Jamestown News

Mrs. Kaye Evans-Rackard moved to Farragut in 1949 from Oak Ridge. Her daughter Barbara was born in Jamestown, Tenn.

You know, I know this has been a slow news week. And going out and interviewing the people of Jamestown, Tenn., about their great pride in being the place where Mark Twain was conceived is one way to fill time.

Tennessee has its fair share of literary references, but a mention by an author many view as the "father of American literature", seems to be a little off, at least at first glance.

Smiling faces dot the crowd of nearly 1,300 graduates during the Tennessee Tech commencement ceremony Saturday morning.