Sweetwater News

From the hills of West Virginia, traditional mountain music flowed through the veins of Wilma Lee Cooper.

For a quarter of a century, Lifestar helicopters have been soaring through the skies of East Tennessee.

One man is in jail and another is in the hospital after hot cooking grease was used as a weapon in a domestic assault, according to the McMinn County Sheriff's Department.

When school systems receive their annual Report Cards, the public shouldn't be alarmed if the grades are lower than what they've been in the past.

After a frantic search the McMinn County Rescue Squad has found a home for its Halloween fund raiser, continuing its 23-year tradition of scaring thrill seekers.

One person was killed and two others injured in a Tuesday afternoon crash in Monroe County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is focusing a reforestation effort in the cities.

An alleged swindler who swept through several U.S. towns passing himself off as a Canadian multi-millionaire turns out to have been fabricating his nationality, too.

From Staff Reports Originally published: October 10. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 09.

After serving more than three years in prison, Staff Sgt. Raymond Girouard arrived at his Grandparent's home in Monroe County around 9 p.m. Monday night.

Supporters and opponents of the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor expressed their views Tuesday at a hearing in Sweetwater.

SWEETWATER, Tenn. a ' Opponents are raising environmental concerns about the Tennessee Valley Authority's plans to finish a second reactor at its Watts Bar site in Tennessee.

Friends and family perform "La Vibora" ceremony during the wedding reception of Ramiro and Yolanda Mejia in July of this year.

A Sweetwater man was arrested after a drug deal near Sweetwater Junior High School on Sept.

Report: Deer-vehicle collisions up 22 pct. in Tenn. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- "I know that there was a lot of deer in the area because we'd seen several making trips back and forth." Barry Mayfield was driving his Ford Bronco to Chattanooga.

By Dan Hall Daily Times Correspondent Originally published: September 30. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: September 29.

Representatives from two area school boards were present to evaluate members of the McMinn County School Board at the Sept.

By Dan Hall Daily Times Correspondent Originally published: September 19. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: September 18.

By Dan Hall Daily Times Correspondent Originally published: September 16. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: September 15.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold public meetings Oct. 6 in Sweetwater on the agency's review of an operating license application for a second reactor at TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant.