Hamblen County News

A Morristown tradition had an extra reason to celebrate this Fourth of July. Saturday the weekly Hamblen County Cruise-In moved into its new home at the College Square Mall.

" Morristown police have arrested the man they say robbed a Dollar General at gunpoint last month.

SOUTH HARRISON TWP. Authorities are saying they have a Bridgeton man in custody who they claim sexually assaulted a woman in a peach orchard here late last month.

I neglected to mention that yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Heller decision.

The 2009 Shining Star Award recipients are as follows: City of Johnson City Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport Hamblen County Health Council, Morristown Lewis County Health Council, Hohenwald Orange Grove Center, Chattanooga Outdoor Chattanooga Mobile Bicycle Fleet United Way of Greater Chattanooga The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga Vanderbilt ...

Officers with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Cocke County Sheriff's Department, and Newport Police Department conducted two more searches on Wednesday for any clues to missing teenager Megan Maxwell's whereabouts.

The search of a landfill in Hamblen County on Saturday did not result in the discovery of the body of missing teenager Megan Maxwell.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms rolled across parts of southeast Kentucky and east Tennessee Saturday night, spawning several severe thunderstorm warnings.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Knox and Sevier counties until 3:15 p.m. EDT.

Search teams scoured the TiDi waste landfill in Hamblen County today for any sign of missing Cocke County teen Megan Maxwell, but so far, no luck.

Classic car enthusiasts converged on the Ingles parking lot in Morristown for the final time Saturday night.

The family of Megan Maxwell is organizing a love chain event this afternoon in her honor.

Although a search for Megan Maxwell in the Tidi Waste Landfill in Hamblen County this weekend was canceled, two other searches for the missing Newport teenager were held this weekend.

A federal jury in Greeneville has convicted a former Hamblen County sheriff's deputy of violating the civil rights of women he threatened to arrest.

Greene and Hamblen County sheriff's deputies were continuing to search this morning for a man who robbed a Dollar General store in Russellville on Thursday night and fled into Greene County.

The CUE Center for Missing Persons plans to search Saturday on Douglas Lake and two rivers for missing Newport teen Megan Maxwell.

The cruiser made her nervous. After all, she noted, she was a newly licensed driver whose parents would be none-too-happy if she drew a ticket so soon after her 16th birthday.

The McMinn County Senior Activity Center has adopted two new programs as part of the McMinn Senior Alliance For Empowerment group.

Investigators will expand their search for 19-year-old Megan Maxwell this weekend.

Morristown has been certified as a community in Tennessee's Main Street Program, entitling Hamblen County's seat to grants, technical assistance and guidance in developing long-term plans to promote economic development.