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SPRING CITY, Tenn. a 'A The General Shale plant that opened in August will lay off 19 employees as of Oct.

The festival vendors have been a part of every Foothills Fall Festival except for one, and Saturday's gradually dropping temperatures were the coldest they could remember -- which deterred sales of the ice cream they advertised on their marquee.

Roane County can expect another $400,000 or so in impact payments from TVA, the agency has announced.

Team Goodwill pro Wesley Strader of Spring City, Tenn., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division two-day Super Tournament on Watts Bar Lake Sunday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 35 pounds, 10 ounces.

A Rhea County woman suffered a serious injury to her leg in a four-wheeler crash that occurred Sept.

A Knox County developer is suing TVA for $17 million in what appears to be the first lawsuit filed by a business in connection with the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry Greg Poe examines an area in the containment building that will be inaccessible after the plant moves online as construction continues on TVA's Unit 2 reactor at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, Tenn.

Submitted by Amanda Odom on August 19, 2009 - 6:24pm. Business News Community Rhea County News A A A A Some good economic news comes out of Rhea County.

Submitted by WDEF on July 20, 2009 - 1:26pm. Meigs County News Rhea County News A An advisory subcommittee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled two meetings in late July in Tennessee and in Atlanta.

Five environmental groups petitioned federal regulators Wednesday to block the only commercial nuclear reactor now under construction in the United States an unfinished 1970s-era reactor the Tennessee Valley Authority is working to complete after three decades in mothballs.

The U.S. Geological Survey confirms a small earthquake rocked East Tennessee on Sunday morning.

Two persons were hit by a small gun blast leaving one with serious injuries and the other minor in what authorities are viewing as an accidental discharge inside a convenience store.

The Senate voted Monday to allow school buses to remain in use for up to 17 years, two more than now allowed.

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander called yesterday for doubling the number of nuclear reactors nationwide, a potentially $700 billion proposal that calls for building 100 more over 20 years.

Chattanooga police arrested eight women Friday on charges of prostitution, according to the Hamilton County Sheriffa s Office booking report.

It's one of the few areas left in the Tennessee Valley where it's still illegal to buy a glass of liquor.

Pattye Elliott says she just stumbled across one of the worst cases of animal cruelty she has ever seen.

Should Chattanooga Take Up PETA's Pothole Offer? : Yes, If you take money from KFC, why not take more money from PETA.

By News Sentinel staff Originally published 04:07 p.m., May 1, 2009 Updated 04:09 p.m., May 1, 2009 KNOXVILLE - Persons interested in requesting a hearing on TVA's updated application for an operating license for the unfinished Watts Bar nuclear plant's Unit 2 can now do so, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said today.

A traffic crash near Chattanooga has killed two people on a motorcycle and critically injured a pickup truck driver.