Surgoinsville News

Fingerprint technology might not solve crime as often as depicted on TV police dramas, but on Tuesday it helped the Church Hill Police Department close an 11-month-old burglary investigation.

A Mount Carmel man accused in a 2011 home invasion was sentenced to 15 years Friday in Hawkins County Criminal Court in exchange for guilty pleas to multiple counts of robbery, kidnapping, assault and one rape.

A Surgoinsville man pleaded guilty Friday in Hawkins County Sessions Court to one count of public intoxication following his arrest Thursday at the Volunteer High School parking lot during a soccer game.

Airline passengers across the country had to deal with flight delays Monday, due to forced furloughs for air traffic controllers that began Sunday because of recent government budget cuts.

Assuming a handful of pending permits and easements are acquired on schedule, the new $3.5 million Surgoinsville sewer system is expected to be advertised for construction bids in late July or early August.