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Anderson County Legal Notice of Public Hearing

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Legal Notice of Public Hearing

(Published in Compliance with TCA 13-7-105)

The Anderson County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on March 18, 2019, at 6:00 PM in Room 312 of the Anderson County Courthouse, 100 N. Main Street, Clinton, Tennessee to consider a request for rezoning of property located at 819 Sinking Springs Road Clinton, TN 37716. This property can be further described as Anderson County Tax Map 055, Parcel 34.00, 60 +/- acres.

David Crowley, Anderson County Building Commissioner

WHEREAS the Anderson County Regional Planning Commission had recommended that the property located at 819 Sinking Springs Road Clinton, TN 37716 is to be rezoned from A-2 Rural Residential District to R-1 Suburban – Residential District in accordance with Section 13-7-105 (a) of the Tennessee Code Annotated; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anderson County Board of Commissioners does hereby amend the Anderson County Zoning Map by rezoning properties further described as Anderson County Tax Map 055, Parcel 34.00 from the A-2 Rural-Residential District to R-1 Suburban -Residential District.

This resolution shall take effect immediately after its notification and passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Tracy Wandell, Chairman

See the PDF version of the legal notice here.

Warrant: Gun fired as shooting victim tried to grab it during argument

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Christopher Lee Roberts

Christopher Lee Roberts

 

The defendant in a fatal shooting near Clinton on Thursday pulled out a gun during an argument, and it fired when the victim tried to grab it, according to court records.

After the shooting, the defendant, Christopher Lee Roberts, 45, who has been charged with criminal homicide, repeatedly said “I just f****d up” or “I messed up,” according to home owner Martin “Chris” Alsop and resident Michael Carroll.

The shooting, which killed Bradley Charles Bivens, 48, was reported at 611 Sinking Springs Road in Anderson County at about 9 p.m. Thursday. [Read more…]

Sheriff’s Department asks for help finding shooting suspect

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Christopher Lee Roberts

Christopher Lee Roberts

 

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help finding a suspect who is wanted for criminal homicide after a fatal shooting on Sinking Springs Road near Clinton on Thursday evening.

Deputies responded to the shooting at 611 Sinking Springs Road at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they found Bradley Charles Bivens, 48, of Clinton, had been shot and killed, said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy.

Sheriff’s investigators have obtained an arrest warrant for criminal homicide on Christopher Lee Roberts, 45, of Clinton, Lucas said. [Read more…]

Clinton man killed in Thursday night shooting

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A Clinton man was killed in a Thursday night shooting in Anderson County, authorities said.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department responded to the shooting at 611 Sinking Springs Road near Clinton at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

When they arrived, they found that a 48-year-old Clinton man had been shot and killed, said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy. [Read more…]

Man rescued from truck after driving into high water east of Clinton

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Emergency workers rescued a man from a truck after he drove into high water on Irwin Mill Road off Sinking Springs Road east of Clinton on Wednesday morning, Feb. 24, 2016, authorities said. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 5:10 p.m.

Emergency workers rescued a man from a truck after he drove into high water on Irwin Mill Road off Sinking Springs Road east of Clinton on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

The 24-year-old man drove into the water at about 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department said. The truck was partially submerged on the bridge, which was under water, authorities said. The truck became stuck.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded.

The Anderson County Rescue Squad along with the Andersonville Fire Department and Anderson County EMS did a “swift water rescue” with a boat and retrieved the driver, the Sheriff’s Department said. The man was not injured. [Read more…]