Maryville News

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

The brass ring may not have been up for grabs Jan. 13, but a Blount County teen definitely has her sights set on the gold - the Gold Award, that is, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.

State Sen. Doug Overbey has concluded the first of several meet-and-greets scheduled with constituents in Blount and Sevier counties, visiting four Maryville businesses Saturday morning and speaking with area residents.

East Tennessee developer Mike Ross, facing a series of challenging legal issues in recent months, has received good news in a pair of cases.

The newspaper said 560 facilities have never received more than a one star rating nationwide after the federal government started grading nursing homes in late-2008. Summit View of Farragut, Hillcrest Healthcare-North in Northeast Knox County and Colonial Hills Nursing Center in Maryville made the list.

Drug Task Force investigators arrested three people and cited three others in a drug bust at a Maryville home Thursday evening.

Knox County officials are taking a second look at the 2009 death of a 4-month-old girl now that her father faces child abuse charges in Blount County involving injuries to his infant daughter.

Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said today six individuals were either arrested or cited as the result of a search warrant executed by the 5th Judicial Drug Task Force Thursday evening.

To get the privilege, Rayburn must pay royalties. She also needs to make sure each flavor tastes like the real thing.

MARYVILLE - The Blount County Grand Jury decided not to indict a Louisville man on charges in a 2010 house fire that claimed the life of his estranged girlfriend.

The owners of Colonial Hills Nursing Center intend to apply for a certificate of need to allow for a $15 million renovation and to reopen the Maryville nursing home that was closed following termination of its Medicare and Medicaid provider agreement.

"I knew I was going to die in it, and I needed to get help," she said. For 13 years, Stacie lived for her opiate addiction and thrived on the euphoric high she got from prescription pills.

Jeremy S. Hancock, 29, of 1003 Tipton Station Road, Knoxville, Tenn.; Melissa L. Strange, 40, of 255 Cherokee St., Seymour, Tenn.; Christopher Hulsey, 32, of Maryville, Tenn.; and Korey S. Mitchell, 21, of Sevierville, Tenn.

Blount Co. authorities have charged Hank Anthony Stropp with aggravated animal cruelty after a neighbor reported that a dog appeared to be starving.

Chris Pickering will perform on the WDVX Blue Plate Special. The free broadcast begins at noon at the Knoxville Visitor Center.

The former payroll coordinator at a mobile home factory pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to keeping former employees on the payroll, cashing their checks and keeping the money.

Heritage's agriculture department dedicated a memorial garden to Michael "Justin" Mize, who died Feb.

Entrepreneur Ron Hicks opened the business Nov. 5 beside Firehouse Subs at the intersection of Washington and High streets in Maryville.

Restore Our Future Inc. : spent $18.1 million; raised $30.2 million. No Tennessee donors.

His mother was a teacher in Knoxville and her uncle, Frank Smith, was a former commissioner of education for the state.