Three school systems in the region are opening late today. Fentress County and Oneida city schools will open one hour late.

Citing economic pressures, Armstrong Flooring will idle its strip mill, finish line, and yard operations at the Oneida plant, putting about 260 employees out of work as of April 9. The parquet, floor care, chemical plant, and warehouse operations on-site will continue.

Loan servicing company Semperian LLC has notified the state it is laying off 45 people at its Knoxville office effective Dec.

Authorities on Sunday seized a methamphetamine lab in a bust that is being called the largest meth bust in Scott County's history.

A pioneer for women in East Tennessee turns 100 today. Bromma Pemberton-Linville was born in 1909 in Oliver Springs.

A motorcycle rider died today when his cycle ran off the road in the middle of a wheelie, authorities said.

An 85-year-old Oneida woman was killed this afternoon when she pulled into the path of a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 27 in Scott County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Following a review of maintenance costs over the past year, County Commission's Emergency Service Committee has voted to purchase three new units for the Scott County Ambulance Service.

The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has suspended the license of Oneida physician Dr.

HUNTSVILLE Two persons have been charged in connection with a forgery case that allegedly involved forged checks being passed at businesses in the Fairview area, as well as local banks.

HUNTSVILLE a ' A Scott County man has been accused of using a cellular phone to send nude photos of himself to an 11-year-old child.

Kobo said in the Oneida Forum:

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A proposal to hire a correctional healthcare firm at an annual cost of $99,737.60 to serve the inmates at the Scott County Jail was presented to County Commission's Intergovernmental Committee here Monday evening.

A flu outbreak shuts down after-school activities in the Oneida City School District.

In an indictment unsealed Monday, Andrew J. Ellis, 19, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.

Ellis was the driver of a vehicle involved in a Sept. 5 accident on Coopertown Road in West Oneida. According to an accident report filed by Trooper Mark Chitwood of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident occurred when a Mitsubishi Mirage driven by Ellis left the roadway and crashed through two board fences before striking a farm house some 579 ft. from the point it left the highway.

Ernest Green, 19, of Helenwood, was the passenger in the vehicle. Both Green and Ellis were airlifted to UT Medical Center in Knoxville, where Green was pronounced dead. Ellis was treated for serious injuries and later released.

In the indictment, which was returned by a Scott County grand jury on Oct. 6, prosecutors alleged that Ellis was under the influence of an illegal substance.

Ellis was arraigned in Scott County Criminal Court Monday morning.

Chancellor Charles Manning announced today that the Tennessee Board of Regents system is experiencing a substantial increase in its fall enrollment.

A Scott County grand jury has charged a man and a woman with TennCare fraud in cases involving prescription drug sales.

Dr. Matthew Mancini, left, accompanies Dr. Hobart a oeGeorgea Akin in Akina s hand-built 1914 Model T Ford across the Royal Gorge Bridge in Pueblo, Colo.