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Democratic Women’s Club to hear from AC Emergency Rescue Squad

Posted at 8:28 pm January 20, 2023
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

Representatives of the Anderson County Emergency Rescue Squad will be guest speakers when the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club meets at 6 p.m. Monday, January 23, at Shoney’s Restaurant, 204 South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge.

Chief Terry Allen and Paula Daniel from the Rescue Squad will speak about the nonprofit, volunteer-run emergency response organization that serves Anderson County, a press release said. The Rescue Squad responds to a wide variety of emergency situations, including missing children, traffic accidents, water rescues, and high school training events. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club, Anderson County Emergency Rescue Squad, Paula Daniel, TDOT Yellow DOT Program, Terry Allen

Updated: Fisherman finds body of missing man at Bull Run Park

Posted at 8:09 pm February 21, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Anderson County Rescue Squad and Anderson County Sheriff's Department helped retrieve a body found under water in Bull Run Creek at Bull Run Park in Claxton on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

The Anderson County Rescue Squad and Anderson County Sheriff’s Department helped retrieve a body found under water in Bull Run Creek at Bull Run Park in Claxton on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was updated at 10:45 a.m. Feb. 22.

CLAXTON—A fisherman found a body under about four feet of water at Bull Run Park in Claxton on Wednesday afternoon, and it has been identified as the man reported missing from Karns in Knox County on Sunday morning, authorities said.

The body of Freddy Shultz, 66, was located on the slope of the bank of Bull Run Creek at Bull Run Park at about 3:48 p.m. Wednesday, according to information from Anderson County Sheriff Paul White and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. The body was located near the New Henderson Road bridge after four days of searching.

Divers from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department and a boat with personnel from the Anderson County Rescue Squad assisted in the recovery, said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy.

White said identification in the man’s wallet identified him as the missing man. His black pickup truck had been found parked alongside New Henderson Road across the creek from Bull Run Park at about 12:45 p.m. Sunday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Bull Run Creek, Bull Run Park, Freddy Shultz, Knox County Medical Examiner's Office, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, missing man, Paul White, Terry Allen

Rescuers search for missing man in water at Bull Run Park

Posted at 4:59 pm February 18, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Rescuers in an Anderson County Sheriff's Department boat search for a missing man in the water at Bull Run Park in Claxton, authorities said Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2018. Anderson County Sheriff Paul White is at left in the boat. In front is Knoxville Police Department search and rescue volunteer Candy Stooksbury with K-9 Barnabas, a bloodhound. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Rescuers in an Anderson County Sheriff’s Department boat search for a missing man in the water at Bull Run Park in Claxton, authorities said Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2018. Anderson County Sheriff Paul White is at left in the boat. In front is Knoxville Police Department search and rescue volunteer Candy Stooksbury with K-9 Barnabas, a bloodhound. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11:15 p.m.

CLAXTON—Rescuers searched for a missing man in the water at Bull Run Park in Claxton on Sunday afternoon and evening, but they were not able to locate him.

The search was called off as daylight faded just before 7 p.m. Sunday, more than six hours after the missing man’s pickup truck was located near the park. It’s not clear when the search might resume.

The missing man is reported to be from Knox County, said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy. The identity of the man, reported to be 66, was not immediately available Sunday.

Anderson County Sheriff Paul White said the man left his black pickup truck on the side of road across Bull Run Creek from Bull Run Park, The keys were in the truck, and a suicide note was in the truck, White said. The vehicle was parked alongside New Henderson Road at Tracy Allison Lane.

But rescuers aren’t certain that the man is in the water, White said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County EMS, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Anderson County Volunteer Rescue Squad, Bull Run Creek, Bull Run Park, Bull Run Park boat ramp, Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Mark Lucas, missing person, New Henderson Road, Paul White, search, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Terry Allen

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

Posted at 1:26 pm February 24, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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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…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Slider, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County EMS, Anderson County Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Andersonville Fire Department, Hinds Creek, Irwin Mill Road, rescue, Sinking Springs Road, swift water rescue, Terry Allen

3M presents Supplies4Nonprofit Organizations

Posted at 1:10 am August 31, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

3M Supplies for Nonprofit Organizations

Pictured from left to right above are Mike Swisher, Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley; Annie Cachiero and Cande Seay, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties; Anderson County Chamber President Rick Meredith presenting awards; Charlotte Bowers, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County; Janet Wood, Emory Valley Center; David Erb, Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley; and Terry Allen, Anderson County Rescue Squad. (Submitted photo)

 

Nonprofit organizations serving Anderson County have received a grant from the Annual 3M Supplies4Nonprofit Organizations product donation program, or S4NPO, in partnership with Good360.

The photo above was taken at the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Community Services Coffee in August. Pictured from left to right are Mike Swisher, Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley; Annie Cachiero and Cande Seay, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties; Anderson County Chamber President Rick Meredith presenting awards; Charlotte Bowers, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County; Janet Wood, Emory Valley Center; David Erb, Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley; and Terry Allen, Anderson County Rescue Squad.

Copyright 2015 Oak Ridge Today. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: 3M Supplies4Nonprofit Organizations, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Anderson County, Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, Anderson County Rescue Squad, Annie Cachiero, Annual 3M Supplies4Nonprofit Organizations, Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley, Cande Seay, Charlotte Bowers, David Erb, Emory Valley Center, Good360, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, Janet Wood, Mike Swisher, Rick Meredith, S4NPO, Terry Allen

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