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Midnight Elevation: 1063.45 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…

B Wednesday morning the Commander-in- Chief and Lt. Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans visited the Longstreet Museum in Russellville. Jason Bashers and Donnie Kennedy visited with local SVC Camp 1638 members to tour the Longstreet Museum on 5915…

F At the request of 4th District Attorney General James Dunn, TBI agents are investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved fatal shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon in Cocke County. Preliminary information indicates that just before 5 p.m., an officer…

F The Hamblen County School System utilizes the Walters State Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center for both graduations; being held Thursday, May 25. A multi-agency K-9 Unit will conduct a safety sweep before each graduation ceremony. Once the safety sweep…

B The Hamblen County Commission begins its budget process for the 2024 fiscal year, the theme being “Our local economy is strong.” Hamblen County Mayor presented before the commission discussing the past year and his hopes for the future. “Our…

S Mr. Harbin’s dual enrollment class at Morristown-Hamblen High School West designed and created a new top and wording for the school’s trophy case. The students utilized spare pieces of plywood and precise measurements for the lettering. They also added…

Gregory Wayne Young, age 72, of Morristown, departed this life on Friday, May 19, 2023. He was a devoted son, brother, uncle, and friend. As a teen, he was saved and was of the Baptist faith. Greg was a 1968…

Our dear mother passed away peacefully at her home in Morristown, Tennessee, on May 21, 2023, at the age of 97. Rebecca was born and raised in Etowah, Tennessee, and came to Morristown with her husband and family in 1964.…

Billy Frank “Bill” Shockley, U.S. Navy retired, age 91, of Knoxville, formerly of Talbott, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. He was a long-time member and deacon…

Robert Locke Howell, Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama passed away on May 21, 2023, at the age of 87. He was born on October 21, 1935, in Haywood County, NC, to Robert Locke, Sr. and Anna Leatherwood Howell. He was preceded…