State Bomb and Arson Team Seeks Public’s Help in Cocke County Arson Cases
State Bomb & Arson Section investigators are urging residents who may have knowledge about two Cocke County fires to contact them at their earliest available convenience in order to help solve these open cases. Investigators are seeking more details about two residential fires that resulted in property loss and financial hardships for families. The first […]
Fall Fashion Changes and Lipstick
Hello, darlings! Isn’t this change of weather delightful? Along with the chilly weather, our Fall clothes are now the fashion focus, as are new shades of makeup. Remember the brown lipstick trend years ago? Well, it is back! Brown shades are the hottest trend for Fall. Actually, I am very pleased with the return of the brown hue, since shades […]
Billy the Kid
A photograph recently surfaced of Billy the Kid playing croquet. Does anyone else find this disturbing? The pop culture utopia we live in deserves a photo of the gunslinger playing poker with a menacing snarl. Instead, we get a Kardashian sized smack in the paparazzi mesmerized face. Maybe, just maybe, reality is trying to restore […]
The Buzzz!!
The buzz word this week is “resume.” The head governmental hive will return to the nest, not once, but twice this week and Buzzy Bees in the know are buzzing that one agenda item has some in and outside the swarm in a rather waspish mood. The low humm is that for very different reasons […]
Something Exciting This Way Comes
Fall is the season of change and we are certainly starting to see the changing of the leaves in the area. It is a wonderful time of the year, for me at least, because I know what is hiding just around the corner. First Halloween will descend, with all of the ghosts and goblins and […]
Why Do Birds Sit on Power Lines?
I have always wondered why birds sit on power lines. Is it to get or stay warm? Birds have a natural instinct to stay high away from predators. They scan for danger before ever moving. In a birds perspective, a power line is just like a long, perfect sized tree branch,just without all the troubles […]
Attorney General’s Office Offers Consumer Tips Following Experian Data Breach
Recent reports estimate 15 million T-Mobile customers nationwide, and roughly 200,000 Tennesseans, who applied for credit through Experian are at risk of having their data compromised. The data breach occurred when an unauthorized party gained access to an Experian server containing personal information, including names, addresses, birth dates, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers and […]
For the Love of the Sport
The Jefferson County Tennis Association has been taking advantage of the onset of cool October evenings to get in a few sets of game play. An active group, members gather at the Carson Newman tennis courts for competition, exercise and fellowship with other tennis affectionados and they have even acquired a small but enthusiastic following […]
Local FFA Hosts Petting Zoo
The Jefferson County High School Future Farmers of American recently hosted a Fall petting zoo at Jefferson County High School. Students were allowed to touch a variety of animals under the direction of FFA members. From horses to turkeys and sheep to cattle, select special students got up close and personal with animals that might […]
SFMO: Safety First When Visiting Haunted Houses During Halloween
Consumers might know them as haunted houses or haunted mansions. But in Tennessee, they’re called Special Amusement Buildings – and they have their own set of regulations. As the Halloween season gets into full swing, the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) reminds consumers that safety features at Special Amusement Buildings are in place to […]
Tennessee CO-OP Community Health Alliance Voluntarily Enters Runoff
Community Health Alliance (CHA) has voluntarily entered state-approved runoff and will not offer insurance coverage in 2016. The runoff decision came after careful analysis of the company’s current and future financial condition and lengthy discussions involving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) and CHA. Created as […]
Voluntarily Doing the Right Thing Can Improve Health Across Tennessee
As more cities and communities grapple with ways to protect the health of residents and visitors from second-hand smoke and potential hazards of emissions from electronic cigarettes and similar nicotine delivery devices, the Department of Health is appealing for voluntary actions by individuals to make a difference. “We encourage people, in our state’s volunteer spirit, […]
Fall Leaf Report for October 14 – 19, 2015
It looks like the weather will be cooperating this weekend and color should continue to move into the mid and lower elevations in the area. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park began to show some hue changes late last week. Though Cades Cove has yet to have widespread color change, the drive to the cove […]
ILENE H. MARTIN
ILENE H. MARTIN, age 81, of New Market, TN, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 after a lingering illness. She was a retiree of the Town of Dandridge. In later years she also worked as the Marketing Director for Regency Healthcare of Morristown and the Darby House in Jefferson City. Ilene was a member of […]
From Katrina to Columbia, TWRA Wildlife Officers Answer the Call
A decade after TWRA sent Wildlife Officers to New Orleans, La. for search and rescue missions following Hurricane Katrina, officers once again answered the call to help those devastated by flooding in Colombia, S.C. On Oct. 3, eight TWRA Wildlife Officers from east Tenn. were activated by TEMA to assist with expected flooding issues associated […]
MARY LYNN ROBERT PILKINGTON
MARY LYNN ROBERTS PILKINGTON, age 61, of Jefferson City, TN passed away Monday, October 12, 2015. She was born April 28, 1954 in Harlan, Kentucky. Mary worked as a nurse and nurse practitioner in Knoxville and Jefferson City, and served for a number of years as the clinic nurse at Carson Newman University. Mary loved […]