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Sexual harassment lawsuit against county appealed to Sixth Circuit

Posted at 2:11 pm August 23, 2021
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The Joel W. Solomon Federal Building United States Courthouse is pictured above on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

  A jury found she had been sexually harassed while working for Anderson County, but the county was not liable. Then, since she did not prevail in the civil trial, she was ordered to pay about $1,800 in costs to Anderson County. Now that’s on hold. The former employee, Gail Harness, has appealed her $7.5 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Anderson County to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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  A jury found she had been sexually harassed while working for Anderson County, but the county was not liable. Then, since she did not prevail in the civil trial, she was ordered to pay about $1,800 in costs to Anderson County. Now that’s on hold. The former employee, Gail Harness, has appealed her $7.5 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Anderson County to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Courts, Front Page News, Government, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories, United States Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Republican Party, civil trial, Dave Clark, Gail Harness, lawsuit, Myra Mansfield, Seventh Judicial District, sexual harassment, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court, William Jones

Agle, Fillauer re-elected to Oak Ridge Board of Education

Posted at 10:52 pm November 8, 2016
By John Huotari 2 Comments

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Angi Agle

  Angi Agle and Keys Fillauer, the two incumbents on the Oak Ridge Board of Education, have been re-elected to four year-terms, according to unofficial election results in Anderson and Roane counties. Agle received the most votes, a total of 7,830 in the two counties. She earned 6,643 in Anderson County and 1,187 in Roane County. Fillauer, the current school board chair, collected 7,196 between the two counties. He had 6,049 votes in Anderson County and 1,147 in Roane County. A third candidate, Myra Mansfield, finished with about 1,800 votes fewer than Fillauer, or 5,686. She received 4,657 in Anderson County and 729 in Roane County. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: Anderson County Election Commission, Angi Agle, election results, Keys Fillauer, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Roane County Election Commission

Agle, Fillauer lead in early voting for school board

Posted at 8:35 pm November 8, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Angi Agle

 

Note: This story was updated at 11 p.m.

Angi Agle and Keys Fillauer, the two incumbents for Oak Ridge Board of Education, lead in early voting in Anderson County, according to unofficial results posted on the Anderson County Election Commission website on Tuesday evening.

Agle had 4,591 early votes, and Fillauer, the current board chair, had 4,195.

A third candidate, challenger Myra Mansfield, had 2,992.

Agle and Fillauer also have leads in early voting in Roane County, according to unofficial results posted at 8:33 p.m. Tuesday. Agle leads with 973 early votes, and Fillauer had 960.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Election Commission, Angi Agle, Keys Fillauer, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge Board of Education, school board

BBB-TV posts video from Oak Ridge Board of Education candidate forum

Posted at 8:17 pm October 19, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

BBB-TV, Channel 12 in Oak Ridge, has posted video from a candidate forum for Oak Ridge Board of Education.

The candidate forum was Thursday, September 29, at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.

There are three candidates for two school board seats in the November 8 election. The candidates are the two incumbents, Keys Fillauer and Angi Agle, and challenger Myra Mansfield.

See the forum in the video below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: Angi Agle, BBB-TV, candidate forum, Keys Fillauer, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, school board

Tuesday forum to feature candidates for City Council, Board of Education

Posted at 1:04 pm September 29, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

A forum in Oak Ridge on Tuesday will feature candidates for Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Board of Education, and city judge.

The forum will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, in the Oak Ridge High School Amphitheater at 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. It’s been organized by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge.

Candidates for Oak Ridge City Council [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Education, Front Page News, Government, K-12, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Angi Agle, Anne Garcia Garland, Charles J. "Chuck" Hope Jr., forum, Hans Vogel, Jim Dodson, Joseph Lee, Keys Fillauer, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Mark LeNoir, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge High School, Patrick Bryan, Robert A. McNees III, Wende Doolittle

Reminder: School board candidate forum is Thursday morning

Posted at 10:07 pm September 28, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

Reminder: The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce has a forum for candidates for Oak Ridge Board of Education on Thursday morning.

It’s the second of three candidate forums for the November 8 election.

The Board of Education candidate forum will start at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, September 29, in the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s Joyce Conference Room. It’s free and open to the public.

There are three candidates for two seats on the school board: the incumbents, Angi Agle and Keys Fillauer, and challenger Myra Mansfield. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Charter Commission, Angi Agle, candidate forum, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Gene Patterson, Greta Ownby, Keys Fillauer, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, school board candidate forum

Mansfield focuses on reading, math, support for all students in school board race

Posted at 12:33 pm September 16, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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Myra Mansfield is pictured above with her granddaughters Kyrstin and Kennedy. (Submitted photo)

Myra Mansfield has focused on reading and math proficiency and support for all students in her campaign for Oak Ridge Board of Education.

“Every child in our schools should achieve proficiency in reading and math,” Mansfield said in a press release announcing her campaign.

Mansfield is one of three candidates to qualify to run for one of two school board seats in the November 8 election. The other two candidates are the two incumbents, Angi Agle and Keys Fillauer.

In the press release, Mansfield said she is running because she believes that all children, regardless of their background, are capable of achieving greatness.

“I was compelled by what I read in the local newspapers,” Mansfield said. “Students are underachieving from all backgrounds across the city and that demands our attention.”

Mansfield said she is the daughter of K-25 retiree Stanley Finch and Oak Ridge National Laboratory retiree Shirley Garrison (Finch) Frykman. She said she is a lifelong Oak Ridger and proud product of Woodland Elementary, Jefferson Middle, and Oak Ridge High schools. She has degrees in accounting, business management, and a master’s degree focused in counseling, the press release said. Her daughters Esther and Elizabeth are graduates of MTSU and son Jonathan is a student at Roane State Community College. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Preschool Policy Council, Angi Agle, child advocacy, Choices Resource Center, Keys Fillauer, math, Myra Mansfield, Nurturing and Safe World, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Schools, reading, the Anderson County Drug Court Advisory Board

Yager wins special election for Anderson County Commission, District 8

Posted at 9:38 pm August 4, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Phil Yager

Phil Yager

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12:05 a.m.

Phil Yager beat two other candidates to win a seat on Anderson County Commission in District 8 in Oak Ridge on Thursday.

The special election for the District 8 seat was held along with the county general election and state and federal primaries on Thursday, August 4. District 8 includes the Emory Valley, Hendrix Creek, and Woodland voting precincts in Oak Ridge.

Yager finished with 542 votes, compared to 239 for Angeleque McNutt and 227 for Myra Mansfield, according to unofficial results posted on the Anderson County Election Commission website.

The final results from all 27 precincts, plus early, absentee, and write-in ballots, were posted at 10:41 p.m. Thursday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Anderson County, Front Page News, Government Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Election Commission, Anderson County School Board, Andy McKamey, Angeleque McNutt, county general election, Dail Cantrell, District 8, early voting, election day, Emory Valley, Glenda J. Langenberg, Hendrix Creek, Herman Collins, John K. Alley Jr., John S. Burrell, Michael McKamey, Myra Mansfield, Phil Yager, Rickey Rose, Robin Biloski, Scott Daugherty, Shain Vowell, special election, Tennessee House of Representatives, voting, Woodland, Zach Bates

Anderson County Commission candidates at forum Thursday; Roane County forum on July 19

Posted at 12:09 pm July 14, 2016
By Cleva Marrow Leave a Comment

Voter Registration Month

The League of Women of Voters of Oak Ridge will present two forums featuring candidates on the ballots in the August 4 elections in Anderson and Roane counties. The first forum, featuring candidates for Anderson County Commission, District 8, is tonight (Thursday, July 14).

Tonight’s forum will be held at the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College in Room-111. It starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14.

Three candidates are running to fill the unexpired term of Robin Biloski, who resigned from her District 8 in Oak Ridge in August 2015. The three candidates are Myra Mansfield, Angeleque McNutt, and Phil Yager. McNutt was appointed to the seat by Anderson County Commission in August, and that appointment was to last through the county’s general election this August.

District 8 includes the Emory Valley, Hendrix Creek, and Woodland voting precincts in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Roane County Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Election Commission, Anderson County School Board, Angeleque McNutt, August 4 election, candidate forum, County Commission District 6, Criminal Court Judge Ninth Judicial District, Democratic primary, early voting, General Sessions Judge Part 1, Glenda J. Langenberg, John K. Alley Jr., judicial retention, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Myra Mansfield, NAACP, Phil Yager, property assessor, Republican primary, road superintendent, Roane County, Roane County Election Commission, Roane State Community College, School Board District 5/6

Reminder: Anderson County Commission candidates at Thursday forum

Posted at 6:28 pm July 13, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Reminder: A Thursday morning forum will feature three candidates for Anderson County Commission.

The three candidates are Myra Mansfield, Angeleque McNutt, and Phil Yager. They are running for one of two seats in District 8, which includes the Emory Valley, Hendrix Creek, and Woodland voting precincts in Oak Ridge.

The candidate forum is from 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, July 14, at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, which is at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Gene Patterson will be the moderator. The forum is free and open to the public.

See previous story here: [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Anderson County, Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Advocacy Committee, Anderson County Commission, Angeleque McNutt, candidate forum, District 8, Emory Valley, Gene Patterson, Hendrix Creek, Myra Mansfield, Myron Iwanski, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Phil Yager, Robin Biloski, Stacy Myers, Woodland

Candidate forum for Anderson County Commission District 8 to be held July 14

Posted at 10:39 am June 24, 2016
By Kathy Gillenwaters Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce

The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce building is pictured above.

 

The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s Advocacy Committee will host a series of candidate forums during the election season this year, and the first forum, for three Anderson County Commission candidates, will be in July.

That first forum will be for candidates running in the special election for Anderson County Commission District 8. The forum will be held from 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, July 14, in the Joyce Conference Room at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, which is at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

All three candidates for the office—Myra Mansfield, Angeleque McNutt, and Phil Yager—have indicated that they will be present for the forum, a press release said. All candidate forums are free and open to the public. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, 2016 Election, Anderson County, Business, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Advanced Management Inc., Advocacy Committee, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Commission District 8, Anderson County general election, Angeleque McNutt, candidate forum, election season, Gene Patterson, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Phil Yager, Robin Biloski, Stacy Myers

Aug. 4 ballot: Competitive races for Congress, AC Commission in Oak Ridge

Posted at 1:09 pm June 23, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Voter Registration Month

The ballot is set for the August 4 county general election and state and federal primary elections. The competitive elections include the Republican and Democratic primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Third Congressional District, which includes Oak Ridge, and the race for one of two seats in Anderson County Commission’s Eighth District, which includes the Woodland, Hendrix Creek, and Emory Valley precincts in Oak Ridge.

There is also competition for two seats on the Anderson County School Board, one in the Third District and the other in the Fifth District.

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann, an Ooltewah Republican, is the incumbent in the House’s Third Congressional District. He has two opponents in the Republican primary on August 4: Allan Levene and Geoffery Suhmer Smith. (Signs for Fleischmann and Smith have both recently been posted in Oak Ridge.)

There are also three Democratic candidates on the ballot for U.S. House, Third District. They are Michael Friedman, George Ryan Love, and Melody Shekari.

The Republican winner will face the Democratic winner in the November 8 federal general election. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Anderson County, Federal, Front Page News, Government, State Tagged With: Allan Levene, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Democratic Party, Anderson County School Board, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Andy McKamey, Angeleque McNutt, August 4 ballot, August 4 election, Bob Fannon, Catherine Denenberg, Chris Phillips, Chuck Fleischmann, county general election, Dail R. Cantrell, Democratic primaries, Dennis H. Powers, Eighth District, Emory Valley, federal primary election, Geoffery Suhmer Smith, George Ryan Love, Glenda J. Langenberg, Hendrix Creek, Herman Collins, J. Shain Vowell, John K. Alley Jr., John Ragan, John S. Burrell, Melody Shekari, Michael Friedman, Michael S. McKamey, Myra Mansfield, November 8 election, November 8 state general election, Oak Ridge, Phil Yager, Republican, Robin Biloski, Scott Daugherty, Third Congressional District, U.S. House of Representatives, Woodland, Zach Bates, Zenith Rickey Rose

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