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B Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series in which Morristown Utilities officials discuss the unprecedented stress a recent cold snap put on the power grid. At 4 a.m. on Christmas Eve, when the emails started flying and…

F Delaney Jackson, of Jefferson City, won the American Legion Post 52 speech competition Saturday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Morristown. Jackson is a junior at L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville. She competed last year where she had a…

B MATS is in need of volunteers for its annual Point in Time (PIT) count later this month. The count will be held on January 25 and 26 and will give the shelter an accurate count of the unhoused population…

F Average gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 10.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.97/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,821 stations in Tennessee. Prices in Tennessee are 11.7 cents per gallon higher than a month…

B Rhonda Paulson always wanted to adopt a child. Sunday, Paulson told her story about how that desire to adopt led to a bigger cause of helping children in foster care during the worst day of their lives, removal day.…

F There have been numerous events in recent months that have been cause for concern for the welfare of Hawkins County citizens affected by flooding conditions, ice/snowstorms, frigid temperatures and even some local wildfires. All of these somewhat rare events…

Tennessee Gov. Lee’s 2nd term inauguration set for Jan. 21 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The inauguration for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s second term is set later this month. The Republican’s office says he will take the oath of office on…

A Three U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom Jet Fighters fly past the snow-capped Mt. Fuji, the symbolic mountain of Japan, in a formation flight, Jan. 9, 1968.

B Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series with Morristown Utilities officials discussing Winter Storm Elliot’s pressure on the power grid. The storm that hit a large portion of the United States just before Christmas, dubbed Elliot, is…

B Youth Villages of East Tennessee is looking for new foster parents in the New Year. Jessi Bernardini, Youth Villages foster parent recruiter and trainer supervisor, said there are 8,000 children in the State of Tennessee who need to be…