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Bond in murder case set at $1 million

Posted at 12:28 pm December 13, 2022
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Nathan Newport

Bond for an Oliver Springs man accused of murdering his wife Monday morning was set at $1 million.

The bond order for Nathan Lee Newport, 60, was signed by new Anderson County General Sessions Court Judge Matthew Tuck on Tuesday.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County General Sessions Court, first-degree murder, Janice Newport, Matthew Tuck, Nathan Lee Newport, Oliver Springs, shooting, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Smoke lingers over west Oak Ridge due to barn fire

Posted at 3:51 pm October 21, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Smoke was lingering over west Oak Ridge today (Wednesday, October 21) due to a barn fire off Johnson Road in Oliver Springs yesterday.

The smoke was lingering over west Oak Ridge because of heavy fog Wednesday morning, the Oak Ridge Fire Department said.

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire Tagged With: barn fire, fire, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oliver Springs

Oliver Springs mayor feeling fine, out of quarantine

Posted at 4:21 pm July 22, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oliver Springs Mayor Omer Cox (Photo courtesy Omer Cox)

Oliver Springs Mayor Omer Cox on Wednesday said he is feeling fine, does not have any symptoms of COVID-19, and is out of quarantine.

Cox tested positive for COVID-19 before a scheduled surgery. He learned of the test result on Monday of last week. The surgery was canceled.

Oliver Springs announced after the positive diagnosis that it was closing City Hall until August 3.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Front Page News, Government, Health, Oliver Springs Tagged With: COVID-19, Oliver Springs, Omer Cox

Oliver Springs mayor tests positive for COVID before surgery, doesn’t have symptoms

Posted at 10:32 am July 15, 2020
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Oliver Springs Mayor Omer Cox (Photo courtesy Omer Cox)

Note: This story was updated at 5:30 p.m. July 16.

Oliver Springs Mayor Omer Cox tested positive for COVID-19 before a scheduled surgery, and he said he does not have any symptoms and is not sick.

“Hopefully, I won’t be,” Cox said.

Cox said he was tested on Saturday morning at Tennova North. He was notified by his surgeon of the positive test result at 9:45 a.m. Monday. The surgery was canceled.

Cox said he is in self-quarantine at home and following doctor’s orders, and he has notified everyone that he has had contact with.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Front Page News, Government, Health, Oliver Springs Tagged With: COVID-19, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs City Court, Oliver Springs City Hall, Omer Cox

Oliver Springs employee tests positive for COVID-19

Posted at 1:23 pm July 14, 2020
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An Oliver Springs employee has tested positive for COVID-19, and City Hall will be closed to the public until August 3.

Oliver Springs officials learned of the positive diagnosis Monday morning. Other city employees are being tested.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Government, Health, Oliver Springs Tagged With: COVID-19, Oliver Springs

Main road through Oliver Springs closed due to flooding

Posted at 12:17 pm February 6, 2020
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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

State announces $500,000 loan for OS water system repairs

Posted at 10:01 am October 27, 2019
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Tennessee officials on Friday announced a $500,000 loan for water system repairs in Oliver Springs.

The loan was announced by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner David Salyers. It’s a Clean Water State Revolving Fund, or SRF, planning and design loan. It’s meant to remediate water losses in the Oliver Springs water system in what is being described as a pilot project.

The loan consists of 100 percent principal forgiveness in the amount of $500,000 with a five-year term and a 0 percent interest rate, a press release said.

“We are pleased we can assist local communities with important infrastructure improvements,” Lee said in the press release. “This loan directly addresses a need and will improve quality of life.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oliver Springs, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Bill Lee, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, David Salyers, Leslie Gillespie-Marthaler, Oliver Springs, Randy McNally, SRF, State Revolving Fund, TDEC, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, water system repairs

CTF: Meth, narcotics found during Friday morning searches

Posted at 10:57 am May 31, 2019
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Roughly an ounce of methamphetamine and other narcotics were found during searches on Ridgeview Drive in Oliver Springs on Friday morning, May 31, 2019, law enforcement officers said. (Photo courtesy Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force)

Roughly an ounce of methamphetamine and other narcotics were found during Friday morning searches on Ridgeview Drive in Oliver Springs, law enforcement officers said.

The searches were led by the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force, which had three search warrants. The search operation included the CTF, Oliver Springs Police Department, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, and Oak Ridge Police Department, a press release said.

ACSO and ORPD SWAT executed two of the three search warrants at the same time, the press release said. The third search warrant was executed shortly after the first two were clear, the release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire Tagged With: ACSO, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, CTF, drug charges, Kenneth Morgan, methamphetamine, narcotics, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department, ORPD, OSPD, Ridgeview Drive, search warrants, Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force

ORFD helped fight fire in Oliver Springs

Posted at 6:07 pm March 12, 2019
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Fire Department and other departments helped Oliver Springs fight this fire on West Tri County Boulevard early Wednesday, March 5, 2019. (Photo by Tom Scott)

The Oak Ridge Fire Department and other departments helped Oliver Springs fight this fire on West Tri County Boulevard early Wednesday, March 5, 2019. (Photo by Tom Scott)

 

The Oak Ridge Fire Department responded to help fight a fire in Oliver Springs last week.

The fire was reported at about 1 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, in a building in the 900 block of West Tri County Boulevard, said fire photographer Tom Scott.

The initial response was by the Oliver Springs Fire Department, followed by the Marlow, Blair, and Oak Ridge fire departments on a mutual aid request, Scott said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blair, Front Page News, Marlow, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire Tagged With: fire, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Tom Scott, West Tri County Boulevard

Updated: Oliver Springs resident dies in collision with truck

Posted at 11:58 am January 21, 2019
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 11:15 a.m. Jan. 22.

Information from WYSH Radio

A head-on collision involving a tractor-trailer in Oliver Springs on Sunday night killed one person and shut down Highway 61 leading into Oliver Springs for about 22 hours while crews cleaned up debris.

The Oliver Springs Police Department said that the fatal crash happened when a tractor-trailer dump truck was struck head-on by a car that crossed over the center line. The collision sent the tractor-trailer off the road and down an embankment, where it overturned and spilled diesel fuel and its cargo of sand. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: crash, fatal crash, Highway 61, Kenny Morgan, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, TDOT, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Willis Millican

Airport Road, Midway Drive close in OS due to flooding

Posted at 8:52 am December 28, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 1:05 p.m.

Airport Road and Midway Drive in Oliver Springs have closed due to flooding, and weather forecasters have issued a flash flood watch for the area.

Airport Road, which is on the east side of Oliver Springs, frequently floods during heavy, prolonged rains, and drivers sometimes get stuck there when they try to drive through the water, which can be high and moving fast.

A flash flood watch is in effect until 1 p.m. Friday in Oak Ridge, Clinton, and Knoxville, and Anderson, Morgan and Roane counties, among other communities, according to the National Weather Service in Morristown. Heavy rain continues today (Friday, December 28), with flooding possible, forecasters said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: Airport Road, flash flood watch, flooding, heavy rain, Irwin Mill Road, Midway Drive, National Weather Service, Oliver Springs

Man dies in car-bicycle crash on Mahoney Road

Posted at 1:18 pm December 7, 2018
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

A 72-year-old bicyclist died in a car-bicycle crash on Mahoney Road outside Oliver Springs on Sunday, authorities said.

The bicyclist, Homer A. McElroy Jr. of Oliver Springs, was riding his bicycle west on Mahoney Road near the intersection with Pappy Lane and was “traveling near the center portion of the roadway” when he was hit a 2004 Toyota Camry being driven east by Scott Stockton, 44, of Oliver Springs, at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Tennessee Tagged With: crash, Homer A. McElroy Jr., Mahoney Road, Oliver Springs, Scott Stockton, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP, WYSH Radio

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