New Market News

A woman was assaulted with a knife early Thursday in her Morristown motel room. The victim, Yessica Villa, told police that Mauro Alejandro of New Market had knocked on her hotel room door at the Scottish Inns on Andrew Johnson Highway.

Containers and trailers are transferred between trucks and trains at a Norfolk Southern intermodal hub.

Frank Cagle proposed in his column last week that the General Assembly should pass legislation requiring full disclosure about who owns buildings that State, county, and municipal governments might buy or rent: If a person owns a piece of property, his name is on record at the courthouse.

Police ordered visitors out of a corn maze Sunday morning in Jefferson County while they searched for two wanted felons.

A look at recent events in the news that pleased us... CONGRATULATIONS to the 125 people from 54 countries to gain U.S. citizenship at the naturalization proceeding last week.

An official with Belgium-based Nyrstar NV, which is buying idled mining operations in Jefferson and Knox counties, said it is too early to say how many jobs will be created when the mines are reopened but noted that it has typically required a work force of about 400 for full production.

The secrecy of local government officials in the proposed intermodal rail facility is a cause for concern.

Norman Smith was selected the new chairman of the Cocke County Legislative Body during Monday's regular meeting.

East Tennessee Zinc Co., which operated zinc mines in East Knox and Jefferson Counties and employed about 400 workers before being shut down late last year, is being sold to Belgium mining company Nyrstar NV for $126 million.

The Tennessee Valley Fair is in full swing this weekend. While most people go there to have fun, many are going to win some money.

The New Market Fire Department battled a mobile home fire for nearly three hours early Wednesday morning.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Jefferson County officials who signed a confidentiality agreement with railroad company Norfolk Southern over a proposed freight facility in New Market said such agreements are business as usual for many elected officials, but that doesn't appear to be the case for other local governments.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - While Jefferson County officials work to bring a proposed Norfolk Southern railroad-truck facility to the county, a group of residents say they are angry at the way the officials are trying to force them into sharing their farmland with industrial development.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - While Jefferson County officials work to bring a proposed Norfolk Southern railroad-truck facility to the county, a group of residents say they are angry at the way the officials are trying to force them into sharing their farmland with industrial development.

Amid the sounds of kettle corn and screaming children on rides at the kickoff of the Jefferson County fair Thursday, the sound of silence may have been the most deafening.

State Rep. Frank Niceley has been lobbying against the placement of a railroad-truck interchange facility in Jefferson County that would bring jobs to his district in preference for a site in Knox County that could increase the value of property he and his family own in Mascot.

Norfolk Southern plans to announce the location of its new intermodal facility for the Memphis area on Thursday.

Is it right for public officials to sign contracts forbidding them to tell constituents about plans that could dramatically change their communities? The question arises in Jefferson County, where the mayor and two commissioners signed nondisclosure agreements with Norfolk Southern.

Wyn Miller said she would consider giving up her farm if it would help the community, but after a meeting Thursday night, she's still not convinced she needs to.

I read with interest about the intermodal yard Norfolk Southern plans to build in New Market.