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John “Buddy” Maynard Fox Jr. passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at home in Morristown, TN. John (Buddy) was born on September 15, 1933 in Hamblen County to his father John Maynard Fox Sr. and his mother Annie Mae…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the…

A man who was swimming from a boat on Fort Loudoun Lake near Concord Park drowned this afternoon.  At approximately 2 p.m., a man swam from a vessel towards the shore, went under, and did not resurface.  Witnesses assisted in…

B The Yankees used strong pitching and timely hitting for a 4-2 triumph over the Cardinals to win the Morristown Little League city championship at McAmis-Sempkowski Field. Collin Rouse and Caleb Shepard played the key roles for the champs both…

B The Nationals and the Blue Jays converged at Popkin Field on Friday night in the Championship game of the Morristown Parks and Rec minors division. The Nationals emerged the victors, edging out the Blue Jays 7-5. When the two…

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Midnight Elevation: 994.10 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 units…

Midnight Elevation: 1065.91 Cherokee was built to generate hydroelectric power during the World War II emergency, but it also plays an important role as one of the chains of TVA-managed reservoirs that have prevented billions of dollars in flood damage over…

B The former Belk and Bradley buildings in downtown Morristown have a new owner and, combined with adjacent purchases, the historic duo will form a new centralized hub of development in the growing community. The entire block of buildings intersecting…

B Thursday evening Hamblen County Sheriff Chad Mullins presented his portion of the 2023-2024 Fiscal year budget at the commission’s finance committee meeting. Mullins presented the committee with grants the department has received which will offset several increases in the…