Alcoa News

Jamie Satterfield will be doing a live chat Monday from 11:30-12:30 on the Judge Baumgartner story.

Tournament: At Halls Community Park. Feb. 24-26. 6U-14U. Open to all. 865-992-5504 or hcpsports@msn.com . Tryouts: Linedrive travel team seeks 9U and 10U pitchers and catchers for Knoxville play.

A pot line at the Alcoa Tennessee smelting operation. Alcoa announced Jan. 5 that it was permanently closing its East Tennessee aluminum smelter where operations were curtailed in 2009.

A vehicle outside an Alcoa apartment complex was destroyed Thursday by a fire that firefighters believe was caused by electrical problems.

The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Bass on June 22, 2011, to an information charging him with three counts of passing counterfeit cashier's checks at a Food City location in Knoxville, the Airport Hilton in Alcoa, and at the Bass Pro Shop in Kodak, Tennessee.

Fire or false-alarm: Marvin Perez, a sophomore from Alcoa, Tenn., and Michael Matheson, a sophomore form Sevierville, Tenn., walk past Stophel on the way back from the ARC.

Brian Tapp, left, and Trey Miller, real estate brokers with NAI Knoxville, arranged what the East Tennessee chapter of CCIM calls the "Deal of the Year" - the sale of Belle Island Village, an unfinished entertainment/retail project on which Regions Bank had foreclosed.

The first time it hit, I was in the hospital recovering from surgery. I was propped up in bed watching TV when I felt a smothering sensation, as if there were no oxygen in the air I was breathing.

When you walk through the production area at GoTeez Clothing Company in Alcoa, the first things you'll notice is quiet efficiency.

Tryouts: Tennessee Ravens AAU girls summer team. Grades 8-9. 6 p.m. Feb. 13 and 7 p.m. Feb 15 in Alcoa.

The pre-trial hearing for Michael Ray Linginfelter was reset for 1:30 p.m. Feb. 16 after an arrangement was made with Blount County General Sessions Judge Robert L. Headrick.

Talley had pleaded guilty to violating an order of protection. Former Alcoa High School teacher and coach Robert Paul Talley testifies Monday in Blount County Court at a bond hearing after pleading guilty to violating an order of protection.

PHOTO SUBMITTED The Cocke County High School swim team celebrates their win over Alcoa and Blount County in the swimming pool.

Former Alcoa High School teacher and coach Robert Paul Talley had his bond raised to $250,000 and will be on house arrest with a GPS monitoring system if he makes bond.

The city of Alcoa is once again considering relocating Fire Station No. 2 on Joule Street to the former Alcoa Municipal Building property.

As nearly anyone who has adopted a dog or cat from a shelter can attest, there's something special about a rescued pet; it's as if the animal senses he's been given a second chance at life.

The company announced Wednesday that Mills River in Henderson County will be the home of its new brewery, restaurant and gift shop.

At 5:27 a.m. today, the phone rang at United Way of Blount County. Kathi Parkins, executive director of Blount County's Family Promise, an interdenominational ministry that specifically targets homeless families, took the call.

The Aldi store will be located near the intersection of Cedar Bluff and Kingston Pike.

ESL Book Club: Improve your reading and conversation skills by reading and discussing the novels Picture This and New Year's Eve Tuesdays until Feb.