Decision on Tazewell hospital coming Thursday

Posted 07.08.2009 in News

The Claiborne County Hospital board is expected to recommend one of three proposals for management of the Tazewell hospital and nursing home when it meets Thursday.
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LOLMDS at Tazewell Speedway Postponed Due to Rain

Posted 07.06.2009 in News, Visitor Info

Due to heavy rain showers throughout the region, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series’ Toyota of Knoxville 75 at Tazewell Speedway has been postponed.  The $10,000 to win event has been rescheduled for Friday, August 21st.
Officials of the Tazewell Speedway and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series made the decision to postpone the [...]

Couple says shop turned lemons into lifesaver

Posted 07.06.2009 in Features, News, Visitor Info

OAK RIDGE – Razzleberry Ice Cream Lab in Oak Ridge has been serving unusual flavors of ice cream and Italian ice for more than two years. There’s the lavender flavor, for example, and the child-friendly Superman variety.
But one flavor has taken on almost mystical properties.
“We call it miracle ice,” says MeChell Warner, 36, a loyal [...]

‘Coal’ town celebrates 100th

Posted 07.06.2009 in Features, slider

At its start 100 years ago, the town of Coal Creek was booming — with a barber shop, a jewelry store, a shoe shop, a telephone company and Ford Motor Co., along with five general merchandise stores in nearby Briceville.
The town changed its name to Lake City in 1939, commemorating the formation of nearby Norris [...]

Vacationing on Norris Lake

Posted 07.06.2009 in Blog Watch

Source: Harves Family Blog
We had a wonderful time on vacation this past week…we are still recovering from all the unpacking and being off our schedule, but here is a quick video of one of the highlights of the trip–Chloe skiing! I’ll post more pics this week as I get caught up, so stay tuned!

Former UT player killed in tree-cutting accident

Posted 07.05.2009 in News, slider

Sunday morning, two Anderson County churches remembered their pastor, and former UT football player, who died in a tragic accident Saturday morning.
A friend says Terry Moore died due to internal injuries suffered while cutting a tree on his property.
Some of the congregants who showed up at Freedom Fellowship in Clinton, the church Moore planted with [...]

NWS Recognizes Claiborne County as StormReady®

Posted 07.05.2009 in News, slider

The National Weather Service in Morristown, Tennessee has recognized Claiborne County, Tennessee as a StormReady® county.
“Through a partnership between the National Weather Service and emergency management, the StormReady program encourages communities to take a proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations and public awareness,” said George Mathews, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service Morristown, [...]

Union Co. teen one in nearly half a million

Posted 07.05.2009 in News, slider

(From WVLT) A 14 year old Union County girl is one in nearly half of a million. That’s because she was actually hit by lightning on June 18th while powerful storms were rolling through East Tennessee.
Madison Honaker and her family sat down with Volunteer TV News six days later to talk about the experience.
“I feel [...]