Bean Station approves first reading of FY 2017-18 budget
Robert Turner Grainger Today Reporter BEAN STATION - The Bean Station Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the first reading of the town's FY2017-18 budget during its meeting, Monday. The projected...
View ArticleSeven indicted on drug charges
Tracey Wolfe Grainger Today Editor RUTLEDGE -a The Grainger County Sheriff's Department has arrested seven individuals who have been indicted by a Grainger County Grand Jury on charges related to the...
View ArticleOne injured in crash during attempt to evade police
Tracey Wolfe Grainger Today Editor BEAN STATION - A Bean Station man was injured after a vehicle attempting to evade a police officer hit his vehicle head-on, on County Line Road, Monday. Jeffery...
View ArticleTwo USDA commodity distributions scheduled
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority will be distributing free surplus commodity food to representatives of qualified Grainger County households in two separate locations this month. The first...
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Robert Turner Grainger Today Reporter BEAN STATION - The Bean Station Board of Mayor and Aldermen met Monday night to find a solution for parking issues in the town. Mayor Terry Wolfe introduced a...
View ArticleCommunity comes together for backpack giveaway
Tracey Wolfe Grainger Today Editor BEAN STATION - Almost 450 free backpacks filled with school supplies were given to children preparing to go back to school during the ninth annual Tennessee Food on...
View Articlea Kickstands Up for Kidsa slated in Tenn.
Kingswood Home for Children will host the second annual motorcycle benefit ride "Kickstands Up for Kids," a fundraiser to support the non-profit, private children's home beginning on Aug. 26. The...
View ArticleCommunity comes together for meeting about dangerous intersection
Tracey Wolfe Grainger Today Editor THORN HILL - There were 163 signatures in the sign-in book at the community meeting held at the Thorn Hill community building yesterday evening as citizens crowded in...
View ArticleMan arrested after jumping from Hugh B. Day Bridge
Tracey Wolfe Grainger Today Editor ROGERSVILLE - A California man was arrested Thursday, July 27 after reportedly evading officers and rolling backwards off the Hugh B. Day Bridge, on Route 66 in...
View ArticleGrainger County war heroes honored
Tracey Wolfe Grainger Today Editor There are patriots who have demonstrated what it means to not ask what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. In some cases, those...
View ArticleBean Station to offer employee incentives
The Bean Station Board of Mayor and Aldermen agreed Monday night to offer health insurance to long-term town employees after they retire. Council members met in a workshop prior to the...
View ArticleComing home; Author returns to Maryville as speaker for special 'Chocolate'...
All The Pretty Things is a book by Edie Wadsworth, an alumni of Heritage High School and a native of the city of Maryville. Edie Wadsworth, a 1988 graduate of Heritage High School in Maryville, will be...
View ArticleBean Station to host free Movie in the Park
The 2005 PG-rated movie "Dreamer" will be shown on the grounds of Harris Court, adjacent to Town Hall, free of charge. Bean Station Mayor Terry Wolfe said, "This is a way for the town to give back to...
View ArticleInto the storm: Bean Station men rescue victims of Hurricane Harvey
Local residents Dale Moles and Jim McWhorter packed their bags and headed southwest, Monday, Aug. 28, to aid in the search and rescue of those stranded by flooding left in Hurricane Harvey's wake....
View ArticleGrainger Schools show significant improvement
Students at Bean Station Elementary School showed significant improvement across the board on the 2017 TNReady tests, Grainger County Director of Schools Edwin Jarnagin said. On a scale of 1 to 5, with...
View ArticleOperation September Suppression nets 31 arrests in one day
During the operation, officers with the sheriff's department, 4th Judicial District Drug Task Force and Tennessee Department of Corrections flooded the county, rounding up 17 individuals who had been...
View ArticleEastern Star donates school supplies
The Worthy Grand Matron of Tennessee, Beverly Rogers, asked all chapters in Tennessee to become more active in their local communities. Tate Spring is the only Eastern Star Chapter in Grainger County.
View ArticleMan racks up charges following home invasions, car thefts and police pursuit
A Bean Station man reportedly led law enforcement authorities from three counties on a high-speed chase after allegedly committing two home invasions and stealing two vehicles. Glen Allen Johnson, 36,...
View ArticleHaints and History Night held in Rutledge
The Grainger County Historic Society held it's 2nd annual Haints and History Night at the Olde Jail in Rutledge Saturday, October 7. The storytellers were Adrian Cameron, Roe Baker, Sherry Beeler, Ken...
View ArticleThe Whitesides of Grainger County
This month the Whiteside Family Association, a group dedicated to genealogical and historical research of Whiteside kindred, will hold its annual meeting in Knoxville. It isn't a coincidence that the...
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