Rockford News

By Darren Dunlap of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: July 05. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: July 04.

Rockford City Commission members and Maryville officials tour the Maryville wastewater treatment plant on Monday.

The Rockford City Commission is opposed to Maryville being allowed to pump all treated wastewater directly into Little River near the plant site on Wheeler Road instead of pumping it 2.5 miles to Fort Loudoun Lake.

At 3:38 p.m. today, Chuck Brown noticed white smoke coming from his next door neighbor's house on Calvert Street in Rockford and called Blount County Fire Department.

Jim Dykes, author of "Without A Paddle: Meticulously Wrought Essays from The Knoxville Journal," and once-iconic Knoxville columnist, is pretty well ensconced in the 20th century.

Justin Cochran speaks to a group at a recent event. He has become an advocate for others like himself who are victims of catastrophic injuries.

The Blount County Schools Nutrition Department will participate for the first time this summer in a program to feed all children younger than 18 years old.

Leaders of the "Help Stamp Out Hunger" campaign, sponsored by the nation's postal carriers on Saturday, indicated the event was an overwhelming success in Blount County.

Jennifer Brooke Dockery, daughter of Janie and Eddie Dockery, of Louisville, is engaged to marry Timothy Edward McKee, son of Marie and Glenn "Bud" McKee, of Rockford, at 3 p.m. May 9 at Sampson's Hollow.

Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash today on Hunt Road near McGhee Tyson Boulevard.

Hopewell Baptist Church, 526 Hopewell Road, Maryville Today: A benefit bean supper is planned for 5-8 p.m. in the new Fellowship Hall.

A reserve officer with the Maryville Police Department was in critical condition this morning after the pickup truck she was driving ran down an embankment, trapping her inside.

The Daily Times will publish its annual June Brides section May 31. Any couple getting married during the month of June is eligible to be included in this edition.

A Rockford couple is desperately searching for their 8-year-old Boston terrier that was last seen Thursday afternoon by neighbors.

Detectives apparently solved the Monday night armed robbery of an Alcoa gas station - as well as three or more other armed robberies - when they nabbed a 26-year-old Rockford man on Wednesday Alcoa Police Detective Sgt.

Machinists man the mill line at Axis Fabrication & Machine Co. LLC in Rockford. Summary The hum is a steady drone at Axis Fabrication & Machine Co.

East Tennessee braced for storms and tornadoes, but Blount County appears to have weathered it with little damage.

A Blount county family is thankful they're alive tonight, not from a tornado, but a lightning strike to their home.

From Staff Reports Originally published: April 09. 2009 2:46PM People cleaning up at a Rockford residence discovered what they thought was old dynamite sticks and blasting caps Thursday afternoon.

A fire in a large two-story home and barn in Blount County left a family homeless Saturday evening.