Anderson County News

Barry Thacker, president of Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, explains the history of the Coal Creek War during a ceremony Friday at the site of Fort Anderson on Militia Hill.

A Clinton man has been indicted in the deaths of two women as a result of a three-vehicle collision on Oliver Springs Highway last November.

After hours of line-item reviews, a key Anderson County Commission committee Thursday night recommended a no-tax-increase budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. But an 800-pound gorilla remains in the room: a Sheriff's Department budget that Sheriff Paul White contends doesn't include enough money to adequately staff a 212-bed addition to ... (more)

A man accused of luring another man half his age to a Claxton-area mausoleum, locking the door, forcing the victim to drink alcohol and then performing oral sex on him has been indicted by an Anderson County grand jury.

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel Live Music will be provided from the Gazebo at Brownworth Manor at the annual "Tribute to Business - Dinner on the Lawn" event on Friday, June 7. The Gazebo was built with stone from Norris Dam.

A July 16 trial date has been set in the case in which Tony and Terry Honeycutt, owners of the Brainerd Army Store, face federal charges of selling large amounts of ingredients allegedly used in meth production.

A Criminal Court jury has convicted a Chickamauga man of attempted second-degree murder in connection with a road rage incident in the vicinity of the Ridge Cut.

The TBI and local sheriff's deputies arrested James Wylie, 54, after he was indicted in the homicide case last week.

A grand jury indicted James Wylie, 54, on one count of criminal homicide, one count of kidnapping and one count of leaving the scene of a death or personal injury.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Anderson County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday arrested an Anderson County man indicted last week by the Anderson County grand jury for the death of a female found dead along a road in September, 2012.

A Clinton man charged in the death of a Lake City woman who fell from his moving vehicle remained in the Anderson County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping and leaving the scene of a death or personal injury.

It had all the ingredients of a heart-rending holiday tragedy: A family returning home from a shopping spree hit head-on by a drunken driver leaving a nighttime office Christmas party.

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.

The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services will create nine "recovery courts" to combat mental health and substance abuse issues in Tennessee.

It's been a truly soggy weekend throughout the region. From Friday through Monday morning, 5 inches of rain fell at Ooltewah, 4 inches at Gatlinburg and 3 inches in Anderson County.

The county's emergency management team, along with more than 40 other agencies, taught families how to deal with any circumstance - from tornadoes, to flooding and even basic survival skills.

The notion of the separation of church and state took a brief back seat to prayer Thursday on the Anderson County Courthouse steps.

Like most East Tennesseans, Chuck Fritts didn't worry too much about the bug bite on his foot.

Debbie Scarbrough of Lenoir City was recognized for her volunteering efforts during a recent American Red Cross luncheon when she was awarded the Anderson County Red Cross Humanitarian Award.