Dandridge News

Dandridge attorney Tom Baugh, at left, swears in the commissioner for another four-year term to expire in 2016.

With the closure of the only hospital in Scott County just days away, people are finalizing plans in the event of an emergency.

Two protesters were arrested outside of a church last week for being sex offenders too close to a day care.

The Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council pledged to do background checks on all its hires after two convicted sex offenders were arrested at a job site in Dandridge.

A very busy intersection on State Route 92 in Jefferson County, will undergo some important changes.

Two protestors have been arrested in Jefferson County for violating the sexual offender act by working to close to children.

In order to further alleviate the traffic strain on local communities, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has worked with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to establish revised detour routes for commercial and passenger traffic to bypass the I-75 landslide in Campbell County, Tennessee.

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a measure to increase the amount of cash grants available to companies looking to invest in Tennessee.

A Jefferson County woman who claimed she was shot while struggling with a home intruder admitted this morning she had concocted the story and her injuries were self-inflicted. Joy Casey Lounders, 48, told responding authorities that she had been shot in the leg and back about 8:29 p.m. Wednesday while fighting off a man who forced his way into her ... (more)

Jefferson County deputies say they received a call of a home invasion Wednesday night around 8:30 in the 100 block of Lakebreeze Drive.

The herb garden at Wisner's Farm includes rosemary and sage, which Lucy Wisner adds to her fresh baked breads.

The Tennessee Departments of Tourist Development and Transportation, in partnership with tourism organizations in seven counties in East Tennessee launched the Rocky Top Trail Tuesday, the 14th of 16 self-guided driving tours in the Discover Tennessee Trails & Byways program.

In order to make the repairs near mile marker 143 on I-75 in Campbell County, Tennessee, southbound I-75 will remain closed.

The Jefferson County Republican Women and Republican Women of the Future have already announced that the groups will host a debate on Friday, June 22nd between the four candidates vying to replace outgoing Tennessee State Senator Mike Faulk in the newly-renumbered 8th Senate District.

Southbound I-75 will remain closed south of Jellico, Tennessee until at least Thursday, May 10, so that crews can continue to stabilize a section of rock slope near mile marker 143.

The Dandridge Volunteer Fire Department says the majority of the calls it handles are in the county, but the majority of the funding comes from the town.

The ongoing fight between the mayor of Jefferson County and the county commission over school funding took center stage Thursday in Dandridge.

Breaking into a daycare and stealing from small children in need, that's the charges against 40-year-old Ronald Dandridge.