It’s every teenager’s dream to be locked in overnight at a mall. While the stores were closed, the concourse provided an oasis of controlled chaos as the two Morristown-Hamblen High Schools celebrated the class of 2012 with Project Graduation at College Square Mall Friday night. In its 23rd year, Project Graduation continues to provide an overnight funfest for the county’s graduating classes and their friends in a safe and controlled
Friday, Jerry Kerley, 58, of Kodak and Jeffrey Whaley, 48, of Sevierville, were convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court, Knoxville, of all counts, including wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Kerley and Whaley were charged with conspiring to defraud Citizens Bank, in New Tazewell and SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., in Richmond, Va., through a mortgage fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge
Morristown City Administrator Tony Cox will receive a $3,000 pay bump for pulling off something akin to a worst-to-first financial transformation, city councilmembers unanimously resolved at a budget meeting on Friday. The 5-percent raise — 2.5 percent more than other city employees will receive beginning July 1 — will bring Cox’s total compensation to approximately $137,500. City councilmember Gene Brooks expressed concern the larger raise for Cox could alienate other
The student response to hamblenAchieves exceeded organizers’ expectations, and 131 students who might not have otherwise been able to afford it will enter community college this fall. Of the 623 Hamblen County seniors who will graduate May 18, 269, or 43 percent, participated in the hamblenAchieves program, which provides last dollar scholarships — money that fills the gap between the tuition a student is expected to pay after federal and
COCHRAN, Ga. — For the second straight year, the Walters State Senators baseball team’s season has ended in the NJCAA East Central District tournament, just one step shy of a return trip to the JUCO World Series. The sixth ranked Senators, pushed into the elimination bracket with a loss to Gordon College Friday, fell at the hands of homestanding Middle Georgia on Saturday in a 3-1 decision. The loss ends
When the sixth ranked Walters State Senators step between the white lines this afternoon for the NJCAA East Central District opener against Gordon College, they will do so with a pitching staff that is brimming with confidence. Senators coach Ken Campbell will have his pick of several arms that are red-hot, but the safe bet this afternoon is TCCAA Pitcher of the Year England Smith (9-1, 2.66) toeing the rubber
DANDRIDGE — It didn’t take Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett 13 innings to secure a victory Wednesday night at Patriot Park. The Indians took care of business in seven. Winning hurler Josh Vestal scattered three hits and struck out 10 batters as Dobyns-Bennett blanked Jefferson County, 4-0, to win the Region One-3A title. With the loss, the Patriots fall to 29-8 on the season and will square off with Bearden in Knoxville Saturday
Barile – Wolf Brynn Ellen Barile and Douglas Allen Wolf announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. The bride-elect is the daughter of Peter and Barbara (“Sami”) Barile of Morristown. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hollenberg of Adams, Wisc, the late Pete and June Barile and the late Rev. Donald T. Olson. She is a graduate of Morristown-Hamblen High School West and Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.
Hopkins – Bellissimo Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hopkins of Talbott announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Dyan Hopkins, to Jacob Wallace Bellissimo, son of Michael and Carson Hurt Bellissimo of Blackstone, Va. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Coy Alexander and Louise Hopkins of Talbott and Ann Curl and the late J.C. Hipsher of Rutledge. She graduated from Carson-Newman College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and
Dalton-Harvey Jerry and Sheila Dalton announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Tabitha Dalton, to Trevor Harvey. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Rev. Clarence and Betty Wolfenbarger of Thorn Hill and the late Jeff (Jep) Dalton of Thorn Hill. She is a 2008 graduate of Rutledge High School. She is employed at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System. The groom-elect is the son of the Rev. Kenneth and
Encore’s “Dixie Swim Club” concludes its final run this weekend on the Morristown campus of Walters State Community College. The comedy tells the story of five Southern women on a college swim team who reunite annually over the course of 33 years at a North Carolina beach cottage. Reminiscent of Encore’s production of Steel Magnolias two years ago, the show speaks to women and the bonds they share, expertly written
THE AVENGERS 3D When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. The super hero team up of a lifetime features Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black
This outlook of warm and sunny weather will lend perfection to a plethora of activities for families and Lakeway Area citizens to attend this weekend. Pomp and circumstance will fill the air multiple times over the weekend, beginning Friday, May 18 as Morristown West High School will hold commencement at 4:30 p.m. followed by Morristown East High School at 8:30 p.m. at the Walters State Community College Great Smoky Mountains
