The Morristown Regional Airport Commission voted unanimously Thursday afternoon to award the bid for the airport fixed-base operator to Morristown Air Service, a company owned by businessman Ben Williamson. Williamson has had the FBO contract for years and bested two other bidders, Morristown Flying Service and Charles L. Greenlee Jr., to win the contact. “We were thrilled,” Williamson said Thursday afternoon. “We’ve represented the city for 13 years and we
The Hamblen County Commission approved economic impact studies for tax increment financing at Masengill Springs and the Downs at Wallace Farm Thursday. TIFs are multi-year partial property tax deferments developers and the Industrial Development Board of the City of Morristown use to pay for public improvements — like storm drainage, sewer and roads — and can’t be used on buildings or to the projects themselves. Taxpayer dollars aren’t used for
Fourth Judicial District Attorney General James Dunn confirmed the identity of the former Bean Station police officer and Grainger County deputy arrested in connection with a pharmacy robbery that left two people dead and two others fighting for their lives. The suspect, Jason Bryan Holt, 37, of Bean Station, allegedly entered the Down Home Pharmacy in Bean Station shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday morning to rob the pharmacy of oxycodone.
Saturday, fans will have the opportunity to meet up and coming country music stars Aaron Parker and Jessica Nixon before they perform at Citizen Tribune-Jefferson Federal amphitheater during the Take it to the Lake celebration at Cherokee Park. “Aaron Parker and Jessica Nixon will be doing meet and greets at East Tennessee Nissan Saturday, May 25, at 11 a.m. This is a free event to meet them before the show.
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education released its “Pathways to the Prize” guidebooks for the school and district level winners of the 2012 S.C.O.R.E. Prize Wednesday. Hamblen County Schools won the organization’s district level prize that — like the elementary, middle and high school prizes — is awarded to those the organization deems to have most drastically improved student academic achievement in Tennessee. The win was announced in October, and
On Thursday, May 30, the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, the Lakeway Civil War Preservation Association and the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce will host an open house, tour and panel discussion about preservation efforts at Bethesda Presbyterian Church and the historic home that once served as the headquarters of Confederate General James Longstreet. The free event takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It begins with a reception at Bethesda
The same storm system that wreaked havoc on the plains states and dropped a killer tornado on Moore, Okla. continues to bring wind and rain to the Lakeway Area. The leading edge of the system, which is expected to arrive in the area on Thursday, brought showers and thunderstorms to much of the area Tuesday afternoon. Meteorologist Tim Doyle with the National Weather Service Office in Morristown said showers and
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials have confirmed that bears have been sighted in the Russellville area. “It’s just that time of year,” said Hamblen County Wildlife Officer Sgt. Nathan Ripley. He explained that bear sightings in the country are often young, transient males looking for food sources and to find a new territory. If the food sources, such as trash and pet food, are taken away, the bears will move
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will explore allegations a former Morristown-Hamblen Humane Society employee stole at least $51,130 from the agency, District Attorney General C. Berkeley Bell Jr. announced this morning. If the TBI substantiates the allegations detailed in a state comptroller’s office investigative audit, the findings will be presented to a Hamblen County grand jury, according to Bell. Hamblen County Mayor Bill Brittain, who requested the audit after financial
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