Scott County News

Limited quantities of the H1N1 flu mist have arrived in area health departments and are now available for certain residents.

A 19.7 percent unemployment rate for the month of August has moved Lauderdale County to the highest unemployment rate the state, according to the most recent U.S. and Tennessee Department of Labor reports.

At 8:37 a m. doppler radar revealed two areas of showers and thunderstorms over Scott and Campbell counties that were producing heavy rainfall and beginning to converge.

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

In this city of songs and sequins, it's not a honky-tonk. Or a recording studio.

For the first time, the Wings Over Big South Fork air show will go to two days. Bluegrass artist Sierra Hull will headline Friday's free show.

Charges are pending in connection with a one-vehicle wreck in Scott County where a passenger died, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Chitwood's report.

Monday, many East Tennesseans enjoyed a day off from their jobs in celebration of Labor Day, but some reported to work as usual.

Senator Bob Corker says he believes an agreement on health care reform can happen when Congress reconvenes next week.

Healthcare reform continues generating debate this week in legislators' town halls.

Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July 2009 was released last week at 10.7 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than the June rate of 10.8 percent.

A woman remains in the hospital today after surviving two gunshots to the face overnight from an angry ex-boyfriend, Scott County authorities said.

Higher standards and a different style of teaching in Tennessee schools this fall have East Tennessee administrators warning parents: Expect changes and maybe even a dip in grades from area students.

The Scott County Sheriff wants to change the way meals are made at the jail in an effort to cut down complaints and costs.

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

Reward money is about to expire for information about a missing East Tennessee woman who is presumed dead.

Scott County officers discovered more than they anticipated during a large drug round-up Monday.

An Oneida man is charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse for a case involving children who have third degree burns and head injuries.

An Oneida man faces two counts of aggravated child abuse after allegedly returning two children left in his care beaten and burned.

Four East Tennessee landfills have been approved to receive small amounts of coal ash from a major spill last December at a Tennessee power plant.