Maryville News

The homecoming for a Maryville soldier injured in Afghanistan started at the state line Thursday evening as Master Sgt.

Jessica Ramsey, 18, of Maryville is a small business owner and recent high school graduate with a jump start on college.

Celebrate one of the sweetest days of the year by commemorating National Doughnut Day with a one-of-a-kind complimentary treat from Krispy Kreme! Stop in to any participating Krispy Kreme shop for a free doughnut of any variety.

Master Sgt. Michael Trost will make his way back home Thursday. He was injured in February during an attack by insurgents in Afghanistan and spent several months recovering.

According to an Alcoa Police Department report, Wanda Smalley, 71, Harding Street, told officers that at about 1:05 p.m., while she was in her bathroom, her front door was kicked open and she came out and saw two white males standing inside her apartment.

Doc's story is well-known to fans of Appalachian music. Blind from infancy, Doc learned to play a guitar as a child.

The operation, conducted Saturday night and early Sunday, targeted areas in North and East Knoxville in response to citizen complaints and patrol officer investigations, according to a news release from KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk.

Three businesses and individuals were cited with selling alcohol to a person under 21 years old following a multijurisdictional, countywide alcohol compliance check that took place May 9-24, according to a release from the Blount County Sheriff's Office.

Rick Wilson Mr. Rick, as he is known to the students at John Sevier Elementary in Maryville, Tenn., was honored in a ceremony at the Tennessee Supreme Court building.

University of Tennessee women's basketball head coach emeritus Pat Summitt will be one of the recipients Tuesday of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a White House ceremony.

The school system is moving to a grade configuration of K-3, 4-7, 8-9 and 10-12. The system is also closing Fort Craig School of Dynamic Learning and opening Coulter Grove Intermediate School.

The date: Nov. 14, 1944. The place: Metz, France, where, in the cold rain and snow mix, a young American soldier from McMinn County almost lost his life while fighting for the liberation of France.

Area lakes and pools have certainly been busy so far this weekend, with more people trying to keep cool in these stifling temperatures.

Welcome to Southland Books Chapter 2 Bookstore, located at 2704 Mayflower Drive Maryville, TN 37801, at Hwy 411 and William Blount Drive.

As a congregation, St. John United Methodist Church in Maryville has sent disciples into Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and they support the work of others in places like the Philippines and Latvia.

Dustin Swaney pleaded guilty May 10 to a child abuse charge and was sentenced to three years and six months in prison.

From the site where a small strip shopping center once stood on East Broadway Avenue in Maryville, a shot was fired Wednesday for hearing-impaired people around the world.

School's out for the summer, and forever, for one Maryville school. But Fort Craig is getting ready for influx of kids from a whole new club.

Heading into Memorial Day weekend, drivers are finding a little unexpected relief at the pump.

A Cumberland County homeowner shoots and kills a burglar from Putnam County, while the accomplice is taken into police custody.