Sewer or property taxes?: Bean Station workshop begins budget talks
"Are we going to be stagnant or are we going to move forward?" This is one of the many questions Bean Station Mayor Terry Wolfe asked the board of mayor and aldermen during Monday's workshop regarding...
View ArticleBody of missing Morristown woman found in Grainger County
The body of a Morristown woman reported missing by her family January 5, 2016 was recovered in Grainger County Wednesday, April 11. Inesha Haygood's remains were found in Grainger County, near the...
View ArticleHow ICE Puts a Generation at Risk
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View ArticleR Kelly: Inner circle desert him following 'sex pet' allegations
In Rural Tennessee, a Big ICE Raid Makes Some Conservative Voters Rethink Trump's Immigration Agenda - April 5th began in the usual way at the Southeastern Provision meat-processing plant, in Bean...
View ArticleBSVFD holding truck and tractor pull
The Bean Station Fire Department will kick of its 2018 fundraising year with its Truck & Tractor Pull Saturday, April 28 at Marvin Rich Ball Field in Bean Station. Weigh-in will begin at 1 p.m. and...
View ArticleTwo facing multiple drug charges after traffic stop
A traffic stop in the Town of Bean Station resulted in the arrest of two individuals on multiple drug charges Friday, April 20. Leon Curtis Tunstall, 42, Bluefield, West Virginia, and Andrea Shea Bell,...
View ArticleImmigrants Are Missed After Workplace Raid
Hamblen County, Tennessee, has entered a new era, the one that began after the immigration raid on Thursday, April 5. In the early morning of that day, dozens of law enforcement agents from U.S....
View ArticleBuilding Bridges: Huge Tragedy:Tennessee Workplace ICE Raid , Segment 1
Morristown, Tennessee subjected to the largest workplace raid by immigration authorities in over a decade. with Camila Fyler, Integration Director, The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights...
View ArticleSessions: No tears over Tennessee immigration raid
The nation's top law enforcement officer said Tuesday that he's "not shedding tears" over an immigration raid at a Tennessee meat processing plant where 97 workers were arrested. Advocates for the...
View ArticleNational Day of Prayer - Grainger Today
National Day of Prayer was celebrated in Rutledge and Bean Station Thursday, May 3. Prayer services were held at the War and Service Memorial at Harris Court in Bean Station, and at the Grainger County...
View ArticleVoter turnout low in primary
As Mike Byrd celebrated his defeat of three-term Grainger County Mayor Mark Hipsher Tuesday night, he paused to "thank all the voters of Grainger County." Less than 30 percent of the county's...
View ArticleBean Station man accused of assaulting, kidnapping Rockford woman
Deon Tyler Patton, 53, Bean Station, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated domestic assault, aggravated kidnapping and violating an order of protection. He was jailed in lieu of...
View ArticleTIRRC: Some mothers still detained after Grainger County ICE raid
According to a spokesperson for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, more than 30 people are still detained in Louisiana. Of those, three are mothers.
View ArticlePetition pickups to begin for municipal offices
Candidates for municipal office in Bean Station, Blaine and Rutledge may begin picking up petitions Friday for the Nov. 6 election. In Bean Station, the four-year terms of Mayor Terry Wolfe and...
View ArticleEndangered Child Alert issued for missing 2-year-old East Tenn. boy
The TBI said it is believed 2-year-old Jayce Stewart is with his non-custodial mother, Shanna Hatley, and was last seen on May 10 in Bean Station, Tennessee. Jayce is three feet tall and weighs about...
View ArticleTBI issues endangered child alert for 2-year-old Grainger County boy
Hatley is wanted for custodial interference by the Grainger County Sheriff's Department and is known to be driving a silver 2007 Dodge Caliber with TN tag BMY-954, according to the TBI. The TBI has...
View ArticleFred Miller passes
Miller served as a Grainger County Deputy and Grainger County Commissioner, and was a former owner of the City Shoe Shop in Morristown. He was born in the Slate Hill area, and grew up on the last farm...
View ArticleBraden announces he will seek Blaine mayoral seat
He announced his intention to run at Monday's meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. He had just been nominated to fill the post of vice mayor following the death of Aldermen Ronnie Kitts last month.
View Article2.7 magnitude quake felt outside Lenoir City
A 2.7-magnitude earthquake rattled a few windows Thursday afternoon in the Lenoir City area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, centered about 5.6 miles north northwest of the Loudon...
View ArticleNothing will bring loved ones back, but a lot can be done to keep their...
A full military memorial service for those who served on land, sea, and in the air, brought a small congregation together in Bean Station Sunday morning. "The one thing we can undertake is to dedicate...
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