Grainger County News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. a ' A drunk driver slammed head-on into an ambulance Friday night in North Knoxville.

It was standing room only in the sanctuary of a small, Grainger County church Friday as more than 900 people waited in line to get food.

A Grainger County boy is recovering after being hit by a car Sunday morning. It happened on City Drive in Bean Station around 11 a.m. The 12-year-old was riding his bike at the time of the accident.

Authorities ruled a 60-year-old man found Wednesday in Cherokee Lake had drowned after being inexplicably separated from his 14-foot-long aluminum boat.

BAE Systems, a body armor manufacturer in Grainger County, will close its Personnel Protection Systems plant in Grainger County as of December 9. The 204 regular and temporary employees will be out of work.

A crash between a farm tractor and a car has seriously injured at least one person in Grainger County.

Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl has apologized for a joking remark that linked the rural home of one his players to the Ku Klux Klan.

The school systems in Grainger County and Monroe County are closed Thursday and Friday due to illness, administrators announced.

A Grainger county woman is thankful her son is alive after he was shot by a sniper while on patrol in Afghanistan Cheryl Williamson says her son Lance Corporal Matthew Pelc had a bullet pass through his arm and chest.

I like Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, but he had to issue an apology over a recent remark he made at a booster club.

An off-the-cuff comment by Coach Bruce Pearl at a charity fundraiser could raise a few eyebrows.

Neodymium is a chemical element known as a "rare earth element." For those of you who keep a periodic table of elements handy, its symbol is Nd.

Luke Stratton of Rutledge stands among the blight-damaged tomato plants on his farm.

Sun Photo by Amy Rose Stan Dalton, left, a Gen. John Hunt Morgan reenactor, talks to Hervie Hartman Jr., the new owner of the Capital Theatre on Saturday.

In many Tennessee counties, the road superintendent is a powerful elected office that involves millions of dollars and dozens of workers.

A Greene County man who the THP says ran into the side of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 late Saturday was listed in critical condition this morning at the Johnson City Medical Center.

For basil pesto: 1/4 lb. fresh basil dash of salt and pepper 1/2 clove garlic, peeled 1/2 Tbsp.

The newly opened restaurant at the Hale Springs Inn is called McKinney's, after the original owner of the inn.

Sabino sports a freeze brand to mark him as part of the "Youth and Yearling" rescue program for mustangs.

Police say a Morristown man has drowned in Cherokee Lake and officers are investigating.