Vols Ranked 25th in Preseason Coaches Poll
For the first time since 2008, Tennessee football occupies a place in the Amway Coaches Poll. Released Thursday, the preseason Amway Coaches Poll shows the Vols ranked at No. 25 to open the year. Tennessee’s last ranking in the Coaches Poll was also a preseason consideration when, in 2008, it was listed at No. 18. […]
Corker Says Senate Highway Bill Represents “The Very Worst of Washington”
U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) released the following statement today after voting against the Senate highway bill. The legislation uses 10 years of budget gimmicks and questionable policy changes to pay for only three years of spending. “The Highway Trust Fund is one of the largest budgeting failures in the federal government, and I am […]
CHARLES ALLEN PRIEST
A Celebration of Allen’s Life is scheduled to begin at 11:00am on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at his home in Newport.
Appalachian Electric Cooperative’s Greg Williams Invited to White House
Appalachian Electric Cooperative’s Greg Williams was one of 30 electric cooperative General Managers invited to the White House on July 24 to discuss progress on energy efficiency initiatives and efforts related to renewable energy development. Officials from the White House Rural Council and the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service facilitated the discussion, which was designed to […]
The Truth about Sharks
Danger: shark attack (or more properly, say scientists, shark bite). With sharks swimming ever closer to shore this summer–or seeming to–and crossing paths with surfers and bathers, what’s going on? To learn what motivates a shark, the National Science Foundation (NSF) talked with two grantees who are shark biologists: Nick Whitney of the Mote Marine […]
NELL WALTERS MITCHELL
Nell Walters Mitchell, age 91 of New Market, TN passed away at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. She was a member of New Market Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Fred “Ted” Mitchell, parents, Oscar N. and Lillie M. Walters, siblings, Mossie Lee Haworth, Hazel Butcher, John Walters, […]
APRIL LYNN GRANT
APRIL LYNN GRANT, age 50, of Dandridge, TN passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015. She was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and was generous to a fault. She will be remembered as being a stubborn, very frugal, creative and talented person that never met a stranger and had a wonderful gift of gab. […]
FSG Vice President Receives Commercial Lending Certification
Debbie Stepp, a vice president and commercial banking officer with FSG Bank, recently graduated from The Southeastern School of Commercial Lending. She completed the intensive, one-week program concentrated on all aspects of commercial lending at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Over the course of the week, she took […]
A Celestial Double Dose
Stargazers will have something extra to look forward to Friday night, and may be confused as to why there is a full moon in the sky when we just saw one on July 2nd. Friday, July 31, 2015 will see a blue moon. Strangely, there are two common definitions for a blue moon, one being […]
Jefferson City Public Library Relocation Update – Annual Book Sale August 11-14, 2015
The relocation is coming along nicely! We expect to reopen at the new facility (108 City Center Drive, Jefferson City TN 37725) on August 11th, 9AM. Our sister libraries, Dandridge Memorial Library (DML), Parrott-Wood Memorial Library (PWML) and White Pine Public Library (WPPL) are available to serve you. As a Jefferson County Public Library System […]
Jefferson County FCE Invited to Grainger County FCE Potluck Picnic, August 18, 2015
The Jefferson County Family and Community Education Clubs have been invited to Grainger County’s FCE potluck picnic at Grainger County Park on August 18th. Time is 11 AM. Therefore the New Market FCE has cancelled our regular meeting scheduled August 13th. Grainger County FCE has asked Janet Fowler to do a presentation about the History of the Cherokee Indians in Eastern Tennessee. […]
Iran Nuclear Agreement Misguided, Dangerous
Last week, the Obama administration announced an agreement had been reached in nuclear talks between the Iran and the United States, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. The White House claims this agreement will prevent a nuclear Iran, but I believe this deal will jeopardize our national security and regional stability. I have to ask, […]
ETSU Women’s Golf Earns National Ranking
The East Tennessee State University women’s golf team was nationally recognized by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) on Friday for the Buccaneers’ academic achievement during the 2014-15 season. ETSU’s team of Vivenne Chin (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia), Rachel Pollock (Guelph, Ontario, Canada), Linda Dobele (Ogre, Latvia), Dominika Czudkova (Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic), Allyson Dunn […]
DARLENE WOODS SATTERFIELD
DARLENE WOODS SATTERFIELD, age 76 of Dandridge, TN passed away July 28, 2015. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Dandridge. She retired from the US Post office in Dandridge TN. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many. Proceeded in death by her husband, Bill Satterfield; parents, Bill and […]
Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman”
Anyone who has been following recent literary news has probably heard an intense amount of uproar regarding Harper Lee’s “new” book, Go Set a Watchman. Let me start off by saying this book was doomed in the public eye from the start. When an author writes a masterpiece like To Kill a Mockingbird and proceeds […]
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
It is time that the people in Jefferson County make it clear that we do not expect and will not accept anything but professional behavior from those that represent us. Be it an elected official or a department head or a part time water boy, if they are representing the citizenship of Jefferson County they […]