Talbott News

Authorities have released the name of the fisherman who drowned Wednesday in Cherokee Lake.

Jefferson County staked its spot on the state's Civil War Trails today with three markers commemorating the bloody battles that crisscrossed the county from 1863-1864. "For 145 years, the stories of what happened in Jefferson County lay hidden," said Bob Jarnagin, county historian.

A proposal to sell the University of Tennessee president's residence in Knoxville for at least $4 million is slated for a vote this afternoon during a meeting of the system's board of trustees.

" A Talbott man was arrested Thursday after a Hamblen County Grand Jury indicted him on several charges related to child pornography.

"It's almost like a jungle when tobacco is this big," said Jake Sartain, owner of Sunny Slope Farms in Talbott, while walking through his 14 acre tobacco crop.

Special rules in Tennessee campaign finance laws for limited liability companies are providing a boost for two Republican gubernatorial candidates, a newspaper review has found.

When Bill Haslam decided to run for governor, Knoxville real-estate businessman Bob Talbott says he checked with attorneys to find out how to financially help his longtime friend's campaign as much as possible.

Local News UT trustees talk cuts, consider removing 3 programs By Chloe White Wednesday, June 17, 2009 University of Tennessee trustees discussed deeper cuts in academic programs, scrutinized budget plans and pushed for more aggressive private fund-raising as they began two days of meetings Tuesday.

University of Tennessee trustees advocated more aggressive private fund-raising, mulled a lack of diversity at UT-Knoxville and pushed for more aggressive cuts in academic programs as they began two days of meetings today.

Before the induction comes the promotion. Jennifer Gillom, who will be honored as one of the six new members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville on June 13, has become head of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx.

Bill Haslam's gubernatorial team announced its finance committee on Sunday, and Scope readers may recognize some of the names.