45"x33" HORSEFEATHERS What: An equine-themed art event at HorseFeathers Farm to ... via Knoxville News Sentinel