Wildlife officers and residents gather around a black bear caught on East Drive around 8 p.m. Saturday. (Photo submitted by Kelli Parsons)
An east Oak Ridge resident reported that a black bear was caught at about 8 p.m. Saturday.
The bear was caught at about the 390 block of East Drive, said resident Kelli Parsons, who submitted a photo taken by a neighbor.
A former Oak Ridge city manager who now works in Bristol has been named Tennessee City Manager of the Year, according to the Bristol Herald Courier.
Jeffrey J. Broughton will receive his award during the Tennessee City Management Association’s annual awards breakfast banquet in Knoxville on June 12, the Herald Courier reported.
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A $1.8 million impasse over funding for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department could be resolved tonight.
Anderson County Sheriff Paul White has requested extra money in his budget to buy new cars, cover higher costs, and hire 15 jailers for a minimum security jail dormitory expected to open by June, among other things.
But so far, county officials, including Anderson County Mayor Myron Iwanski, have seemed reluctant to provide the additional funding.
“There’s no way they can do it without a tax increase,” Iwanski said Monday morning. “There’s very little interest in a tax increase.”
Cancer survivors walk the first lap Friday evening during the annual all-night Relay for Life at Oak Ridge High School.
More than 500 survivors, family, friends, and supporters walked in a cancer-fighting fundraiser at Oak Ridge High School this past weekend.
Organizers of the annual all-night Relay for Life hoped to raise $80,000 and had already raised $55,000, said Kayla Shelby, an American Cancer Society employee who helped volunteers organize the event.
Stephanie Bruner of Maynardville wins the Run for the Rose Women's 5K in Oak Ridge on Saturday with a time of 21:25.6.
Fifty-two competitors signed up for the Run for the Rose Women’s 5K in Oak Ridge on Saturday.
It was part of Women’s Weekend in Oak Ridge. The weekend also included a Sunday morning Wild Rose Women’s Triathlon, which included a 300-meter swim, 10-mile bike ride, and three-mile run.
A black bear climbs onto a backyard grill in north Oak Ridge on Tuesday after looking into a living room window. (Photo by George Ostrouchov)
Residents continued to report that a bear or bears was in the Secret City this week, and one was trapped at Oak Ridge National Laboratory early Friday morning.
George Ostrouchov took pictures of a black bear in his back yard on Orchard Circle at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
“The bear first looked into our living room, putting its paws on the window,” Ostrouchov said in an e-mail. “Then he (we assume it was a young male) proceeded to check out our grill. The grill happened to be still on to clean itself after grilling.”
Women can compete in Oak Ridge this weekend in a 5K run and sprint triathlon.
The Run for the Rose Women’s 5K starts at 8 a.m. at the Grove Center Shopping Center. The Wild Rose Women’s Triathlon starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool and consists of a 300-meter swim, 10-mile bike ride, and three-mile run.
The events are part of Women’s Weekend in Oak Ridge.
More than 340 students graduate from Oak Ridge High School in the Class of 2012 at a Thursday ceremony at Blankenship Field.
More than 340 students graduated from Oak Ridge High School in the Class of 2012, a class size that is about average, school officials said.
The graduation ceremony was held at Blankenship Field on Thursday night.
The Marlow Volunteer Fire Department is having a Spring Rummage Sale from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday June 7-9.
Organizers say there will be great bargains on clothing, kitchen ware, and decorative and household items, and all proceeds will be used to buy equipment for firefighters.
The annual all-night Graduation Celebration in Oak Ridge features games, food, and prizes. (Photo courtesy of Matt Reedy)
Even if the Oak Ridge graduation ceremony gets rained out tonight, Graduation Celebration will go on, an organizer said Thursday afternoon.
“We party tonight at 10 o’clock regardless,” said Matt Reedy, Oak Ridge recreation program supervisor.
Now in its 16th year, the annual event is open to graduating Oak Ridge High School seniors, and it starts at 10 p.m. tonight at the Oak Ridge Civic Center and ends at 6 a.m. Friday.
A candidate for Roane County property assessor died today after shooting himself in the head, authorities said.
James Thomas Woods Jr., 56, was a former employee of the Roane County Property Assessor’s Office, and he reportedly shot himself at the home of the incumbent assessor, Teresa Kirkham, on Brentwood Way in Kingston.
