Riceville News

After hearing a boom in an East Tennessee motel room and a woman yell "Grab the lab" as she ran outside, witnesses told investigators she sped away with a man.

After hearing a boom in an East Tennessee motel room and a woman yell "Grab the lab" as she ran outside, witnesses told investigators she sped away with a man.

A fire at a Riceville motel was nothing much more than smoke but the cause of it brought McMinn County deputies and drug officers out after a meth lab blew up in the room.

Local governments have received $5 million in federal grants and loans to rehabilitate sewer lines and run new water and sewer lines.

Republican state Sen. Dewayne Bunch of Cleveland has told House colleagues who share his East Tennessee district that he won't seek re-election next year, Rep.

Five arrests were made in two methamphetamine investigations Saturday, one of which was a "rolling meth lab" on Highway 11, authorities said.

A Riceville man was uninjured when his vehicle flipped three times while he was avoiding a deer on County Road 726.

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.

Traditionally, scarecrows were used by farmers to help ward off birds, particularly crows, from their crops.

After gaining School Board approval Thursday night, the McMinn County School System will participate in a confidential student survey concerning prescription drug abuse.

Local authors will sign their books at the Friends of the Library booth this Saturday, Oct.

The Good Book may not be the best place to store cash, a Riceville man learned, as $3,900 were taken from the pages of his family Bible.

Max Ortiz saw the box cars on the CSX railroad tracks as we talked on Tennessee Avenue outside the B and B Wholesale Outlet during the Etowah Art Walk.

Interstate 75 South in McMinn County is blocked after two tractor-trailers collided early today.

Photo special to The DPA The Riceville Fire Department will host a barbecue dinner fundraiser Saturday, Oct.

Pictured Left to right: Jeremy Brown , Tabitha Hall , Eric Chiang , Sabrina Taylor , Billy Christian , Dolly, Jeannette Williams , Scott McClelland , Robin Jon published: September 15 2009 12:02 PM updated:: September 14 2009 12:17 PM Dolly Parton welcomed 12 guests to her exclusive Tennessee Mountain Home for a Backwoods Barbie-Q on Sept.

A local man has been arrested on a weapons violation after his friend fled from a traffic stop and left him standing with a cop.

The McMinn County Sheriff's Department is investigating a home invasion robbery that took place Friday night in the Riceville area.

Keep McMinn Beautiful's yards of the month for August and September honor both the front and back lawn, but at two different locations.

An Athens man was arrested over the weekend on charges of aggravated robbery after he put a knife to the throat of a co-worker and took his money.