Oliver Springs News

In unofficial returns Tuesday night, James L. Watts will be Rockwood's new mayor, Troy Beets held on to the mayor's office in Kingston, as did Chris Hepler in Oliver Springs.

MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A federal grand jury indicted 14 people on 34 count indictment in connection with an alleged methcathinone ring in Morgan County, according to U.S. Attorney James R. Deadrick.

If early voting totals are an indicator, interest in five city elections in two counties today is tepid, officials said.

Author Rebecca Carrolla s fathera s family was displaced by the Manhattan Project.

City voters in Roane County have elected several positions throughout the county.

Roane County Board of Education reached a unanimous decision on another building plan during a special-called meeting Thursday.

We have a letter to the editor on Page 5A noting that the foundation that supports the Kingston Public Library is seeking the donation of books for its ongoing library sale.

Running east-west through rural Morgan County, Highway 62 isn't exactly an interstate.

A woman was run over early Tuesday when she leaped from a moving truck after the other two occupants wouldn't let her leave during an argument over $5, according to arrest warrants.

When I began writing this column in 1985, I decreed it would not serve as a forum for bizarre agricultural products.

A man fatally stabbed his stepfather, and the victim's wife - the assailant's mother - tried to cover it up, authorities said.

Ashley Elizabeth Wagner, daughter of Cathy Farmer Waitinas, of Oliver Springs, and Don Wagner, of Harriman, is engaged to marry Ashley Alton Blackburn, son of John W. and Faye Blackburn, of Maryville, at 3 p.m. May 30 at The Inn at Crestwood, Boone, N.C. Invitations will be sent.

By ANNE PAINE, The Tennesseean Originally published 10:40 a.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 10:40 a.m., April 24, 2009 Information about UT's proposal to lease 8,600 acres it owns in Morgan and Scott counties for drilling for natural gas will be presented in a public meeting, 7- 9 p.m., Thursday, April 30 at Joyner-Petros Elementary School in Oliver ...

Information about UT's proposal to lease 8,600 acres it owns in Morgan and Scott counties for drilling for natural gas will be presented in a public meeting, 7- 9 p.m. , Thursday, April 30 at Joyner-Petros Elementary School in Oliver Springs.

Q: I recently bought a time share. Will I be able to deduct the interest on the loan for the time share from my income taxes? I own a home that I live in as my primary residence.

OLIVER SPRINGS - Roane County authorities say a school bus has been involved in a traffic crash.

The driver of a pickup truck was killed Tuesday morning after hitting a school bus head on near Oliver Springs.

One person was killed and at least four others were injured in a traffic accident involving a Roane County school bus on Hwy.

Roane County authorities say a pickup truck driver has died in a crash with school bus in Oliver Springs.

The driver killed in a crash with a Roane County school bus has now been identified.