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Come to the Oak Ridge National Day of Prayer Event May 2 at Glenwood Baptist
Everyone is invited to the annual Oak Ridge National Day of Prayer Community Event on Thursday night, May 2, hosted by Glenwood Baptist Church, 200 N. Alabama Road. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the service, which will include singing, will begin at 6:30 p.m. This year's National Day of...
Drug Take Back Day gives East Tennesseans the chance to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs
On April 27, several East Tennessee law enforcement agencies and nonprofits will collect unwanted or unused prescription medication as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
Tolerance in Tennessee
A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation. Simon & Schuster, 2023, $30; 362 pages. We know of the nine Black students who bravely enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, despite the Arkansas governor’s attempts to bar them. Many recall Norman Rockwell’s portrait of first-grader Ruby Bridges walking past a wall splattered with a tomato and a scribbled racial slur on her way to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. But the 1956 desegregation of Clinton High School in Anderson County, Tennessee, preceded both events. While it received extensive media coverage at the time, including photo essays in Look and an hour-long See it Now documentary by Edward R. Murrow, it has since been forgotten.
Nonprofits invited to apply for federal funds through United Way
Anderson County has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. Anderson County has been chosen to receive $25,571 in Phase 41 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The...
Soccer: Oneida pulls away in second half for win over AC
ONEIDA | The Indians' offense came alive in the second half, and Oneida pulled away for a 5-1 win over Anderson County on Thursday. Mason Keeton scored three goals and assisted two more to power the win. It was a 1-1 game at halftime, with Keeton scoring Oneida's first half...
National debt is topic of 2 speakers April 22 at Anderson Democratic women's meeting
The national debt and the deficit will be the topic of discussion at the Monday, April 22, meeting of the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club at the Clinton Community Center, 101 S. Hicks St. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., with a social gathering and pizza offered for...
Cleanup work underway at former American Nuclear Corp. site in Claxton
Work to clean up the former American Nuclear Corp. site in the Claxton community has begun and is going well, according to Carter Owens, on-scene coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 in the federal agency’s Superfund and Emergency Management Division. “We have completed full site radiological...
Teacher Suspended, Principal Resigns Amid Grade Manipulation Probe at Clinton High School in Anderson County
The halls of Clinton High School are echoing with more than just the sounds of students this week as an investigation unfolds into allegations of grade manipulation involving a teacher and an administrator. Anderson County Schools (ACS) announced the probe on their Facebook account, revealing that at least one student's records may have been altered to meet graduation requirements.
Safe Haven Baby Box installed at Clinton Fire Station
CLINTON, Tennessee — A Safe Haven Baby Box, a device that allows mothers to surrender their newborns safely, was installed in Anderson County and is set to be blessed this week. This baby box, which is Tennessee's fifth, is located on the back of Bay 1 at the Clinton...
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