Loudon County News

Several Loudon County farmers, representatives of UT Agricultural Extension Service and energy specialists converged on Alfred Davis' farm Wednesday afternoon to see how the switch grass project begun two years ago is progressing.

A man was arrested Monday after investigators found an indoor marijuana grow in his Maryville home.

County Commissioner Austin Shaver presented a tentative plan to fund the first phase of the county school building program without raising taxes but some commissioners questioned his ideas.

From Staff Reports Originally published: November 17. 2009 5:18PM Last modified: November 17.

Blount County Sheriff's Deputies, Maryville Police and Alcoa Police, along with members of the Loudon County Sheriff's Department arrested a Maryville man for allegedly running an indoor marijuana growing operation, according to a BCSO news release.

A key group in bringing tourism to East Tennessee faced the possibility of closing its doors.

Some Loudon County residents are not pleased to learn that the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has recently ceased collecting certain data from air monitors in the county.

Alderman Bob Markli recommended changing the name of the street on which Town Hall sits at the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Thursday, Oct.

Loudon County Visitors Bureau Monday got help from Lenoir City Council so the bureau could keep its doors open.

Someone has been tampering with the natural gas pipelines at the Greenback School in Loudon County.

Rep. Jimmy Matlock does an excellent piece calling for the end of the attack of "Racist" when ever someone disagrees on an issue.

A corn syrup manufacturing plant in Loudon County caught fire early Monday. Loudon County Fire and Rescue responded to the Tate & Lyle plant on Blair Bend Road early Monday morning.

The first frosts of this fall and the end of two years of drought have created a potentially deadly combination for cattle in East Tennessee.

With H1N1 still making headlines because of vaccine shortages and the usual scramble to get a shot to ward off seasonal flu, the topic of flu in general is on everyone's mind these days.

The Loudon County Sheriff's Department will be the recipient of a $85,000 grant from the State of Tennessee's branch of the Department of Homeland Security to secure and protect the Fort Loudoun TVA Dam and its locks from the threat of terrorist attack.

ATHENS, Tenn. a ' An East Tennessee man has been charged with vehicular homicide in a traffic accident that killed a bicyclist in Athens.

The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday anonymous tips are sufficient cause for police to stop suspected drunken drivers.

After years of planning and dreaming, months of work and preparation, and weeks surmounting glitches and setbacks, four Loudon women will be reopening the Fort Hill school building soon as a community arts center.

Investigators are asking for the public's help in tracking down a woman they say vandalized vehicles, stole what was inside, and then continued the crime spree.

It's the start of busy season for John Smook at Tennessee Valley Winery in Loudon County.