Union County News

The Southeastern Conference and its member schools are donating $100,000 to the Pat Summitt Foundation to help fight Alzheimer's disease.

Allison Moreno Ortiz, age unavailable, of Maynardville was struck about 1:48 p.m. on Luttrell Road, according to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Phillip Wagner.

Lucinda Hopper, a candidate for Union County road superintendent, was arrested earlier in May on theft of property charges at a Kohl's store in Knox County.

The Tennessee Dept. of Transportation has nixed plans to build a new bridge over the Clinch River on State Route 33 in Union County, the agency announced on Tuesday.

Public officials in Tennessee have bragged about recent policies they deem as education reform, as they have reminded us of the need to train a work force for the challenging jobs of this century.

Sisters Kannon and McKenna Tucker have fun bouncing Friday with friend Jessica Darby at an event hosted by Tennessee Virtual Academy at Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park.

Union County Public Schools has seen an increase in student absenteeism after stopping bus service for the last eight days of the school year, according to a story on wbir.com . As previously reported , the plan to shorten the service was on the table to help address a budget shortfall of about $200,000. The district suspended all of its school bus ... (more)

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the cutback began Tuesday and will last through the end of the academic year - another seven days.

The national debate over gay marriage turns its attention South as North Carolina could be on the verge of becoming the next state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.

The intense search for a man accused of abducting a Tennessee woman and her three daughters continued Tuesday after authorities said the mother and her oldest daughter were found dead in north Mississippi, behind a house belonging to the alleged kidnapper.

A multi-state manhunt is on for a man accused of kidnapping 3 young girls and their mother.

A theater has always been in Oneida, but the existing building did get a facelift.

Roy Kruse was awarded a Citizen Service Award by the Knox County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday.