Sweetwater News

Photo by Richard Edwards Melba Lewis reads the inscription on the plaque at J.L. Cook Memorial Park about E. Harper Johnson, who was the Cook High School principal at the time the school closed in 1966 and later became a staff member of the Tennessee Education Association.

Great food at great prices, the Gondolier Restaurant in Sevierville knows how to do it right.

Loudon resident Kyle Cole completed the first ever triple play in the history of the Sweetwater Dixie Youth League recently.

The Monroe Area Opera, based in Sweetwater, Tenn., is looking for singers of all voice types to participate in four productions planned for ther 2009-2010 opera season.

A 16-year-old boy was the largest distributor of child pornography in Monroe County, according to Tellico Plains Police Chief Bill Isbell.

A grandfather and his teenage grandson drowned at a pond in Monroe County Tuesday afternoon.

A grandfather and his teenage grandson drowned Tuesday afternoon while they were fishing in a Monroe County pond.

Main Street Farmers Market is a dynamic new produce/meat market that emphasizes local foods and their importance on the economy.

The Rev. J.W. Teague, 81, of Riceville, Tenn., died Friday, May 15, 2009, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

FBI agents and Conasauga Safe Streets Task Force officers arrested a man late last week who they say traveled to Walker County to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Authorities in several East Tennessee cities are trying to track down the source of a large amount of counterfeit money.

After more than eight months of investigation, a federal grand jury indicted a convicted felon on gun charges Thursday.

A Sweetwater man was indicted Thursday on a federal charge as a felon in possession of a firearm.

Several Tennessee Valley attractions rank higher than the Liberty Bell and the Grand Canyon.

Fake $100 bills are being reported from Chattanooga through Sweetwater. In Athens, at least 20 businesses have encountered the counterfeit money.

Andy Johns, Chattanooga Time Free Press Originally published 06:38 a.m., June 2, 2009 Updated 06:38 a.m., June 2, 2009 Tennessee has more than its fair share of the 100 best places in the nation to stand, including two local attractions, on a list compiled by Stoodthere.com . "Statistically, you should only have two, but Tennessee has five," said ...

Today was our last full day in Washington. We could pretty much do whatever we wanted.

A Virginia diver suffered an apparent heart attack today during rescue training, authorities said.

Rural Metro officials confirm they responded to a call from a quarry in Philadelphia off of Pond Creek Road.

A one-vehicle crash just before noon Sunday on Highway 11 north of TMG killed a Loudon County woman and seriously injured the driver.