Oliver Springs News

Farragut beat Centennial 6-3 and Pigeon Forge whipped Elizabethton 10--0 in baseball, while Gibbs and Oliver Springs won in softball, Maryville, Farragut and CAK advanced in soccer.

Bolling, 39, a former Anderson County commissioner who served as Oliver Springs city manager for five years and ran for Anderson County mayor in 2010, has been hired as the new Kingston city manager.

Three finalists for city manager will be interviewed Friday, and City Council may make a job offer that afternoon, Mayor Troy Beets said.

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)

Kenzie Keaton, 13, right, and Rebecca Newman, 12, were looking forward to the Dash for Cash.

She captured the hearts of many in East Tennessee with her Southern charm and vivacious vocals, and sadly, a long journey to be the next American Idol has come to a close.