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Sham-Rock in the Square features music Friday

Posted at 12:26 pm March 15, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Sham-Rock in the Square will feature music in Jackson Square from 5-7 p.m. Friday evening, March 15, 2019. The spotlight band is the dynamic duo Ruby and Chloe. They will be in Southern Bliss Boutique. (Submitted photo)

Sham-Rock in the Square will feature music in Jackson Square from 5-7 p.m. Friday evening, March 15, 2019. The spotlight band is the dynamic duo Ruby and Chloe. They will be in Southern Bliss Boutique. (Submitted photo)

 

Sham-Rock in the Square will feature music in Jackson Square on Friday evening.

The spotlight band is the dynamic duo Ruby and Chloe, a press release said.

“Can’t get any better than this—two best friends creating music together!” the press release said.

They will be at Sham-Rock in the Square from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 15, in Southern Bliss Boutique. Ruby Amanns is currently a student at Pellissippi College, and Chloe Weaver is a senior at L&N Academy, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Crafts, Entertainment, Front Page News, Music, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: acoustic guitar, alternative folk, Andy Allen, Chloe Weaver, David Shepard, Fiberology, Jackson Square, Matt Johnston, music, Ruby Amanns, Ruby and Chloe, Sham-Rock in the Square, Southern Bliss Boutique, Stereo Chamber, Through the Looking Glass Antiques

TORCH: Proud of community support for Applewood residents, but still work to do

Posted at 5:44 pm September 23, 2016
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Applewood Apartments Hunter Circle Aug 8 2016 1

As of Friday, September 23, there were still 11 households that might not have a place to live when Applewood Apartments closes on September 30, according to an organization that helps homeless families in Anderson County. Pictured above is an Applewood Apartments building on Hunter Circle on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

As of Friday, September 23, there were still 11 households that might not have a place to live when Applewood Apartments closes on September 30, according to an organization that helps homeless families in Anderson County.

The closure of the 13-building apartment complex on Hillside Road and Hunter Circle in the Highland View neighborhood was announced in early August.

Andy O’Quinn of Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope, or TORCH, which is based in Oak Ridge, said he is “extremely proud” of the way the community and its organizations have worked together to help Applewood residents, but there is still work to do.

“At the moment, we are looking for landlords that would be willing to rent by the month to a few people that who receive a disability check and will be getting into income-based housing but need a place to go in the meantime,” O’Quinn said in a Friday status report. “We are also seeking two- and three-bedroom rentals below $550. for our working families. If you think you might have a unit to rent, please e-mail Andy O’Quinn at [email protected].” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Government, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: ADFAC, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Andy Allen, Applewood Apartments, Applewood residents, City of Oak Ridge, displaced housing, homeless, income-based housing, Oak Ridge Housing Authority, Oak Ridge Schools, ORHA, public housing, Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services, TORCH, Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope, United Way

Updated: Andy Allen, missing ORHS senior, had been lost in woods

Posted at 8:55 am September 2, 2014
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Andy Allen

Andy Allen

Note: This story was updated at 11:20 a.m.

Andy Allen, the 17-year-old Oak Ridge High School senior who had been missing since Saturday night, has been found safe after getting lost in the woods, authorities said Tuesday morning.

Allen told deputies that he was unable to find his way out of the woods, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said.

Allen had been missing since early Sunday morning after leaving his father’s home in west Knox County on foot. He was reunited with his parents on Tuesday morning.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office said a witness saw Allen walk out of the woods on Hart Road in Knox County around 8 a.m. He then walked to the Weigel’s on Northshore Drive off Pellissippi Parkway.

“A second person identified him and called 911,” the Sheriff’s Office said. “When Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, he had been taken to a back room at the store. Rural Metro examined him and then he was sent home with his parents.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Knox County, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Andy Allen, Barb Allen, Betsy Coleman, Concord Park, Hart Road, KCSO, Kevin Allen, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, missing person, Northshore Drive, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Pellissippi Parkway

Knox County Sheriff helps hunt for missing ORHS senior

Posted at 12:52 pm September 1, 2014
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Andy Allen Search Party

Volunteers meet Monday morning at Concord Park to help search for Andy Allen, an Oak Ridge High School senior who was last seen at his father’s home in west Knox County on Saturday night. (Photos by Kathryn Howe)

 

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The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is helping to hunt for Andy Allen, a 17-year-old senior at Oak Ridge High School.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is helping in the hunt for a west Knox County teenager and Oak Ridge High School senior who has been missing since early Sunday morning, authorities said.

Andy Allen, 17, left his home at Westland and Northshore on foot around 1 a.m. Sunday, and he was last spotted in the Northshore/Pellissippi area around 3 a.m. Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Airwatch is assisting in the search.

Allen is a white male, 5’9”, and 165 pounds, and he attends ORHS, where he is a senior.

Anyone with information is asked to call the KCSO at (865) 215-2243.

Volunteers are also helping in the search effort. Family friend Betsy Coleman and ORHS teacher Deni Sobek have coordinated that effort.

See previous story here.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Knox County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Andy Allen, KCSO, Knox County, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, missing, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS

Searchers hunt for missing ORHS student

Posted at 9:31 am September 1, 2014
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Andy Allen

Andy Allen

Note: This story was last updated at 10:10 a.m. September 2.

Friends and family are searching for a 17-year-old Oak Ridge High School student who hasn’t been seen since he left his father’s house in west Knox County on foot at midnight Saturday, a family friend said.

Searchers are meeting at 9:30 a.m. today (Monday) at Concord Park on Northshore Drive to hunt for Andy Allen, an ORHS senior, family friend Betsy Coleman said.

Allen is 5’9″ and has blue eyes, dark hair, and a shaved head, Coleman said.

Allen’s father, Kevin Allen, is an assistant district attorney general for Knox County who lives in the Northshore Drive and Westland Drive area, Coleman said.

She said the last ping from Andy’s cell phone came at about 3 a.m. between Northshore Elementary School and George Williams Road, near Concord Park. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Knox County, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Andy Allen, Barb Allen, Betsy Coleman, Concord Park, Kevin Allen, Knox County, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Northshore Drive, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORHS, Westland Drive

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