Blount County News

A 48-year-old Maryville man was arrested on aggravated domestic violence charges Friday after he allegedly assaulted his wife and sister at their home while brandishing a firearm.

THE DAILY TIMES Bagpipe marching bands kicked off the opening of the 2013 Highland Games at Maryville College featuring Scottish games, music, and food.

Photo by CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Blount County firefighters, assisted by Butler's Wrecker Service, hoist up an SUV from Crooked Creek onto East Lamar Alexander Parkway early Saturday morning after the vehicle struck a bridge abutment, caught fire and traveled into the creek below.

THE DAILY TIMES Heritage High School welding teacher John Davis, Principal Earl McMahan, senior Jason Cooper and Cherokee Millwright CEO Dave Bennett celebrate Cooper's upcoming trip to the SkillsUSA Championships.

Blount County dispatchers said around 3 a.m. crews responded to East Lamar Alexander Highway, between Helton Road and Tucklaleechee Pike for a car on fire.

THE DAILY TIMES Blount County Rescue Squad members pick up the Emergency Personnel Award at Friday's 11th Annual Heroes for the American Red Cross Breakfast.

The entrance to the Pellissippi Place technology research and development park. Medical sciences company ProNova Solutions is coming to Blount County, and bringing 500 jobs and $52 million in capital investment.

I no longer live in Knox County Commissioner Jeff Ownby's district, but even so, I'm hard pressed to take his court-ordered apology to constituents and others for having sex in a pub lic park seriously, coming as it did almost a year after the fact.

THE DAILY TIMES Audience member Elisabeth Spratt tells Blount County Commissioners she opposes the custom of prayer before the meetings, citing the separation of church and state.

Good morning! Hey, it's almost the weekend! Hang in there and take a look at what you can get up to before and after happy hour.

THE DAILY TIMES A Knoxville Area Transit bus travels down Merchant Drive in Knoxville.

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel Caption: LMU Caylor School of Nursing graduates participate in the candle lighting ceremony during the school's recent convocation ceremony.

According to Sevier County Sheriff's Office Capt. Jeff McCarter the May 3, fire, started by a "electrical malfunction" at the Seymour Flea Market on Chapman Highway, destroyed Bud and Nancy Counsil's business and home.

The court-ordered apology issued by Knox County Commissioner Jeff Ownby on Friday was blunt.

A Blount County judge today said a Knoxville News Sentinel editor who filed a public records request with Knox County had legal standing in a lawsuit against the county, a decision that moves the paper one step closer toward obtaining a number of emails the Knox County Law Department says are personal and are not subject to release.

Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said a 50-year-old Louisville man is in serious condition following injuries he sustained early Thursday morning.

The Daily Times Charles Blalock and Sons of Sevierville is working on a 1.5-mile project near Lenoir City which includes construction of three new bridges and dismantling the existing bridge over Fort Loudoun Dam.

Rising tax revenues enabled the Tennessee General Assembly to provide some taxpayer relief in the recently completed session, Blount County legislators agree.

A Townsend man involved in a crash on Rudd Hollow Road Friday morning was in stable condition after being taken to University of Tennessee Medical Center.

"It's amazing that she's come this far and we're so proud of her an what she's accomplished," said Hughes' mother.