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TWRA Hosts 2 Boating Classes
Boating season is coming up and two classes are scheduled for those who need a boating license. Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1989 must pass a Boater Education Class in order to operate a boat with more than 8.5 horsepower. The classes will be offered:. Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m.-1...
Sweetwater stunned by Central’s seventh-inning flurry, falls into elimination bracket
Sweetwater baseball was stunned by six runs in the seventh inning from No. 2 McMinn Central Friday night, knocking the top-seeded Wildcats into the elimination bracket. “In a very competitive district, you go 9-1 in the regular season and going into the postseason, you have a big target on your back,” Sweetwater coach Travis Watson said. “There are teams that are fighting for their life that are going to give...
General Sessions for 4/30/24
Virgil Jamar Ashley, 41, Doe Way, Sweetwater, assault by domestic violence, dismissed. Brenda Kay Baker, 71, Old Store Road, Madisonville, driving on a suspended license, violated insurance law, reset for 6/25. Todd Michael Bearan, 54, Wright Road, Madisonville, two counts especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts sexual exploitation of a minor, waived to grand jury. ...
TWU announces upcoming academic restructuring
Significant changes are coming to the academic side of Tennessee Wesleyan University. According to TWU officials, over the past decade, the academic landscape at the university has expanded dramatically. With the addition of numerous graduate and undergraduate academic programs, the university will soon be expanding the academic leadership to “streamline the academic enterprise,” according to a news release. The new structure will result in three distinct colleges: the College of...
Historian Tyler Boyd To Speak On Old-Time Politics In Polk County
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 12 p.m. (and virtually) Where: East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, Tn. 37902. For almost two decades, Polk County Sheriff Burch E. Biggs reigned supreme in Tennessee's southeasternmost county. His political machine was built upon three pillars?election fraud, police brutality, and graft?and while it is true that Biggs was not the first (or last) American sheriff to permit “fee-grabbing”, take kickbacks, or stuff the ballot box, the duration and brutality of his tenure makes him exceptional. He was finally deposed in 1948 when a bipartisan political party, known as "The Good Government League," defeated him in the violent election of August 5, 1948. Tyler L. Boyd tells the untold story that is, in many ways, a sequel to the infamous Battle of Athens.
I-40 East shut down for miles due to overturned tanker near Tennessee River
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A stretch of Interstate 40 East is shut down for about 20 miles from Mile Marker 126 to Mile Marker 143 near the Tennessee River. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the closure is due to an overturned tanker in Benton. The crash occurred at about...
Man arrested in connection with wreck that killed 2 Cleveland students
MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — One man has been arrested in connection to a wreck that killed two Cleveland High School students over the weekend. The Tennessee Highway Patrol arrested Jaylen Wesley-Cook on Monday. An arrest report from the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office shows he was charged with two...
Sugar Creek & Dixie Next for Schaeffer Oil Spring Nationals
BRASSTOWN, NC-As the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing and fueled by Sunoco season heads down the homestretch, the miniseries will invade the Peach State for a pair of pivotal point races over the May 3-4 weekend. Up first will be a stop at Sugar Creek Raceway, as the tour makes its inaugural visit to the Blue Ridge, Georgia oval this Friday night for a $7,553 to win showdown. The doubleheader weekend will then conclude in a big way on Saturday evening at the historic Dixie Speedway with a $10,053 top prize up for grabs at the Woodstock, Georgia venue.
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