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Jerry Lynn Ball, age 32, of White Pine, passed away Friday, July 28, 2023 at The Serenity House. The family is planning a private memorial service for a later date. Arrangements by Stetzer-Bales Funeral Home.

The Federal Reserve is almost certainly going to lift the benchmark interest rate Wednesday to nearly 5.5$, a stunning rise from practically zero in March 2022. The Fed was too slow to recognize inflation’s painful bite, which reached more than…

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Midnight Elevation: 991.45 Work on Douglas Dam began in February 1942 and was completed on a crash schedule in just 12 months and 17 days—a world record for projects of equivalent size. It is a hydroelectric facility with four generating…

Phillip Turner Raines (Phil), 73, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack in Fairbanks, Alaska on July 6, 2023 – on the last day of a two week vacation with friends. He was born in Newport, TN…

B The sound of simulated gunfire echoed throughout the Humanities building Thursday morning at Carson-Newman University as an active shooter scenario began. This exercise was part of an effort to prepare responding agencies including the media, law enforcement and emergency…

B As of 10:30 a.m. on July 27, members of the newly established School Resource Officer Unit at the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office were officially sworn-in by Judge Doug Collins. The newly-minted SROs include: Devon Gillett, Samuel Swatzell, Mark Holbert,…

F The United Way of Hamblen County recognized the Pacesetter companies for this year’s campaign on Thursday: Colortech, Lakeway Container and Sonoco. “These are marquee companies in our community, and the role of the Pacesetters is so, so important,” Campaign…

F Two of three Witt Utility Board members face an ouster hearing following a meeting earlier this month of a new state regulatory board. Previously, the state had given Witt Board members Michael Rouse and Michale Phagan until the fall…

B Haiden Fultz, the 16-year-old McDonald’s employee who made national news back in June when he paid for a man’s meal while on the clock, received an act of kindness of his own on Thursday. The staff of the McDonalds…