Morristown News

The Knoxville-based law firm Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, P.C. announces the opening of a Chattanooga office, effective May 1. The new Wimberly Lawson office is shared with the existing Chattanooga law firm Bob E. Lype & Associates, at 6181 Vance Road, Chattanooga.

Crews were called to 608 Equestrian Circle in the Blount County section of Seymour just after 3:00 a.m. Monday morning.

Uwe Romeike works with Lydia, Josua and Christian during their home schooling session in the dining room of their home in Morristown, Tenn., on April 2, 2009.

Memorial Day is more than just the kick-off to a great Tennessee summer. It's a day to reflect and remember the brave men and women who gave their lives for America's values and freedom.

Officers say Forester Bowling, Jr, 41, was seen leaving his home on KY-840 in the Baxter Community on Thursday, May 9 at 4:30 a.m. Officers say Forester Bowling, Jr, 41, was seen leaving his home on KY-840 in the Baxter Community on Thursday, May 9 at 4:30 a.m. Morristown police say Kenneth D. Robertson, 52, was shot at his home on Jarnigan Avenue ... (more)

Two East Tennessee natives who now work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation are among the finalists for one of the highest honors given to civilian federal employees.

In Tennessee, the Officer Down Memorial Page reports 577 fallen officers, but in Morristown and Hamblen County, there's been only one recorded death of an officer, which happened in 1942.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with homemade chocolates and candies from The Chocolate Ladies.

Ahoy Mates! The Knoxville Zoo is getting geared up for Princess and Pirate's day.

But a discussion, initiated by senior VW executives in Germany, about whether the Chattanooga facility might need a union now is raising alarms within the local business community.

BY KEN LITTLE STAFF WRITER All four people involved in a deadly two-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon in Morristown have Greene County ties.

Two people were killed Sunday in a car crash after the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to slid across a raised grassy median on East Morris Boulevard in Morristown and collide with an SUV, according to police.

Morristown storyteller Jim Claborn, one of my partners in crime on the "Talk Is Cheap" comedy tour, has many hilarious routines.

Those interviewed include Tracy Baker, Sevierville assistant city manager; David Rutherford, McMinnville city manager; David Bolling, former Oliver Springs city manager and now city manager in Newcastle, Maine; Austin Gilley, city administrator in Medicine Lodge, Kan.; Gregory Wood, Mansfield, Ga., former Jasper County, Ga., county administrator; ... (more)

The 200th anniversary celebration at Cedar Grove Baptist Church will feature a special guest preacher for the historic event May 19.

Stephen Brown, left, and Brittany Bazan, right, highlight their graphic design work in the final senior art show of the year in Carson-Newman's Omega Gallery.

Camp: June 3-6 for Hardin Valley Academy Elite Instructional Camp for rising sixth- through ninth-graders from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. hvabaseball@hotmail.com . Tryout: June 6 for Hardin Valley Middle School for rising sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, 2 p.m. at Hardin Valley.

The Greeneville Career Center affiliated with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is one of dozens of such centers across the state that will be closing.

Cocke County Partnership President Don Hurst told members of the EDC Executive Committee at their meeting Thursday that meetings have been held with leaders of Tennessee Technological Centers in Morristown and Knoxville "to bring classes here." While many Cocke County citizens already travel to those cities for classes, "time, money, and gas costs ... (more)

The Morristown woman who was reportedly grazed by a bullet fired by an 86-year-old Bulls Gap woman during a Feb.