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Two arrested on drug charges, two on outstanding warrants after Vermont Ave search

Posted at 4:20 pm February 24, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Charges are pending after a search warrant was served as part of an investigation into illegal drug activity on Vermont Avenue on Friday morning, Feb. 24, 2017, authorities said. The search warrant was served by members of the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force and the Oak Ridge Police Department SWAT and patrol staff. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

Charges are pending after a search warrant was served as part of an investigation into illegal drug activity on Vermont Avenue on Friday morning, Feb. 24, 2017, authorities said. The search warrant was served by members of the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force and the Oak Ridge Police Department SWAT and patrol staff. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

 

Two people were arrested on drug charges and two were arrested on outstanding warrants after a search of a Vermont Avenue home on Friday morning, authorities said.

The search of the home at 306 Vermont Avenue, across from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in central Oak Ridge, came after an investigation by the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force.

The Oak Ridge Police Department SWAT team entered the house early Friday morning with help from ORPD patrol officers.

Once the house was secure, agents from the Crime Task Force searched the home, detained several people, and conducted interviews as part of their investigation, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Clinton Police Department, Codes Enforcement Office, District Attorney General Dave Clark, drug charges, Jackson McGhee, James Brown, Jim Akagi, Joel Packard, narcotics charges, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, ORPD, possession of Schedule II drugs for sale, possession of Schedule IV drugs for sale in a drug-free school zone, Rocky Top Police Department, Russell Barker, search warrant, Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force, St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Mary's Church and School, Tiffany Packard, Vermont Avenue

Girls middle school soccer team wins Smoky Mountain Tournament

Posted at 11:22 am November 1, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Girls Middle School Wildcats

The Oak Ridge Girls Middle School Wildcats are front row, left to right, Eden Gee, Sami Jaffery, Emily Avila, Reagan Ross, Yuni Ramirez, Carter Valencia Van Booraem, and Isha Bhandari; and back row, left to right, Alyssa Tittsworth, Lorelei Heffernan, Muskaan Vohra, Laura Snyder, Lauren Bass, Midori Hammer, Sarah Hammonds, and Bailey Thompson. (Submitted photo)

 

By Gerry Palau

A group of middle school girls from Jefferson, Robertsville, and Oliver Springs middle schools that banded together as the Oak Ridge Middle School Wildcats recently won the end-of-season Smoky Mountain Middle School League Tournament during the weekend of October 25-26.

The Smoky Mountain league is the premier middle school soccer league in the metropolitan Knoxville area with more than 50 girls’ teams competing this fall. The Smoky Mountain League has been in existence since 1987, hosting a girls soccer season each fall, and a boys soccer season each spring. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Middle School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: boys soccer, Brittany Sterner, Carlos Avila, girls soocer, James Brown, Jefferson Middle School, middle school soccer, Oak Ridge Middle School Wildcats, Oliver Springs Middle School, Robertsville Middle School, Smoky Mountain League, Smoky Mountain Middle School League, soccer, Tony Webb, tournament match

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