Morristown News

Chickamauga re-enactment will be huge

The Knoxville News Sentinel - Wed Aug 20

The 145th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 18-20, 1863, promises to be one of the largest re-enactments in the history of the region, according to Ed Hooper, editor and publisher of the ...

Council to Koch Foods: Pay your bill

Citizen Tribune - Wed Aug 20

The era of playing nice with Koch Foods over the hundreds of thousands of dollars it owes to city government for sewer-related expenses ended abruptly Tuesday afternoon.

Faith organization lending a hand

Citizen Tribune - Wed Aug 20

More than 30 volunteers spent Saturday helping a local handicapped woman with much needed clean up and landscaping on her property in Morristown.

2008 sales tax shows first decline in 18 years

Citizen Tribune - Tue Aug 19

On a year-to-year basis, the 2008 fiscal year sales-tax collections inside the Morristown city limits were the worst since current high school seniors started kindergarten, state revenue department statistics ...

MPD praised for dedication at open meeting

Citizen Tribune - Tue Aug 19

With several members of the Morristown Police Department on hand - decked out in the dress uniforms and filling nearly half of the City Council Chambers - three members of an accreditation team listened to ...

Minimum wage? Grainger County EMTs among lowest paid in state

Citizen Tribune - Mon Aug 18

When Mathew Stapleton first told his friends he was planning to become an emergency medical technician they tried to discourage him.

Super turnout for Super Auction

Citizen Tribune - Sun Aug 17

A benevolent breeze skirted across the grounds of the Boys & Girls Club of Morristown Saturday, as Richie Broyles led participants and spectators alike through a heated live auction of vehicles - including a ...

Drug Task Force falsely arrests 2 separate people

Knoxville News Sentinel - Sat Aug 16

Task Force facts The 4th Judicial District Drug Task Force is comprised of officers pooled from law enforcement agencies in Sevier, Cocke, Jefferson and Grainger counties.

August 8, 2008 - Three Guatemalans Plead Guilty to Identification Document Fraud

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Sat Aug 16

Sentencing for all three men has been set for December 2, 2008, at 1:00 p.m., in United States District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee, before the Honorable Leon Jordan, United States District Judge.

Collision claims Whitesburg man

Knoxville News Sentinel - Fri Aug 15

News Sentinel staff Originally published 11:07 a.m., August 15, 2008 Updated 11:07 a.m., August 15, 2008 A 34-year-old Hamblen County man died in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer rig on U.S. Highway ...