A few hundred motorcyclists ride in the annual Anderson County Toy Run. (Photo courtesy of Anderson County Toy Run)
An annual motorcycle ride that benefits children at Christmas starts at Moose Lodge in Oak Ridge on Saturday.
The ride has raised about $25,000 per year for the past few years and helped roughly 220 children last year, said Brad Brewster, 2012 chair of the nonprofit Anderson County Toy Run.
WSI Oak Ridge Deputy General Manager Jim Rackstraw, left, accepts an outstanding performance award from ESGR Area Chair John Dyess.
WSI Oak Ridge Deputy General Manager Jim Rackstraw was recently honored by the Tennessee Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve with the Outstanding Performance Award.
This new award is presented to volunteers whose efforts are important to the success of ESGR’s expanded mission of promoting support for their employees who serve in the Reserve Components and who work to find employment for Reserve personnel and their spouses, a WSI Oak Ridge press release said.
One hundred thirty-five teams from 30 states are competing in the US Rowing Youth National Championships at Oak Ridge Marina this weekend.
The US Rowing Youth National Championships are in Oak Ridge again this year, and about 5,000 people are expected to attend, including athletes and their families, an organizer said Thursday.
The regatta starts Friday morning and ends Sunday afternoon. It will include about 1,800 rowers from 135 teams in 30 states, said Allen Eubanks, Oak Ridge Rowing Association head coach.
An East Tennessee woman who owned four dogs that were found dead and severely emaciated last year was arrested Sunday, Anderson County court records said.
Sarah Rebecca Roe, 30, has been charged with four counts of animal cruelty.
In an affidavit, Oak Ridge Police Sgt. Shannah Newman said Animal Control Officer Cy Cruttenden found the dogs—three juveniles and one adult—dead at a home on Lynwood Lane on Feb. 23, 2011.
“The physical conditions of all four dogs are best described as severely emaciated,” Newman said.
Roe had left all four at the home for several weeks and did not provide adequate food, water, or medical care, she said. The young dogs were in a sunroom or enclosed porch at the rear of the house, and the adult dog was found under the enclosed porch in the yard.
The Anderson County jail log and arrest warrants give two different addresses for Roe, one in Oak Ridge and one in Clinton.
She has been released from the Anderson County jail in lieu of $20,000 bond, and she has a June 14 court appearance in Anderson County General Sessions Court in Oak Ridge.
The Oak Ridge Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously agreed to hire an executive search firm based in Iowa to lead the search for a new Oak Ridge school superintendent.
Ray and Associates Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will help lead the hunt for a superintendent to replace Tom Bailey, who is retiring at the end of the year. The company will charge a base fee of $15,500 plus expenses of up to $6,000.
The Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Advisory Board is asking for public input on facility use policies at Haw Ridge Park during a meeting tonight.
The quarterly “Meet the Board” meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center Social Room.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory intern Jordan Chaney inspects an emerald ash borer trap near Bethel Valley Road. (Photo courtesy of ORNL)
The emerald ash borer, a destructive insect that attacks ash trees and can kill them, has been found on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation, according to an article posted on ORNL Today.
The non-native insect was first trapped in Roane and Anderson counties in May, the article said. One trap was on Highway 95 at the Highway 58 interchange, and the other was on Bethel Valley Road near the East Portal.
“Unfortunately, these finds signal the beginning of a decline of ash species throughout the reservation,” said Greg Byrd, forester with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Natural Resources Program.
A new VPP Star Site flag at Y-12 National Security Complex recognizes achievements in safety and health programs. From left are Dan Hoag, acting Y-12 site manager; Bill Klemm, B&W Y-12 senior vice president and deputy general manager; and Steve Jones, Atomic Trades and Labor Council president.
A Tuesday flag-raising ceremony recognized the efforts by workers at Y-12 National Security Complex to keep employees safe, preventing injuries and reducing the number of lost work days.
Y-12 has been recognized as having outstanding safety and health programs under the U.S. Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program, or DOE-VPP, and the plant has been designated as a VPP Star Site, the highest achievement level.
It’s a decision that he regrets having to make, but Eddie Kelley will not accept the city manager’s job in Oliver Springs.
The son of former Oliver Springs Mayor Ed Kelley, the 51-year-old Kelley said he is not close enough to being able to retire from his job at the Y-12 National Security Complex, where he is a tactical training supervisor for WSI-OR.
In a special meeting Wednesday, the Oak Ridge Board of Education will pick a company that will help recruit the school system’s next superintendent.
The new superintendent will replace Tom Bailey, who is retiring at the end of the year. Bailey has been superintendent since 2002.
Local and state officials break ground Tuesday for a three-story Health Sciences and Technology Building at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge.
Several hundred people watched Tuesday morning as local, state, and education officials dug up the first shovelfuls of dirt for a new three-story building at Roane State Community College.
Construction work on the 63,000-square-foot Health Sciences and Technology Building will start next week and could be complete by January 2014, RSCC President Gary Goff said during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Oak Ridge campus.
Anderson County commissioners vote to give the Sheriff's Department an extra $200,000 to hire five jailers for a minimum-security dormitory expected to open this month.
CLINTON — Trying to find a compromise, Anderson County officials used more optimistic projections for property and sales tax revenue collections to give the Sheriff’s Department an extra $203,000 in next year’s budget, enough to hire five jailers.
However, Anderson County Sheriff Paul White had requested 15 jailers to staff a 128-bed minimum security dormitory expected to open this month.
