Avoid Home Damage from Frozen Pipes
When temperatures plunge across the Volunteer State, insurance claims for frozen pipe water damage are sure to follow. The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) urges the public to act now to reduce the risk of freezing and bursting water pipes. “You must be proactive to avoid becoming a victim of frozen water pipes,” […]
Lengthy Agenda for First Budget Meeting of 2016
The Jefferson County Budget Committee met for the first time in 2016 on Monday, January 11th, in the Historic Jefferson County Courthouse. Committee Chairman Scarlett called the meeting to order. Absent from Roll Call was committee member Tucker. Following the Approval of the minutes, with a Motion from committee member Solomon and 2nd from committee […]
Public Service Committee Elects Officers
The Jefferson County Public Service Committee met Monday night for their first meeting since June 2013. The meeting opened with a review of the minutes from the April and June 2013 meetings, which were accepted in a motion by Turner (2nd Seals). Next on the agenda was the appointing of officers. Seal was elected as […]
DULCIE STRANGE
Dulcie Strange, age 87 of Morristown, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Morristown. She was retired from Howard Brothers Pharmacy. Dulcie is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Cecil Strange; sister, Ann McCray of Sugar Land, […]
WILLIAM A. COX
WILLIAM A. COX, age 45, of Dandridge (Chestnut Hill Community) passed away Monday January 11, 2016. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Carol Elmore Cox; children, Heather Cox, Tiffany Cox and Will Cox; granddaughter, Hailey Cox; mother, Betty Sue Cox; brothers, Adam Cox and Heath Johnson; sister, Kathy Brown Moser. Funeral services […]
Jefferson County Dominates Cocke County in Another Sweep
The Jefferson County Patriots had a successful sweep against the Cocke County Fighting Cocks Friday night. Dumplin Valley was buzzing with excitement as both the Girls and Boys basketball teams hosted Cocke County. The first quarter of the girls’ game was somewhat of a struggle for the Lady Patriots, with Cocke county pulling ahead for a […]
Lady Vols Winning Streak Ends with Florida
Despite a strong, aggressive start, the Tennessee Lady Vols did not succeed in their match up with the University of Florida Gators, Thursday night. Full court press action by both the Lady Vols and the Gators, the first quarter ended with Tennessee pulling to a 25-16 lead, due to epic scoring and aggressive rebounding. The second quarter, however, […]
School Board Looks at White Pine Plans
The Jefferson County School Board met last week to discuss and vote on design plans for the renovation and additions to White Pine School. A project that has joint funding from the County Commission and the School Board, the White Pine School renovation was bound to a $2 million dollar price tag. However, design plans […]
Snow Days
Do you know how many snow days Jefferson County Schools have to use? Not that the weather hasn’t been warmer than normal but I saw that we could be getting some snow either this week or next week. Yes, there are ten snow days that are accumulated from an extended school day and would not […]
The Buzzz!!
The buzz word this week is “fees.” The education hive met last week and discovered that two dips in the honey jar may not bee enough to spread around. Buzzy Bees in the know are buzzing that if the drones don’t huddle bee fore the second drop of the gavel it will bee a moot […]
White Pine Rennovations
Two million dollars just doesn’t buy what it did twenty years ago, when the building programs for Jefferson County first began. This was never more evident than it was last week, as the School Board met to take a look at what they can get for a couple of million bucks for White Pine School. […]
Stephen King’s “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams”
Well, everyone, Christmas has come and gone, and that means there are a slew of new books lining my bookshelves that I have to talk about. First and foremost is a book by Stephen King that I’ve been dying to get my hands on for quite awhile: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Bazaar is the […]
JAMES A. “JIM” MOORE
JAMES A. “JIM” MOORE, age 78, of Dandridge, TN passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016. He was the son of the late Ted and Geneva Moore. Preceded in death by his brothers, Wilburn Moore, Ralph Moore, Gene Moore; sister, Bernice Lambert. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Charlene Vickery Moore; daughters, […]
JUDY L. NANCE
JUDY L. NANCE, age 68, of Jefferson City, TN passed away at 12:55 a.m. Friday, January 8, 2016 at her residence following a brief illness. She was of the Baptist faith, and was owner and operator of Jefferson City Florist. Preceded in death by husband, L. C. “Shorty” Nance; parents, Taylor F. and Roxie E. […]
ESTHER SOTO
ESTHER SOTO, age 68, of Talbott, TN formerly of New York and Arizona, passed away at 6:41 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2016 at her residence following an extended illness. She was a member of Heritage Fellowship Church. She was a retired secretary from Phoenix Elementary School District. Preceded in death by her mother and father, […]
Haslam Appoints Roger Amos Page to Tennessee Supreme Court
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Roger Amos Page of Madison County to the Tennessee Supreme Court, replacing Justice Gary R. Wade, who retired in September. Page, 60, has been a judge on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals since his appointment by Haslam in December 2011, writing more than 330 appellate opinions. He previously […]