Mosheim News

A Mosheim-area man escaped serious injury about 3 a.m. today when the pickup truck he was driving struck a horse near the intersection of Lonesome Pine Trail and Marvin Road.

An elderly Mosheim man was fatally injured about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday when he pulled his car into the path of a pickup truck on U.S. 11E at its intersection with Spring Street in Mosheim.

A 90-year-old driver died Tuesday when he turned in front of another vehicle, authorities said.

A Carpenters Chapel Road man, who allegedly attempted to run down a sheriff's deputy with a car before leading officers on a Saturday afternoon chase into a Greeneville hospital, is facing multiple charges today.

Joshua Douglas Svette, of 1980 Horse Creek Park Road, was charged Saturday with burglary of an automobile in connection with a June 25 incident in which a purse was stolen from a car parked outside the Blue Springs Market in Mosheim.

Despite heat that soared into the high 90s Saturday afternoon, the 19th Annual Downtown Cruise-In, sponsored by the Volunteer State Auto Club, drew large crowds to admire beautiful cars from bygone eras.

The Town of Mosheim was strongly encouraged Thursday to consider hiring a full-time person qualified to run its Water and Sewer Department, as a way of getting control of current and future needs.

Sun Photo by Phil Gentry Emergency personnel and bystanders gather around a motorcyclist who was injured when the motorcycle, shown at right, went off Warrensburg Road about 9:25 p.m. Tuesday, struck a ditch and overturned.

A three-year-old boy was injured Saturday morning when he apparently was backed over by a sport-utility vehicle at a Cherokee Boulevard residence.

The Tender Heart Day Care in Mosheim wasn't brimming with children this morning.

A Mosheim man told Greeneville police early today that he had been stabbed in both knees by a man he didn't know during an argument on Pearl Street.

Sun Photo by Phil Gentry 'Trails' Signs Erected In County Mitch Bowman, at left, and David Cumbae erect a Civil War Trails sign on Friday in front of the Old College building at Tusculum College.

An unoccupied rental house on Click Road in the Midway community was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin early today.

Beautiful summer weather greeted the hundreds who attended the annual "Mosheim Fun Days" events this weekend.

The annual "Mosheim Fun Days" celebration will be held Saturday with a day filled full of activities on the grounds of Mosheim Elementary School.

Longtime Mosheim 1st Ward Alderman Harold Smith withstood a challenge from longtime Planning Commission member Glenn Jones with a seven-vote victory in Tuesday's election.

Greeneville voters on Tuesday elected two new aldermen, businessmen Buddy Hawk and Keith Paxton.

Sun Photo by Phil Gentry Municipal elections are being held today in Greeneville, Mosheim and Tusculum.

Two candidates, Glenn Jones and incumbent Harold R. Smith, are vying for a Mosheim alderman seat in that town's June 2 municipal election.

A western Greene County man suffered serious burns while apparently attempting to use gasoline to burn brush near his home on Tuesday night.