Rogersville News

We're following the breaking news story of an explosion and subsequent fire at the John Sevier steam plant in Rogersville, Tenn.

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Valley Authority said a fire has been reported at its coal-burning power plant near Rogersville in East Tennessee.

for the love of nursing said in the Rogersville Forum:

Just heard across the scanner that the TVA plant is on fire. And every firetruck in this area is headed that way.. Now didnt the power go off in town yesterday because of something at TVA? I hope everyone is ok and it is not that big of a fire there is alot of coal in that area.

Firefighters blamed a faulty stove eye control for a fire that gutted the kitchen of a residence on Watterson Street in Rogersville Tuesday morning and damaged the rest of the house with smoke.

It was lights out again for 6,200 Holston Electric Cooperative members on Tuesday morning in Rogersville and surrounding areas of Hawkins County.

Hawkins County deputies responded to a complaint of a strong chemical smell Sunday at a residence just outside of Rogersville and arrested two men on meth manufacturing charges.

Although many areas of the valley escaped this weekend's storm with little more than heavy rain, a blanket of heavy snow packed quite a punch for eastern counties.

A traffic stop in Hawkins County Sunday afternoon resulted in numerous charges for a Whitesburg, TN woman, after she tried to flee from the deputy who pulled her over.

Utility company employees in Hawkins County believe it could be two or three days before power is restored to some hard-hit areas.

Carter County Sheriff's officials said on Saturday evening that power outages across the county are widespread.

The Hamilton County jury decided George Thomas' fate after two hours of deliberations.

It was a cowlick of a different nature that raised a Hawkins County man's hair. Jerry Lynn Davis called the sheriff, saying his neighbor's cows had been licking his house and damaging it.

By this time Saturday, 550 of your neighbors will begin final training before they ultimately head to Iraq.

A $5 million wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday day over a Nov. 9 incident where two teenage workers were killed while working in the median of Interstate 75.

The Christmas kicks off in Downtown Rogersville on Saturday, December 5th. From 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. enjoy Christmas on the Square with a live nativity, pictures with Santa, a children's Christmas store, face painting, make an ornament, and goodies like popcorn and cotton candy.

Photo Special to The Greeneville Sun The annual Scouting for Food project of Nolachuckey District Boy Scouts concluded Saturday, Nov.

Formal treason charges filed against Barrack Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, reach Monroe County Tennessee Grand Jury - Tuesday December 1, 2009

On Tuesday December 1st 2009, Retired Navy Commander Walter Fitzpatrick III will present the evidence behind his treason complaint against Obama/Soetoro to all thirteen members of a Tennessee Grand Jury in Monroe County Tennessee. The road to justice has been bumpy, to say the least. Commander Fitzpatrick has been ridiculed, blocked in court house halls, threatened, accused of mutiny and labeled a “crackpot” by Obama supporters who see no need for a standard background check for the most powerful office in the world. Fitzpatrick had to go so far as to file criminal obstruction charges against Grand Jury Foreman Pettway before he would gain access to the court.¬† Despite it all, Commander Fitzpatrick forged ahead and on December 1st, his complaint will be heard by his local Monroe County Tennessee Grand Jury.

A Morristown foster father, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the choking death of his 16-year-old foster son, has had his sentence date continued to December.

Mountain Star Mall will be participating in Rogersville's Downtown Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, November 27th.

Someone is duct taping cats and abandoning them in garbage containers in Hawkins County.