Jefferson County News

Harvey Young speaks about a proposed Norfolk Southern truck-train facility in Jefferson County during a community meeting hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

The U.S. military says that four soldiers were killed in Baghdad on the eve of the American withdrawal from Iraq's cities.

Two Knoxvillians were injured this weekend when two bass boats collided on Douglas Lake, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Five applicants-four men and one woman-are being considered for the principal's position at Cocke County High School.

Several young Christians from Jefferson County spent an afternoon converting 55-gallon soybean oil containers into rain barrels.

Jack Kramer sold his farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and relocated to east Tennessee for a chance to raise cattle and restore a piece of New Market history.

NEW MARKET, Tenn. - Norfolk Southern isn't interested in buying any of Debbie Berry's 20 acres.

Jefferson County residents are asking Norfolk Southern Railroad executives to change their minds about a plant to build an intermodal transport facility in the New Market area.

More than 100 people gathered at an East Tennessee school to speak out against a proposed Norfolk Southern rail yard where freight would be exchanged between trucks and trains.

A man wanted for failing to report to his parole officer has been fatally shot by a prison guard as the man tried to flee from a contraband checkpoint at a prison unit in Jefferson County, according to a spokeswoman for the state Corrections Department.

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

Norfolk Southern is aggressively seeking to buy land for a major rail yard adjacent to the elementary school at New Market, Tenn.

Pervey53daddyjoe assured a Jefferson County mother that he knew how to deal with young children, what with his 30 years of experience as a Claiborne County teacher and administrator and his work as a Toys R Us clerk.

With the help of employees, authorities charged a 50-year-old Jefferson City man in connection with the robbery Wednesday of pain patches from a Blaine pharmacy.

The city is named for Martha Dandridge Washington wife of President George Washington.

The search for a missing Cocke County teen is intensifying as her mother struggles to piece together the clues to find her.

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Jefferson County Mayor Alan Palmieri believes it is much too early in the planning process to fret about whether or how an intermodal railroad facility might alter the character of his county.

The Jefferson County mayor released a statement Wednesday, addressing plans with Norfolk-Southern for a new rail-to-truck facility.

Truck/Rail Terminal and Industrial Park. This simply means that they want to condemn and take people's farms and land and houses.