The Oak Ridge school system stopped giving bus rides from Linden Elementary School to Girls Inc. and the Boys and Girls Club this year, and attendance at the two nonprofit organizations has fallen by more than 100 children, executives said Monday.
Now, the executives are working with school officials to find a way to get the students from Linden to the clubs each day.
Two schools in Anderson County were recognized as reward schools by Tennessee officials on Monday, meaning they are among the best-performing in the state.
The two schools are Glenwood Elementary School in Oak Ridge and Clinton Elementary School in Clinton. They are among a group of 169 reward schools that rank in the top 5 percent of schools in Tennessee for annual growth and academic achievement.
A Heiskell man was taken by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a Saturday morning collision with a minivan on South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. (Photo by Tom Scott)
A 68-year-old motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a Saturday morning collision with a car at a busy intersection in south Oak Ridge.
An Oak Ridge Police Department accident report said Roy Clifton Hall Jr., 68, of Heiskell, was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle north on South Illinois Avenue when he hit a a Toyota minivan driven by Betty Jean Sonnenfeldt, 55, of Knoxville. The report said Sonnenfeldt was trying to turn onto Lafayette Avenue, but she did not yield to Hall.
Jerry Dale Allmon
An Oak Ridge man allegedly drove aggressively toward police officers at a BP gas station early Monday morning before fleeing west on Oak Ridge Turnpike in a chase that reached speeds of close to 100 mph, Anderson County court records said.
Jerry Dale Allmon, 59, allegedly ran several red lights as he fled, and he drove in the center of the road and in the middle of two traffic lanes, arrest warrants said. The Kingston Police Department apprehended him at the former K-25 site in west Oak Ridge, the warrants said.
Oak Ridge firefighters evacuate the six floors of Frank Callaghan Towers on Fairbanks Road on Sunday morning after a burning pot of food on a stove reportedly filled hallways with smoke.
An apparent burned pot of food on a stove on the fifth floor of an Oak Ridge apartment building filled hallways with smoke on Sunday and forced firefighters to try to evacuate tenants from all six floors, Oak Ridge Deputy Fire Chief David Harrington said.
“When they opened up the door, it filled the hallways with smoke,” Harrington said.
Firefighters tried to evacuate tenants at the Callaghan Towers apartments on Fairbanks Road because they didn’t initially know the source of the 9:45 a.m. alarm, but Harrington said he wasn’t sure how many people were evacuated.
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman, age 80, of Lake City, passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, at Cumberland Village Care in LaFollette.
Walter was a good man who loved everyone.
James Albert “Jimmy” Coker
James Albert “Jimmy” Coker, age 60, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, at Roane Medical Center.
Jimmy was born Dec. 26, 1951, in Roane County.
While in high school, Jimmy worked at his dad’s service station, Coker’s Shell in Oliver Springs.
Robert Marion Gross Jr.
Robert “Bobby” Marion Gross Jr., a native of Oak Ridge, recently passed away.
Bobby was born to parents, Robert M. Gross Sr. and Frances Gross, on July 22, 1975. Bobby was residing in Knoxville at the time of his death.
Bobby was of the Church of Christ faith.
Bobby was a loving father to Georgia Kelly Gross, 16, of Noblesville, Ind. She was the light and love of his life.
Firefighters respond to a small trash fire at the former Dean Stallings Ford on Friday. (Photo by Tom Scott)
A small trash fire at the former Dean Stallings Ford on Oak Ridge Turnpike was quickly extinguished Friday evening, fire photographer Tom Scott said.
The fire started at about 6:30 p.m. in a vacant building on the back half of the former dealership.
Fans were used to remove smoke from the large building, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Rob Jones
The Babcock and Wilcox Company has awarded Knoxville student Rob Jones a college scholarship worth $1,500 per year for up to four years, a press release said.
The scholarship is one of 12 awarded each year to students whose parents work in B&W’s offices, including sites in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Ontario, Canada, the release said.
Jones is the son of Kelley and Steve Jones. Steve is a geologist in the Environmental Compliance organization at the Y-12 National Security Complex. B&W is one of the parent companies of B&W Y-12, the company that operates Y-12.
