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Briseida Escalona-Lara, 46, of Knoxville, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to charges of making fake IDs. She will receive her sentence Aug. 29 before the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge. She faces a sentence of...
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit is hosting Fly-In at the Island 11 a.m..-6 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at Knoxville Island Home Airport. This is the first year for the event, and will feature a day filled with aircraft displays and...
news@theheraldnewspapers.com A Knoxville company submitted a permit application for an alternative waste processing facility for Sevier County. Misty Mountain Resource Recovery CEO John Bardsfield describes the process, known as plasma gasification,...
The Secret City Scenic Excursion Train, operated by The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum, will run its Welcome to Summer train rides Saturday, June 2 across a mountain route that has been in existence since 1943. Riders can enjoy viewing...
The East Tennessee Development District (ETDD) Board of Directors held its Annual Awards Banquet Friday, May 19 at Rothchild Conference Centers in Knoxville. ETDD made the following awards, which Gary Holiway, ETDD board chair and Jefferson...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com A group of District One residents and other county residents — 13 total—has signed a formal complaint “against the Sevier County Mayor, Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners,” alleging ethical...
Former Karns star Evans among new Eagles signees Carson-Newman head baseball coach Tom Griffin has announced Michael Brown, Wesley Dozier, Charles Hill and Evan Patterson have joined the Eagles baseball team for the 2007 season. Brown is an...
Annual package rises to $1.125 million for the upcoming season and goes through 2011-2012 University of Tennessee President Dr. John Petersen and Women’s Athletics Director Joan Cronan announced Monday that Head Women’s Basketball Coach...
Tennesseeís First Lady, Andrea Conte, and TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely, along with representatives from Keep Tennessee Beautiful and other special guests will participate in a special event on Thursday, May 25, 2006 to launch the stateís...
Supreme Court upholds Tenn. death penalty decision Today the United States Supreme Court refused to review the October 2005 decision of the Tennessee Supreme Court upholding the state’s lethal injection protocol. In Abdur’Rahman v. Bredesen,...
Requires state agencies to assess impact of new regulations on small businesses Nashville – Governor Phil Bredesen was joined today by Todd Stottlemyer, president and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business, as he signed Executive...
Walters State’s Students in Free Enterprise Team finished its season as one of the top twelve in the country.The team was defeated by Louisiana State University at Eunice in yesterday’s semi-final rounds at the SIFE National Exposition....
Body Farm novelists to hold book signing at courthouse The writing team of Dr. William Bass and Jon Jefferson who co-penned the fictional work Carved in Bone: A Body Farm Novel (William Morrow, 2006) under the pseudonym of Jefferson Bass, will...
The perfect activity handbook for children ages 8 -12 is en route to mailboxes across the area. Using a foolproof method, the book details the writing process in five sections: prewriting; drafting; revising; editing and proofreading; and...
Governor Phil Bredesen today appointed William O. Shults to the Claims Commission for the Eastern Division. Shults, an attorney from Newport, fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Vance Cheek, who resigned the position in order to run...
Girl Scouts will show that true beauty comes from inside by hosting the first-ever Spa Day at Camp Tanasi. All East Tennessee girls ages 11 and 12 are invited, even if they aren’t Girl Scouts. “We are reaching out to all girls with a program...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Knoxville Museum of Art recently added two Bessie Harvey untitled sculptures and a Sally Mann photograph, Untitled (Juliette in Chair), to its permanent collection. The Harvey work was a gift to the KMA from...
Fourth Friday with Senator Finney– scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, May 26, at the Sevier County Courthouse– has been cancelled. Senator Finney remains in Nashville, as the General Assembly is finishing its legislative session...
Seymour turn lane addition also listed Governor Phil Bredesen released a three-year (2007-2009) Multi-modal Work Program for the state, including three Sevier County road projects. In fiscal year 2007, funding was approved for the additional...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com A Sevierville woman reported to police she was raped in the bedroom of her home Monday morning. The investigation into the alleged incident is on-going. The Sevierville Police Department is investigating the alleged...
