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'You're not going to get away with robbing them blind' | Grocery store theft increasing in Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Retail theft is on the rise in Tennessee. That's the word from Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association President and CEO Rob Ikard. On April 25, Maryville chef Clement Milanzi was arrested by police and accused of stealing thousands of dollars of meat at grocery stores in Knoxville, Lenoir City and Maryville.
Protomet to receive $2.5M grant to take over Albahealth facility in Rockwood
(The Center Square) – Protomet Corp. will receive a $2.5 million economic development grant for its $25 million investment to buy and retrofit the former Albahealth building on North Gateway Avenue in Rockwood, Tenenssee for its engineering and manufacturing operations. Protomet will add 250 jobs at the new Roane County facility to support the company’s other manufacturing operations in Loudon and Anderson counties. ““When you are the mayor of a...
Tellico season ends after effort at Kingston
Tellico Plains was holding its own with host Kingston in Wednesday’s District 3-2A play-in game for five innings, but a six-run bottom of the sixth led the No. 3 Yellow Jackets (14-12) to eliminate the Bears (5-17) with a 14-4 six-inning win. “I told the seniors I love them. Great group of kids and I appreciate all they have given me for four years. To the other guys, I said we just have to get better,” Tellico Plains coach Heath Ware said. ...
Major reactor vessel from Oak Ridge National Lab shipped to Utah
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have completed cleanup associated with the demolition of a major reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Workers finished the teardown of the Low Intensity Test Reactor and disposition of rubble and debris from the facility last fall, achieving an EM priority that year. However, the reactor vessel remained...
State Elks convention in Oak Ridge May 3-7
The Tennessee State Association of the Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks of the World will convene its 79th session of the Tennessee State Association of Elks Friday through Tuesday, May 3-7, in Oak Ridge. The headquarter hotel will be the Doubletree Hotel at 215 S. Illinois Ave. ...
22 graduate from Crisis Intervention Team training in Harriman
Sixteen law enforcement personnel, five emergency medical service employees, and one mental health professional graduated from Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training on April 19 from Gates Hall in Harriman. The graduates represented a wide range of departments and agencies: Amerimed EMS, Anderson County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Anderson County Sheriff’s...
'The Prophet of Oak Ridge Revealed' is author's topic at Oak Ridge History Museum on May 9
A farmer who reportedly spent 40 days and nights in the woods before emerging to reveal visions about the future of land that would become Oak Ridge, Hendrix is the subject of many stories. But who was he – a family man? A killer? Did he lose his mind and get locked away in a cage?
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