Accident At High School Intersection Hwy 92 & Dumplin Valley Tuesday Evening
Tuesday evening at the busy intersection of Dumplin Valley Road and Highway 92, Dandridge Police & Fire Departments along with several other emergency responders were called to the scene of an accident involving a pickup truck and Ford Escort. According to Dandridge Police Sergeant Dave Hager the pickup truck was West bound on E. Dumplin […]
Dumplin Valley Farm Concert Season Kicks Off May 11th
The Dumplin Valley Farm Concert Series kicks off the 2013 Season Saturday May 11th featuring two very entertaining groups: Cruiser Mike and Hot Asphalt along with local favorite GRITS From Dumplin Valley, who will have plenty of their highly acclaimed debut TN Weather CD on hand for a special price of only $9. This event […]
PUBLIC NOTICE – Special Session of County Commission for Monday, May 13, 2013
PUBLIC NOTICE At the request of Commission Chair Marty Mills, Mayor Palmieri is calling a Special Session of County Commission for Monday, May 13, 2013. Special Session of County Commission Date: Monday May 13, 2013 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Courthouse, Dandridge Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Prayer 4. Pledge of Allegiance […]
Historic Mossy Creek District Elects New Officers
The Historic Mossy Creek District Board of Directors is continuing to work to revitalize downtown Jefferson City in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and local city government. The non-profit organization recently elected new officers who will provide leadership for the efforts to move a plan forward that proposes to add a new festival area, […]
Public Service Committee Addresses Intermodal Costs, Dirty Lots, & Noise Ordinance
The Jefferson County Public Service Committee met on Monday, April 29, 2013 in the Historic Jefferson County Courthouse. The Meeting was Called to Order by Committee Chairman Tabor. Absent from Roll Call was Committee Member Dockery. Two citizens addressed the Committee regarding the proposed Norfolk Southern Intermodal and the Dirty Lot Law. The Agenda was accepted […]
Native Wild Dogwoods Threatened
Several years ago, flowering wild dogwood trees were found in abundance in the mountains and valleys of East Tennessee. Over the course of the last two decades, however, their numbers have drastically decreased, leaving Jefferson County residents searching the local wooded areas in vain, hoping to spot one of Tennessee’s favorite flowering trees. The rapidly […]
50 Year Lease For Strawberry Plains Library Passes Committee
The Jefferson County Facilities Committee met on Monday, April 29, 2013 in the Historic Jefferson County Courthouse. The meeting was Called to Order by Committee Chairman Turner. Absent from Roll Call was Committee Member Dockery. Upon a Motion from Committee Member Tabor and 2nd from Committee Member Griffith the Minutes were Approved. The Agenda was […]
Carson-Newman Life Directions Center has record year
Carson-Newman University’s Life Directions Center has made record strides this semester to lower the number of deciding students. “A ‘deciding student’ is a student who has not yet declared a major,” explains Coordinator for Deciding Students and Advising, Tammy Renalds. “We call them ‘deciding’ because these students are in the process of selecting their major.” […]
JACK A. PHILLIPS
JACK A. PHILLIPS, age 69, of Dandridge, TN passed away Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2013. He was a retired Cleveland Ohio police officer, Mounted Division and later retired as Director of Security for Phillips Consumer Electronics. Survivors include his wife, Janet Phillips; children, Shelly Doyle, Joann Knight; grandchildren, Ashley Barnhart, Keith Barnhart, Jackie Edmonds; great-grandchildren, […]
Secretary Hargett Announces Changes to Photo ID Law
The General Assembly amended Tennessee’s voter photo identification law during its recently-concluded legislative session. Amendments sponsored by Senator Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Representative Susan Lynn (R-Mount Juliet) seek to clarify and strengthen the law that was successfully implemented during the 2012 election cycle. Voters may no longer use photo IDs issued by other states as […]
Do You Know WHAT This Is?
This Week’s Mystery Pic Send us an email to goodguess@jeffersoncountypost.com Correct answers are announced each week. Congratulations to Randal Turner! Randal was the first to guess last week’s Mystery Pic correctly. The correct answer was: Mast of Sailing Ship
Sounds of Old, New Appalachia to Echo Through This Year’s Townsend Spring Festival
For locals and visitors to the Smoky Mountains, the sights, scents and especially sounds of the 21st Annual Townsend in the Smokies Spring Festival and Old Timers Day will provide an old-time, Appalachian setting on May 3 and 4. While demonstrations act as eye-catching tutorials bringing old Appalachia to life and traditional Southern food attract […]
Class I Recall: Failure to Provide a Warning at Extremely High Blood Glucose Levels
AUDIENCE: Consumer, Health Professional, Pharmacy ISSUE: At extremely high blood glucose levels of 1024 mg/dL and above, the OneTouch Verio IQ Meter will turn off instead of displaying the message “EXTREME HIGH GLUCOSE above 600 mg/dL” as intended. When turned back on, the meter enters the “Set-Up” mode and requires the user to confirm the […]
Go “On the Razzle” at the Clarence Brown Theatre!
“If only I could look back on a day when I was fancy free, a real razzle of a day packed with adventure and high jinks, a day to remember…” The hilarious “On the Razzle” plays on the Clarence Brown Theatre main stage April 25-May 12, 2013. When their boss goes away, two country store […]
Letter To The Editor: Questions To Ponder
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Submitted by: Annette Loy SO…what’s so wrong with a bedroom community? Jefferson County is often called a “bedroom community” That means that most of our citizens go outside the county to seek employment. They go to Morristown, Sevierville, Knoxville and other surrounding areas and then they come “home” to Jefferson County […]
The Rules of Engagement
The single most important element in learning is to become engaged with the subject. The single most important element in teaching is to engage the student with the subject. Merely presenting information (or merely taking notes) is neither teaching nor learning. Alas, this non-teaching and non-learning event is taking place in some classroom somewhere today. […]