8-Second Hellcat Challenger
We have a first, ladies and gentlemen! On Monday, October 16, Leon Epling, owner of Epling garage in Bean Station, Tennessee, took his 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat and clawed his way into the 8s! Not...
View ArticleBalmy days at Harvest Pride Festival
Many runners participating in Friday's Night Owl 5K Run/Walk were wearing shorts due to the unseasonably warm weather. A move of the music stage to the area in front of the Town Hall, near the food...
View ArticleGrainger County designated Exemplary School System
For the first time, the Grainger County school district has been designated an Exemplary School System by the State Department of Education. In addition, Bean Station Elementary was recognized as a...
View ArticleMeth, Weapons Found After Deputies Serve Warrant
A number of guns and a quantity of methamphetamine were seized Wednesday morning by sheriff's deputies who executed a search warrant at 7540 Horton Highway. Peyton Sayler, 18, of the Horton Highway...
View ArticleHarvest Pride Festival begins Friday
The festival will begin with the Night Owl 5K Run/Walk, Friday evening. There will be music and vendors onsite for the race, which will begin at 8 p.m. Registration will take place from 6 until 7:30...
View ArticleBulls Gap Puts On Arts And Crafts Festival
Dozens of people came out to either sell, buy or just admire a number of handmade items during the first Bulls Gap Arts and Crafts Festival. The festival was put on by the Town of Bulls Gap for most of...
View ArticlePedestrian killed crossing Hwy. 25E
25E in Bean Station. According to reports, A.D. Barker, 66, attempted to cross the road in the path of a northbound Hyundai Veloster, causing the vehicle to strike him.
View ArticleCommodity distributions scheduled for November
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority's Neighborhood Center in Rutledge will distribute free surplus commodity food to representatives of qualified Grainger County households in two separate locations...
View ArticleGrainger County Schools employees support breast cancer awareness
Central office staff and some supervisors for Grainger County Schools donned some unusual attire Friday in support of the fight against cancer. They partnered with Norris Homes in Bean Station by...
View ArticleMonique's Flower Barn comes to Bean Station
Monique's Flower Barn in Bean Station opened Thursday, September 7. Monique Murphy had worked for Ms. Phyllis at All Occasions in Morristown for many years before she said she was "called on by the...
View ArticleGrainger County residents help fight prescription drug use/abuse
Bean Station Town Hall and Okie's II Pharmacy in Blaine were both drop off/take-back destinations for a drug take-back event that took place Saturday, October 28. According to the "Count It, Lock It,...
View ArticleMiller Road to be paved
Commissioner David Collins addressed Grainger County Road Superintendent Jimmy Renfro, asking, "If we buy the asphalt, will you pave the convenience center and Miller Road?" Renfro said he had gone up...
View ArticleFree winter items to be given away in Bean Station and Rutledge
Mercy House in Bean Station, and St. John Paul II Catholic Mission in Rutledge, will be holding winter item giveaways this weekend. Mercy House will offer a limited supply of blankets, coats and other...
View ArticleTree lighting ceremony scheduled
Rev. Scott Howerton will read the first Christmas story, and Noeton Baptist Church Choir will perform Christmas carols.
View ArticleBean Station Utility rate increase to take effect in January
An increase in water rates will go into effect in January for residents and businesses that purchase water from Bean Station Utility District . Members of the BSUD board of directors voted to increase...
View ArticleEverybody loves a parade: Grainger parades kick off Saturday
Grainger County's Christmas parade season will kick off with the Washburn and Bean Station parades this Saturday, December 2. Washburn's parade will begin at 1 p.m. Line up will begin at noon at...
View Article2 dead after Wednesday morning crash on I-40
The crash happened around 2:59 a.m. on Interstate 40 west near the I-140 and Lovell Road exit. According to the report, a Volkswagen Cabrio was traveling west on the roadway when the driver made a...
View ArticleMother, 3-year-old son killed in multi-vehicle wreck on I-40W in Knoxville
UPDATE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 5:30 p.m.: A mother and her 3-year-old son were killed, and a 1-year-old girl hospitalized in critical condition after a three-vehicle wreck on Interstate 40 West in...
View ArticleBean Station woman and toddler killed in Knoxville crash
A Bean Station woman and her 3-year-old child were killed in a motor vehicle accident in Knoxville, at approximately 2:59 a.m. Wednesday, November 29. Sabrina Mae Brown, 32, was reportedly traveling...
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Thirty-two members of Grainger County churches traveled to Boone, North Carolina last weekend to work at Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christmas Child processing center.
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