HOLA hosts orientation for robotic program
B HOLA Lakeway hosted orientation for its new RoboThinKids Program, Saturday morning. The program is designed to teach students problem solving and analyzing skills as they build, code and play with robots. The 12 weeks program is sponsored by the…
Traffic lights at Bellwood and West AJ to come online
F As the Bellwood Farms development comes online, new traffic signals are in place at South Bellwood Road and West Andrew Johnson Highway. Bellwood Farms will be adjacent – just to the East – of the Merchants Greene shopping area.…
Jefferson City Ashley Homestore recognized
B Ashley Homestore in Jefferson City has won the Store of the Year and say they owe it all to the outpouring of support from the community. “We opened the store November 13th 2020 and just had a really strong…
Snapshot
The downtown hanging baskets have returned again to welcome the summer. The city gets the flowers from Martin’s Greenhouse in Rogersville and are cared for by the Public Works Horticulture crew.
Accused Brooklyn embezzler arrested in Dandridge
F An alleged embezzler out of Brooklyn, New York was taken into custody in the Dandridge area by Jefferson County Deputy Josep Reiber. Reiber was contacted in April by New York authorities who believed that a former Brookly Paralegel named…
aMAYzing Friday
Famous Disney characters played by Mary Katherine Rogers, Jason West and Halie Clary post for a picture with a young attendee at the Morristown Parks and Recreation’s “aMAYzing Friday,” at Fred Miller Park.
Rock of Ages Cemetery hosting effort to clean grave markers for black veterans
F There will be an effort to clean black veteran headstones at the Rock of Ages Cemetery in Morristown on May 27 at 10 a.m. The cemetery is home to more than 200 graves, including more than 65 graves belonging…
Some good and some bad in school safety bill
Kudos to Gov. Bill Lee for signing into law legislation that will place more school resource officers in Tennessee public and private schools and funnel additional money into school security upgrades. However, the same bill contains make-work provisions requiring every…
Samuel Doak Chapter NSDAR gives JROTC Award to Grainger High’s Stephanie Pheiffer
F Stephanie Pheiffer received the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Bronz Medal, a certificate, and check from the Samuel Doak Chapter NSDAR at Grainger High School on May 12, 2023. Recipients must have demonstrated…
DAR recognizes East and West scholarship winners
F Morristown East High School’s Olivia Lamb and Morristown West High School’s Annabeth Workman received the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Bronze Medal, a certificate, and check from the Samuel Doak Chapter NSDAR at East…

