A Title That’s A Mouthful
Crazy Good Burgers was awarded Mobile Cuisine Rookie Food Truck of the Year. The local restaurant competed against 18 other entrants from a multi state area and the competition went down to the wire. It was neck and neck at the end of the voting time between San Diego, Chicago and Morristown. There was a […]
Morristown Chamber Welcomes Bojangles
It was a chilly morning on Thursday January 24, 2013, but the Bojangles in Morristown was packed as the chamber of commerce officially welcomed the franchise to the city. The chamber expressed their pleasure in the employment opportunities that are offered through the restaurant. Bojangles representatives stated that they are looking forward to continuously growing […]
NORMA LYNN HERRON
NORMA LYNN HERRON, age 72 of Dandridge passed away Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Jefferson Co. Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Dallas and Gladys Hoover Johnson and was preceded in death by her husband, Howard E. Herron. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Knoxville. She was […]
PEARL KINDER DOYLE
PEARL KINDER DOYLE, age 95, of Jefferson City, TN died on Friday, January 25, 2013 at Jefferson County Nursing Home. Pearl was born in 1917 in Grainger County, TN and moved to Jefferson City as a teenager. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Doyle; parents, Edward M (Ned) and Augusta Moody Kinder; […]
Weekly Livestock Comments
FED CATTLE: Fed cattle sold steady to $2 lower on a live basis compared to last week. Live prices were primarily $122 to $123 with a range of $120 to $124 while dressed prices were primarily $197 to $198 but ranging from $192 to $200. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $122.53 live […]
Weekly Crop Comments
Price Change US Dollar 79.82 +0.30 Crude 95.97 -0.07 Dow 13,873 +223 Cotton and soybean prices are up while corn and wheat prices are down for the week. We are still seeing a certain degree of uncertainty with foreign weather keeping prices moving up or down depending on that day’s weather forecast. South American production […]
Carol Mayo Jenkins Honored by the Clarence Brown Theatre Advisory Board
Carol Mayo Jenkins, a native of Knoxville and a renowned actor internationally, will be awarded the Clarence Brown Theatre Society Achievement Award at this year’s Gala event, Sunday, Feb. 24, the night of the Oscars. Knoxville actor David Keith, who was honored with the first such award, will present the award. “We couldn’t be more […]
Milk Market Comments
Milk production in the 23 major states during December totaled 15.7 billion pounds, up 1.7% from December 2011. Production per cow was 1,848 pounds in December, up 30 pounds from December a year ago. There were 8.49 million cows, 5,000 more than December 2011, and 16,000 more than November. Revised November production was revised to […]
35,000 Users Download TDOT’s New SmartWay Application
More than 35,000 users have downloaded the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) SmartWay Mobile App since its launch in late December. The App is designed to help drivers navigate Tennessee highways, providing up-to-the-minute customized traffic information. The TDOT SmartWay App is free and available for download in the Apple App Store and Play Store for […]
Eagles stop skid, top Catawba 76-65
Carson-Newman (12-4, 5-3 SAC) used a 20-4 first half run to take a 20-point first half lead before the Eagles stiff-armed Catawba (5-11, 2-6 SAC) to a 76-65 wire-to-wire win Saturday afternoon at Holt Fieldhouse. Catawba did make a second half push, trimming a 12-point halftime lead down to three on a few occasions, but […]
Landowners Amass to Battle Megasite
Property owners and citizens with concerns regarding the proposed Megasite that is slotted to be located on 1860 acres in the Valley Home Road area of the I-40 and I-81 split met on Saturday morning to discuss the project. Around 100 people participated in the organizational meeting of Save Our Farms and Homes, a ground […]
