Vonore News

VONORE - Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation in Monroe County today to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent.

A man who police said was traveling 70 miles per hour on a side street in St. Elmo when he wrecked and killed one of his close friends was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison.

Gov. Bill Haslam officially signed scores of bills into law last week, ranging from a $32.8 billion state budget to an overhaul of liquor manufacturing laws, and this week he will take part in ceremonial signings on the road to focus attention on selected legislation.

Members of a Roane County conservative group flew to Washington, D.C. Wednesday ahead of a federal hearing into a recent scandal involving the IRS.

The Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service of Monroe County hosted the the eighth annual Chocolate Fest in Vonore on Saturday.

Shelves are stocked in preparation for the May 15 opening of the new Food City on Highway 411 in Vonore.

In an era when many companies are struggling, JTEKT is celebrating 25 years in Vonore and the company's future looks brighter than ever.

Monroe County Director of Schools Mike Lowry, on behalf of the Board of Education, approached the town of Tellico Plains in April requesting that the town consider adding an School Resource Officer at Tellico Plains Elementary School.

Sequoyah football coach and athletic director Bill Satterfield has been elected as a Class of 2013 inductee into the Blount County Sports Hall of Fame.

After the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development announced recently it was permanently suspending job services at 34 career centers across the state, including the Vonore location, local officials are trying to figure out the impact it will have in Monroe County.

J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL Russell Jones, a driver for Tennessee Collision and Repair, shovels topsoil that spilled and closed both northbound lanes of Alcoa Highway in front of Rusty Wallace KIA when the truck carrying the soil overturned on Friday.

In a cost saving move, Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Acting Commissioner Burns Phillips announced last week that the department will permanently suspend job services at 34 career centers, including the Vonore location.