JCHS Split With Eagles
Jefferson County Patriots Baseball Team split weekend games with the Seymour Eagles. On Friday afternoon, the Patriots hosted the Eagles at Holland Field. Jefferson County posted a 6-2 win over Seymour, though the Eagles rallied on Saturday when the Patriots took to the road for the second match up of the weekend. Seymour shut out […]
GRITS & Fusion Martial Arts Team Up At Fundraiser For Local Youth
Grits, one of Jefferson County’s favorite local bands, hosted their release for their brand new cd on Saturday evening at the Field of Dreams in Dandridge. Tennessee Weather debuts some original tunes of the band and has been highly anticipated by fans of the group. Saturday’s release event was a combined effort with Fusion Martial […]
Hefner smashes single season RBI record, hits game winner as Eagles sweep Brevard
Carson-Newman (29-13, 11-7 SAC) shortstop Brittany Hefner (Talbot, Tenn.) drove in four runs in the Eagles’ 9-0 (5), 7-6 (8) sweep of Brevard to reset the school and conference single season record for RBI with 75. Hefner broke the record with a solo home run in game two before adding to it with a two-RBI […]
Students Receive Earth Science Awards
The Knoxville Gem & Mineral Society presented its Special Awards for Excellence in the Earth Sciences to three students participating in the Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair held this week at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Anna Wand of Sacred Heart Cathedral School received First Place for her project entitled “Grow, Sparkle, Shine!” […]
“War of 1812 Genealogy”, April 24, 2013
PROGRAM: “War of 1812 Genealogy” A Brown Bag Lecture by Dr. George K. Schweitzer DATE: Noon, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 LOCATION: East Tennessee History Center 601 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 ADMISSION: FREE | Attendees are encouraged to bring a “brown bag” lunch Tennesseans played an important role in the War of 1812, particularly […]
Girl Talk, Too- A Program for Daughters and Their Mothers
Your teenage daughter is changing daily from a girl into a young woman. There is nothing you can do to stop the progress of Mother Nature, but you can equip your daughter with the knowledge she needs for her journey into woman hood. Girl Talk, Too is a program designed to enhance communication between mothers […]
Host an Exchange Student
World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a highly respected, non-profit, public-benefit organization, is seeking local host families for high school boys and girls from Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, China, South Korea, and the former Soviet Republics. Students are already awaiting word on their host families for the 2013-2014 academic school year (or semester). Host families […]
Armstrong strong arms Anderson, Eagles secure SAC tournament berth
Carson-Newman (18-22, 13-12 South Atlantic Conference) starting pitcher Chris Armstrong (Blaine, Tenn.) fanned seven in 8.1 innings to help push the Eagles to a 6-2 win Friday afternoon over Anderson (15-32, 7-19 SAC) at the Silver Diamond baseball complex. Armstrong moves to 6-5 with the win and picked up his sixth game with at least […]
First team all-SAC selections lead Eagles into SAC tourney at Sevierville Golf Club
Carson-Newman’s men’s golf team has something no other team in the field of 10 at the SAC men’s golf tournament can claim – a pair of first team All-SAC selections. Gavin Hay (Glasgow, Scotland) and Jonathan Kim-Moss (Mississauga, Canada) both earned first team all-conference honors from the South Atlantic Conference. Both players tied with 73.97 […]
Eagles compete against Division I and Division II teams at Sea Ray Relay
The Carson-Newman track and field teams competed in the Sea Ray Relays this weekend again Division I and nationally-ranked Division II competition. The men and women competed in 31 one events during the three-day event. The Eagles had several finishers in the top 10 and top 20 against that aforementioned top flight competition. For the […]
Lady Eagles set for SAC Golf Tournament
The South Atlantic Conference tournament has been kind to Carson-Newman over the past four years. The Eagles own three of the top eight three-round totals at the league tournament and one year that is unranked (2011) C-N took home the title. Carson-Newman is two years removed from that tournament championship in 2011. The Eagles have […]
West Point & U.S. Naval Academy Will See Two Outstanding Achievers from JCHS This Summer
Two Jefferson County High School students are among a select group that will attend Summer Seminars at West Point and the United States Naval Academy. Farrah Hodge and Ian Greer were chosen to participate based on exceptional academic standing, community service, and high ACT scores. Both Greer and Hodge are rising seniors at Jefferson County […]
Carson-Newman presents Atkins and Parker with Sullivan Honors
Carson-Newman University presented seniors Curtis Atkins and Abigail Parker its Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards during the institution’s annual Honors Convocation on April 11. Atkins, the son of Oak Ridge’s Jim and Sherry Atkins, is a religion major. Beyond his strong academic standing in religion, Atkins has served on the Mortar Board and is a stalwart […]
Pigeon Forge Businesses & Homes Show Appreciation to Local Firefighters
Local firefighters received a sweet thank you from grateful Pigeon Forge businesses last week. Last month, fire threatened cabins, homes and businesses in the Pigeon Forge area and Firefighter from surrounding counties joined in the vigorous effort to control the threatening blaze. As a thank you for the effort and support in controlling the damage […]
Bipartisan Group of Senators Urges Financial Regulators to Prioritize Rules and Regulations that Help End “Too Big To Fail”
U.S. Senators Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., David Vitter, R-La., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, this week wrote to Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, and Chairman of the FDIC Martin Gruenberg, urging them to “proceed deliberately and expeditiously” to finalize rules regarding capital requirements for large financial […]
Anderson takes two from C-N
Carson-Newman (18-24, 13-14 SAC) secured a spot in next week’s South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament with a 6-2 win over Anderson (17-32, 9-18 SAC) Friday afternoon. They entered Saturday’s doubleheader in fourth place hoping to improve their seed in the post-season. That proved to be a difficult task as the Trojans took both games Saturday, […]