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B Although the spotlight at Saturday’s annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner at The Country Club was on State House Speaker Cameron Sexton, First District Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger managed to make an appearance. “Everywhere I go, I’m talking about Hamblen County,” Harshbarger said.…

F Keep Morristown-Hamblen Beautiful will be sponsoring a Community Spring Cleanup at the Hamblen County Landfill on Sublet Rd. Saturday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. This event will include BOPAE items, such as automotive and rechargeable…

S The Morristown Fire Department visited with students at Manley Elementary School for their career day.

B The Lakeway Christian Academy Theatre Department presents Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 classic, Treasure Island, directed by Lakeway Christian Academy Theatre Program Director, Chris Morelock. “We are doing Treasure Island which is Stevenson’s most recognizable work from the late 1880s,”…

China’s Xi Jinping traveled to Moscow this week to commune with Vladimir Putin, cementing the new axis against the U.S. Compare that scene to President Biden’s proposed fiscal 2024 defense budget, which isn’t serious about matching American military power to…

Ruby (Taylor) Spence age 77, of Knoxville passed away at UT Hospital on Sunday, March 26, 2023. She faithfully attended Bridgeport Missionary Baptist Church and was a member of Raven Hill Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by…

Mary Ann Prater, 78, of Morristown, TN, left this world March 27, 2023, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Mary Ann was born September 11, 1944. She was a loving, kind and caring mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to…

Helen Orrick, 82, of Whitesburg, went to be with the Lord Monday, March 27, 2023. She was a longtime member of Catherine Nenney Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry “Tobe” and Grace Gibson; brothers, Jessie…

Maranda Lynne Merritt, age 47, of Morristown, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System. No services are scheduled. Arrangements by Westside Chapel Funeral Home.

Wilma Jane Hagen, age 89, passed away peacefully at her home in The Regency Retirement Village on March 4, 2023. Wilma was born to Helen and Frank Paige on March 31, 1933 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She moved to New…