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AC Legal Services Advisory Committee meets this evening

Posted at 11:23 am February 23, 2015
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The Anderson County Legal Services Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, February 23, at 5 p.m. in Room 312 of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton.

This meeting will be for any other issues, not included in the ouster suit submission or its appeal, which is now before the state courts, that the public or any committee member wishes to address to the committee regarding the Anderson County Legal Services Advisory Committee and its responsibilities.

Inputs to the committee required written submission in advance (not less than 48 hours prior to the meeting) to allow review before the meeting, or be approved by a majority vote to be added to the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, a meeting notice said.

Issues involving the law director may be included as long as they are not already included the Ouster court case documents, the notice said.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events Tagged With: Anderson County Legal Services Advisory Committee, law director, Legal Services Advisory Committee, ouster suit

Atrial fibrillation the topic of Health Night on the Town Tuesday

Posted at 10:37 am February 23, 2015
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Rakesh Vohra

Rakesh Vohra

Learn about atrial fibrillation, a common cardiac arrhythmia, during a Tuesday night lecture in Oak Ridge.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in adults, and it affects more than two million Americans and nine million people worldwide, a press release said. In fact, 15 percent of all strokes occur in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Cardiologist Rakesh Vohra, MD, will discuss atrial fibrillation and heart health during Health Night on the Town at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, in the Ridge Conference Room of Methodist Medical Center, which is at 990 Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Health, Meetings and Events Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, cardiac arrhythmia, Health Night on the Town, Methodist Medical Center, Rakesh Vohra

KPD training specialist to discuss bullying on Monday

Posted at 11:50 pm February 22, 2015
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Aubrey Maples

Aubrey Maples

Aubrey Maples, training specialist for the Safety Education Unit of the Knoxville Police Department, will speak at the Monday, February 23, luncheon meeting of the Oak Ridge Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) in Room 102 of the Activities Building at First Presbyterian Church, 1051 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Maples, who is a civilian educator with the KPD Safety Education Unit, will talk about the Department’s “Take a Stand Against Bullying” Program. Also present will be Officer Lori Banks of the Safety Education Unit.

Maples received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and is currently pursuing her master’s in applied behavioral science, with an emphasis on criminal justice and social problems, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Knoxville, Meetings and Events, Police and Fire Tagged With: AAUW, American Association of University Women, Aubrey Maples, behavioral science, bullying, criminal justice, First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville Police Department, KPD, Lori Banks, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, Oak Ridge Branch, Safety Education Unit, sociology, Take a Stand Against Bullying

Driver escapes car fire on Lafayette Drive

Posted at 11:18 pm February 22, 2015
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Lafayette Drive Fire

The driver escaped, and firefighters quickly put out this fire in the front of a Subaru station wagon on Lafayette Drive on Sunday night.

 

Clinton resident Mark Bunch escaped a car fire on Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge on Sunday night.

Bunch said he had just left a shop on Midway Lane about a quarter-mile away when other drivers started flashing their lights at him. Then, he noticed a glow by his left front tire.

Bunch pulled over between Hendrix Drive and Emory Valley Road just before 8 p.m. Sunday. He was able to exit the car on the driver’s side, although he was a little worried about the flames shooting up from the front of the 2007 Subaru station wagon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: car fire, fire, Lafayette Drive, Mark Bunch, Midway Lane, Oak Ridge Fire Department, ORFD, Todd Derrick

Oak Ridge Schools closed Monday, Breakfast with Legislators canceled

Posted at 10:29 pm February 22, 2015
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Randy McNally

Randy McNally

John Ragan

John Ragan

Oak Ridge Schools will be closed Monday, February 23, due to some dangerous secondary roads.

Due to the Oak Ridge Schools being closed, the League of Women Voters has also canceled Breakfast with the Legislators. The League’s policy is to cancel the breakfast when school is canceled.

The next Breakfast with the Legislators will be March 23. Breakfast with the Legislators this year includes senators Randy McNally and Ken Yager and representatives John Ragan and Kent Calfee.

Schools in Clinton and Anderson, Knox, and Roane counties have also announced that they will be closed Monday.

Roane State Community College said its Fentress and Morgan campuses will be closed Monday due to weather.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Community, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Meetings and Events, Top Stories Tagged With: Breakfast with the Legislators, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Schools, roads, Roane State Community College, weather

Anderson, Roane, Clinton schools closed Monday

Posted at 3:07 pm February 22, 2015
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Note: This story was last updated at 6 p.m.

Anderson County Schools will be closed Monday, February 23, due to icy conditions on many of the county’s back roads. The Central Office will be closed as well.

Roane County Schools will also be closed Monday. The Central Office status will be determined at a later time.

Clinton City School Schools will also be closed Monday due to weather. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Schools, Clinton City Schools, icy conditions, roads, Roane County schools, Roane State Community College, Y-12 National Security Complex

No one injured, but three briefly trapped by factory roof collapse

Posted at 10:14 pm February 21, 2015
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Pharma Packaging Roof Collapse

The factory roof at Pharma Packaging in Andersonville collapsed on Saturday night. Three workers were briefly trapped, but no one was injured.

 

Note: This story was last updated at 10:47 p.m.

ANDERSONVILLE—No one was injured, but three workers were briefly trapped when a roof collapsed at a factory in Andersonville on Saturday, possibly because of ice and snow buildup, authorities said.

The roof collapse was reported at about 7:40 p.m. Saturday. Seven people were inside the Carton Service/Pharma Packaging building on First Quality Drive at the time, said Del Kennedy, chief of the Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department.

Four workers were able to make it out, and firefighters had to help the other three escape from a break room, near the front of the building, at the edge of the factory space behind it. All the workers were in or near the break room at the time of the collapse, Kennedy said.

He estimated that 50 percent of the roof, which was about 40 feet above the factory floor, had collapsed over that portion of the building. There was only a small crew working at the time, Kennedy said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Andersonville, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: And, Andersonville, Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department, Del Kennedy, First Quality Drive, ice, Pharma Packaging, roof, roof collapse, snow

THP: Woman drank bourbon, took Xanax before Edgemoor Road crash

Posted at 5:12 pm February 21, 2015
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Edgemoor Road Crash Valentine's Day 2015

One person was trapped in a car, and rescuers had to remove a car door from this 2000 Honda Accord after a nighttime crash on Valentine’s Day. The collision pushed this car about 35 yards into the parking lot of the Shell gas station on Edgemoor Road.

 

The Knoxville woman who allegedly caused a crash on Edgemoor Road that injured two on Valentine’s Day told a state trooper that she consumed two drinks of bourbon and took Xanax not too long before the crash, and she also uses heroin, authorities said.

One person was trapped in a car after the crash, and rescuers had to remove a car door, said Steven Newby, deputy chief of the Claxton Volunteer Fire Department. He said two people were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville in stable condition.

The Knoxville woman accused of causing the 9:45 p.m. crash, Jill A. Graham, 39, was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, and vehicular assault. She remained jailed in the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton on Saturday afternoon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Claxton, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: 2013 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide, Brent Buckner, Claxton Volunteer Fire Department, Clinton Highway, crash, driving under the influence, Edgemoor Road, Highway 170, Jill A. Graham, Laura Lindsey, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, Steven Newby, THP, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day crash, vehicular assault

Flood watch starts this afternoon after week of winter weather

Posted at 1:09 pm February 21, 2015
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Flood Watch Feb. 21, 2015

Image courtesy National Weather Service in Morristown

 

Note: This story was last updated at 1:31 p.m.

A flood watch will be in effect for parts of East Tennessee, including Anderson County, and parts of southwest Virginia and North Carolina starting this afternoon (Saturday, February 21) and continuing through Sunday afternoon, forecasters said.

The flood watch follows a week of winter weather that included icy precipitation on Monday, snow on Wednesday morning, bitter cold on Thursday and Friday, and more snow starting Friday night.

But the National Weather Service in Morristown said the forecast calls for melting snow and ice Saturday night in addition to rain. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County, flood watch, National Weather Service, NWS

Snow: Basketball tournament canceled; city centers, some businesses closed

Posted at 10:41 am February 21, 2015
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Taylor Road Snow Lady Feb. 21, 2015

Ashlynn and Myrah Forgety build a snow woman on Taylor Road in Oak Ridge on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Leah M. Bevins)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12:58 p.m.

The snow overnight, which covered some roads that were already treacherous, has forced more closings, cancellations, and delays.

The Oak Ridge Civic Center, Scarboro Center, Senior Center, and Public Library will all be closed today, Saturday, February 21.

The District 3-AAA basketball tournament, which had been rescheduled for today at Central High School in Knoxville, has been canceled. The regional tournament is scheduled to start Monday, and the seedings that stand now will be used in the regional tournament.

Some businesses in Oak Ridge announced they are closed or opening later, possibly after the temperature warms and the precipitation changes to rain. For example, ORNL Federal Credit Union announced that all of its locations will be closed today. Hot Bagel Co. announced it will be closed today but will reopen at 6 a.m. Monday. The Other One in Grove Center said they will not open this morning, but could reopen this afternoon. You might consider calling ahead if you have a question about a specific business. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Oak Ridge, Slider, Weather, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, cancellations, closings, Daniel Powers, delays, District 3-AAA basketball tournaments, Morgan County Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge Turnpike, ORNL Federal Credit Union, power outages, Public Library, Roane County Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, Scarboro Center, Senior Center, snow, South Illinois Avenue, Tim Waddell, weather

Water line leak in Anderson County located, repaired

Posted at 8:42 pm February 20, 2015
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Terry Frank

Terry Frank

The major water line leak that might have affected some customers in north Anderson County has been located and repaired, but it may take a few hours for residents to see their water service return to normal, Mayor Terry Frank said Friday evening.

In a Facebook post, Frank said the leak was on a fire line that supplies a major industry, SL Tennessee.

“That is a 10-inch line—they were losing a thousand gallons a minute on that line,” Frank said.

She said water service might not return to normal until as late as midnight in some of the higher elevations of the county.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government Tagged With: Anderson County, SL Tennessee, Terry Frank, water line leak, water service

Saturday concert features Suchon Wind Quintet, pianist Otaki

Posted at 8:10 pm February 20, 2015
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Suchon Wind Quintet

Suchon Wind Quintet

The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association’s Chamber Series continues Saturday with the initial U.S. appearance of one of the Slovak Republic’s premier chamber groups, the Suchon Wind Quintet, and pianist Michiko Otaki. The concert will be at 7:30 pm Saturday, February 21, in the ORAU Pollard Auditorium.

The group’s namesake, Eugen Suchoň, is one of the major classical composers of the 20th century, and his work made a significant contribution to the crystallization of Slovak national music. The Quintet had taken part in numerous European and international music festivals. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Music, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Bibiana Bienkova, Chamber Series, Clayton State University, Eugen Suchoň, Ida Chovanoba, Jan Figura, Jozef Kovacik, Jozef Sokol, Korsmeyer Endowment, Michiko Otaki, Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, ORAU, ORCMA, Pollard Auditorium, Slovak national music, Slovak Sinfonietta, Suchon Wind Quintet

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