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Photo: Secret City Wildbots

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Secret City Wildbots at Qualification

The Secret City Wildbots drive team (L to R: Tag Groff, Alana Joldersma, Luke Buckner, Andreas Franco) prepare for one of five qualification matches on Thursday. (Photo by Angi Agle)

By Angi Agle

The Secret City Wildbots drive team, pictured above, prepared for one of five qualification matches on Thursday. The Wildbots were 2-2 at the time, having lost the first two and won the next two decisively.

There was one more qualification match remaining Thursday, five on Friday, and one Saturday. Teams are ranked on six criteria, with rankings changing rapidly depending on the performance of all teams. We won’t know until noon Saturday which teams advance to the elimination rounds. [Read more…]

Photos: Oak Ridge Egg Hunt on Saturday

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Oak Ridge Egg Hunt

Hundreds of children hunt about 15,000 eggs during the annual Egg Hunt at Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge on Saturday.

Hundreds of children hunted about 15,000 eggs during the annual Egg Hunt at Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge on Saturday. Here are a half-dozen pictures.

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Reader photo: Bull Run at sunrise

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Bull Run at Sunrise

Oak Ridge resident Michele Brandenburg took this picture of the Bull Run Fossil Plant at sunrise. The coal-fired plant is in Claxton on Edgemoor Road. It’s across the Clinch River from Oak Ridge.

“The steam plume looks really different with the sun behind it,” Brandenburg said.

Pictures: Snow day in Oak Ridge

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Snow at South Illinois Avenue and Centrifuge Way

There are few cars on South Illinois Avenue near Centrifuge Way after a winter storm dumped eight to 12 inches of snow on parts of Oak Ridge and Anderson County.

More than eight inches of snow fell in parts of Oak Ridge between Wednesday night and Thursday morning as a major winter storm hit the Southeast. There were reports that up to 12 inches fell in parts of Anderson County. A National Weather Service meteorologist said it was the most snow in one storm in about 15 years.

Here are photos from across Oak Ridge on Thursday morning as some residents and workers cleared roads or shoveled sidewalks and driveways, while others enjoyed the day off by sledding at Blankenship Field.

Sledding at Blankenship Field

Adults and children enjoy sledding at Blankenship Field on Thursday.

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Pictures: Oak Ridge Christmas Parade

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Here are a few pictures of the Dec. 14 Christmas parade, courtesy of Ray Smith. To see more photos, visit Smith’s album on Google Plus.

 

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Pictures: Secret City Half Marathon start, winners

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Race photographer Gabe Walker of Walker Athletic Photography provided the following photos from the Secret City Half Marathon on Sunday. You can order prints here.

Secret City Half Marathon Start

More than 500 runners start the Secret City Half Marathon on Briarcliff Avenue on Sunday. (Photos courtesy Gabe Walker of Walker Athletic Photography)

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