1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (304+ words) Board Member Nadine Jackson reads the resolution to name the football field at Midway High School Branson-Wheaton Field. The football field at Midway High School is being named Branson-Wheaton Field after two longtime coaches. The Roane County Board of Education…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (304+ words) Board Member Nadine Jackson reads the resolution to name the football field at Midway High School Branson-Wheaton Field. The football field at Midway High School is being named Branson-Wheaton Field after two longtime coaches. The Roane County Board of Education…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (258+ words) U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett told Campbell County voters to elect David Greene for county commissioner in District 1 at a Greene rally at Greeneview Farms Market on Friday night. Burchett, a Republican, is running for re-election this year to the U.S. House of…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (926+ words) Overview of the excavated track surface with a mix of deeper hippopotamus and antelope footprints and shallower hominin tracks visible. (Kay Behrensmeyer / Smithsonian via SWNS) Fossil footprints reveal that an ancient human relative was much taller than previously thought and…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (143+ words) Trevor Helton was apprehended in Roane County on July 23 after an hours long manhunt. The search for a man suspected of stealing a semi-truck ended in Roane County on July 23. Early that morning, the Tennessee Highway Patrol reportedly contacted the…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (624+ words) If my father were asked “if the United States is a ‘Christia… Two weeks ago, I prefaced a response to the question “Is the United States a Christian nation?” with Alexander Pope’s warning that “fools rush in where angels fear…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (163+ words) The Sevierville Rotary Club installed its Board of Directors for the 2026-2027 Rotary year during its annual installation ceremony. Pictured (left to right) are Lynn McClurg, Noah Smith, Emily Whaley, Tim Bismarck, Shaun Fulco, Donna Huffaker, Jill Dillner, and Marty Duncan....

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (379+ words) Roane State has announced the launch of a new Applied and Innovative Technology Division, appointing Dr. Sylvia Pastor as founding dean to lead the next generation academic unit. The addition becomes the college’s fifth academic division, joining Health Sciences, Humanities,…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (134+ words) The Harriman Recreation Department Youth Camp. The Harriman Recreation Department recently hosted a youth football and cheer camp for the community. The camp had about 60 kids participate, according to Director Zack Sterner. “It’s extremely important to give these kids an…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (703+ words) The Great Colonnade at Apamea, a major Roman city in western Syria, in June 2005, before the entire area around the street began to be heavily looted in 2011 to 2012. (Jesse Casana via SWNS) The devastating extent of "mechanized looting" across dozens…...