Deputies respond to burglaries (The Maryville Daily Times)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:37 GMT
Burglary calls are relatively routine for law enforcement agents, and officials said using common sense can help prevent home break-ins. According to the FBI, a residence is burglarized once every 15 seconds nationwide.
State briefs: Feb. 26 (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Woman struck by car, killed in N. KnoxvilleA police spokesman Thursday said no charges are expected in an accident that killed a 55-year-old woman walking along a North Knoxville road Wednesday night.Dorcas E. Cook of Knoxville was killed in the 10:42 p.m. accident on Callahan Drive at the intersection with Wilbanks Road.Cook was struck by a Ford Escort driven by Phillip A. Conley, 18, of ...
Kodak man pleads guilty to vehicular assault, reckless endangerment (The Maryville Daily Times)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:59:09 GMT
A 30-year-old Kodak man charged with vehicular assault and felony reckless endangerment pleaded guilty Monday in Blount County Circuit Court and was sentenced to two years — which will be served primarily as probation.
Leaders celebrate grand opening of South Knox women's recovery center (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:49:20 GMT
Local, state and federal officials came together Wednesday to celebrate the grand opening of The Next Door, a south Knox County non-profit facility designed to help women leaving jail or prison transition back into society.
Tennessee prep basketball polls (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:45:31 GMT
Bearden, Fulton boys, Morristown West, McMinn Central girls ranked top in their respective classifications.
Former school bookkeeper gets jail time for theft (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:00:06 GMT
MARYVILLE - A former Maryville High School bookkeeper has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years on probation for stealing more than $58,000 from school event proceeds, according to the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.Donna Sloan was sentenced Thursday in Blount County for taking money from ticket and concessions sales, according to the Blount County Court Clerk's ...
Victim's mom: Hit-and-run driver came back but isn't innocent (The Tampa Tribune)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:13:00 GMT
Billy Ivy was remembered by his mother and ex-wives as a troubled soul who was much loved. There are angry a driver left him in the road like "garbage" before returning to the scene.
Maryville woman reports aggravated assault, burglary (The Maryville Daily Times)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:13:51 GMT
A Maryville woman reported Saturday that two men allegedly broke into her apartment, assaulted her with a gun and stole money and medication.
Found: 'Lost Boy' seeks to help Sudanese brothers and sisters (Johnson City Press)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:36:27 GMT
Fortune has smiled upon Victor Chol, but he doesn’t plan to sit back and take comfort in that fact.
After Slavery — Race, Labor and Citizenship in the Post-Emancipation South (Charleston City Paper)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:29:59 GMT
Next week, March 11-13, the College of Charleston and the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World with other co-sponsors, will present After Slavery, a conference examining the social and economic forces that shaped freedom for black people in the post-Emancipation South. There will be nearly two dozen sessions. Panels will include presentations from outstanding scholars in the fields of labor ...
