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Main road through Oliver Springs closed due to flooding

Posted at 12:17 pm February 6, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

East Tri County Boulevard was closed near Mahoney Road and Midway Drive in Oliver Springs as floodwater from Poplar Creek flowed over the four-lane road Thursday morning, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Note: This story was last updated at 8:20 a.m. Feb. 7.

Note: The Oliver Springs Police Department reported at 7:12 p.m. Thursday that East Tri County Boulevard and Windrock Road had re-opened.

OLIVER SPRINGS—The main road through Oliver Springs was closed due to flooding Thursday morning.

Floodwaters were flowing over all four lanes of East Tri County Boulevard near Midway Drive before 11 a.m. Thursday, and the Oliver Springs Police Department was redirecting traffic down Mahoney Road.

Midway Drive, which veers off from Tri County Boulevard, was submerged under water from Poplar Creek.

The Oliver Springs Police Department reported at about 11 a.m. Thursday that the city was impassable, and Mahoney Road, which heads west out of the city, is now closed due to flooding.

“You will now have to come downtown and go out Dutch Valley or go around via Oak Ridge and Harriman,” the OSPD said. “If you do not know these areas well, please stay in until the flood levels are down and roads opened.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Slider, Weather, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, East Tri County Boulevard, flash flooding, flooding, Mahoney Road, Midway Drive, National Weather Service, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department, rain

Man escapes from vehicle in flood water on Airport Road

Posted at 5:05 pm February 11, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A man escaped from a vehicle in flood water on Airport Road on the east side of Oliver Springs on Saturday night, Feb. 10, 2018, authorities said. The vehicle, reported to be a Jeep, was submerged under flood water at one time, but its top was visible early Sunday afternoon. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

A man escaped from a vehicle in flood water on Airport Road on the east side of Oliver Springs on Saturday night, Feb. 10, 2018, authorities said. The vehicle, reported to be a Jeep, was submerged under flood water at one time, but its top was visible early Sunday afternoon. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

OLIVER SPRINGS—A man escaped from a vehicle in flood water on Airport Road on the east side of Oliver Springs on Saturday night, authorities said.

The vehicle, reported to be a Jeep, was submerged under flood water at one time, but its top was visible early Sunday afternoon.

The man called 911 at the Oliver Springs Police Department at about 9 p.m. Saturday, and the Oliver Springs Police Department responded. Members of the Oliver Springs Fire Department also responded.

But the man was able to escape on his own through flood water reported to be chest-deep, authorities said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories, Weather, Weather Tagged With: Airport Road, Anderson County, Clinch River, East Tri County Boulevard, flood water, Melton Hill Dam, Midway Drive, National Weather Service, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, rain, Tennessee Valley Authority

Flooding closes several roads, Arrowhead Park in Oliver Springs

Posted at 9:41 am February 11, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Flooding has closed several roads in Oliver Springs and Arrowhead Park. The closures were announced Sunday morning, Feb. 11, 2018, by the Oliver Springs Police Department. (Photo courtesy Oliver Springs Police Department)

Flooding has closed several roads in Oliver Springs and Arrowhead Park. The closures were announced Sunday morning, Feb. 11, 2018, by the Oliver Springs Police Department. (Photo courtesy Oliver Springs Police Department)

 

Flooding has closed several roads in Oliver Springs and Arrowhead Park. The closures were announced Sunday morning by the Oliver Springs Police Department.

“Please use caution while driving in Oliver Springs,” the Oliver Springs Police Department said. “Several secondary roads are closed such as Airport Road, Midway Drive, Strutt Street, and Bennett Road. Other roads have debris and standing water, so please be careful.”

There was heavy rain on Saturday, and more than two inches of rain were expected in the area between Saturday afternoon and Sunday night, with more rain possible this week, according to the National Weather Service in Morristown.

In Oak Ridge, the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Jefferson Circle is closed due to flooding. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories, Weather, Weather Tagged With: Airport Road, Arrowhead Park, Bennett Road, East Tri County Boulevard, flooding, Jefferson Avenue, Jefferson Circle, Midway Drive, National Weather Service, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department, rain, Strutt Street

National Weather Service: Snow, ice-covered roads through Thursday morning

Posted at 11:16 pm January 20, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Pennsylvania Avenue west of New York Avenue is pictured above late Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12:07 a.m.

There had been some improvement on main roads in Oak Ridge late Wednesday afternoon but many side streets remained snow-covered and slippery, and the National Weather Service said snow and ice-covered roads will remain through Thursday morning.

State Route 62 or East Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs was still snow-covered early Wednesday evening and was slippery, especially driving south, up the hill toward Oak Ridge.

In Oak Ridge, Illinois Avenue was in the best condition late Wednesday afternoon, and Oak Ridge Turnpike and some well-traveled side streets, including Hillside Road and a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue, still had some snow but were passable. Still, side streets were slippery. One small car needed a push from two men just to get to the curb while trying to get up a small hill on West Outer Drive near North Illinois Avenue. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Slider, Weather, Weather Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, Clinton City Hall, East Tri County Boulevard, ice-covered roads, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Weather Service, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Roane State Community College, snow, State Route 62, uranium processing facility, Y-12 National Security Complex

Another convenience store door smashed by vehicle, this one in OS

Posted at 3:19 am October 5, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Lee's Food Mart and Jason Ross and Phil Brown on Oct. 4, 2015

Jason Ross, left, and Phil Brown of Allied Glass Co. in Knoxville repair a glass door smashed by a vehicle at Lee’s Food Mart in Oliver Springs early Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Police suspect the crash was intentional. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

OLIVER SPRINGS—Another convenience store was hit by a vehicle this weekend, this one in Oliver Springs, and police suspect it was intentional.

The crash, which was reported at about 2:08 a.m. Sunday, smashed a door at Lee’s Food Mart on East Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs, at the bottom of the hill coming into Oliver Springs from Oak Ridge.

That crash followed one at K&J Market at about 2 a.m. Saturday in west Oak Ridge. In that case, a small sport utility vehicle was captured on tape smashing the front door of the convenience store, but it’s not clear why, a business representative said Saturday morning.

The Oliver Springs Police Department said the alarm at Lee’s Food Mart went off after an SUV hit it early Sunday, and nothing was taken. The SUV fled toward Oliver Springs, OSPD Sergeant Kevin Armes said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: Allied Glass Company, convenience store, East Tri County Boulevard, Jason Ross, K&J Market, Kevin Armes, Lee's Food Mart, marathon, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department, OSPD, Paula's Market, Phil Brown, SUV, Tony Jarrett

Garbage truck overturns in Oliver Springs

Posted at 12:27 pm June 15, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Oliver Springs Waste Connections Truck

Photo by Kenneth Morgan

 

Note: This story was updated at 5 p.m.

A Waste Connections truck overturned on Tri County Boulevard at Windrock Road at about 6:30 a.m. Monday, authorities said.

Oliver Springs Police Chief Kenneth Morgan said the driver, Timothy Goodale, was taken to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge with minor injuries.

Approximately 35 to 40 gallons of diesel fuel leaked onto the ground from the loaded truck, with some flowing into Indian Creek, Morgan said. Cleanup was provided by Waste Connections and performed by Hepco.

The Oliver Springs Police Department responded to the crash, and the Oak Ridge Fire Department HazMat team was called to help the Oliver Springs Fire Department.

Here are photos by Morgan and fire photographer Tom Scott.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: East Tri County Boulevard, Kenneth Morgan, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Fire Department HazMat, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, Tom Scott, Waste Connections, waste management truck, Windrock Road

Vehicles ram each other, shots fired before police arrest OS man

Posted at 1:42 am May 5, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

David Ramsey Dunlap

David Ramsey Dunlap

A car and a truck rammed each other during a police chase on Wednesday night, and the driver of the sedan fired shots at the truck before he was arrested, authorities said.

It started after Oak Ridge Police Department officers responded to a disturbance at a home in the Hendrix Creek subdivision at about 10:53 p.m. Wednesday, April 29. Officers learned that a man, later identified as David Dunlap Jr., 44, of Oliver Springs, was at the home, armed with a handgun and threatening to harm others, an Oak Ridge press release said.

When officers responded, they learned that Dunlap was at a home in the Highland View neighborhood. Officers then redeployed to that residence, where they encountered two vehicles, a sedan and a truck, on Outer Drive near New York Avenue traveling at a high rate of speed, the press release said.

“As the vehicles approached the responding officers, Dunlap, who was driving the sedan, fired shots at the truck,” the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, David Dunlap Jr., David Laxton, David R. Dunlap Jr., East Tri County Boulevard, evading arrest, Hendrix Creek, Highland View, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, reckless endangerment, Timothy Scott Cambron

Oliver Springs school administrator arrested for DUI, placed on leave

Posted at 12:33 pm March 20, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

An Oliver Springs High School administrator was arrested last week outside the roller skating rink on East Tri-County Boulevard after the Oliver Springs Police Department was called and told that a parent had arrived to pick up their child and appeared to be intoxicated.

Donna Renee Moore, 46, of Harriman, was arrested late Friday night, and the responding officer noted that she was unsteady on her feet; had red, glassy eyes; and smelled of alcohol. He also reported finding two, partially empty airplane-sized vodka bottles in her purse. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Detention Facility, Donna Renee Moore, driving under the influence, East Tri County Boulevard, implied consent law, Oliver Springs High School, Oliver Springs Police Department, Roane County, roller skating rink, Shannon R. Runyan, vodka

Clinton woman dies after Friday crash in Oliver Springs

Posted at 5:01 pm February 23, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oliver Springs Accident

A Clinton woman died after her car veered off East Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs on Friday morning, went down an embankment, and flipped. (Photo by Tom Scott)

A Clinton woman died after her car veered off East Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs on Friday morning and flipped, authorities said.

Wanda Currier, 67, who lived on Marlow Road in Anderson County, died shortly after the crash at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs Police Department Sgt. Kevin Armes said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, Bennett Road, crash, East Tri County Boulevard, Kevin Armes, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department, Oliver Springs Volunteer Fire Department, Wanda Currier

One taken to hospital after car goes down embankment, overturns

Posted at 7:32 pm February 22, 2013
By John Huotari 4 Comments

Oliver Springs Accident

One person was taken to the hospital after a car went down a 15-foot embankment on East Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs on Friday morning. (Photo by Tom Scott)

One person was taken to an Oak Ridge hospital after a westbound car went down a 15-foot embankment and landed on its roof in heavy brush next to East Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs on Friday morning, authorities said.

Authorities aren’t releasing the name of the female driver or her condition, Oliver Springs Police Department Sgt. Kevin Armes said. She was taken to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: crash, East Tri County Boulevard, Kevin Armes, Methodist Medical Center, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department

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