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January 06, 2009

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A report of an impaired driver leaving the Taco Bell in Sweetwater Sunday turned more serious when SPD Officer Suzzane Ward allegedly found drugs and a loaded gun on the suspect, 30-year-old Brian Scott Wallace, Mashburn Road, Sweetwater. More ››
5:55 PM, 01/05/2009
A man wielding a shotgun robbed the Kangaroo convenience store on Highway 68 near Sweetwater and Interstate 75 on Sunday, authorities said
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1:29 PM, 01/05/2009
Amidst growing concern and aggravation from customers about higher utility bills after a fuel cost adjustment rate increase, Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative Chief Executive Officer Jim Kendrick wants to set the record straight about peoples’ bills. More ››
9:58 AM, 01/05/2009
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for late Tuesday night through Wednesday morning for much of East Tennessee. Widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 4 inches in East Tennessee are possible overnight.

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9:12 AM, 01/05/2009
With unemployment numbers high, it is not surprising a large portion of students in Monroe County are participating in free and reduced lunch programs.
But high numbers of local students on free and reduced lunch are also not unusual for the county and city school systems. More ››
10:05 AM, 01/05/2009
Sports News
Just a couple of hours before the New Year’s Ball dropped in Times Square, the Tellico Plains Bears dropped the ball at the Harriman Holiday Tournament.
Tellico lost its final game of 2008 to the Monterey Wildcats 48-34 in the final game of the tournament on Wednesday. More ››
10:32 AM, 01/05/2009
It wasn’t always pretty, but in the end the Tellico Plains Lady Bears’ play was good enough to collect one last win in 2008.
The Lady Bears topped the Monterey Lady Wildcats 52-37 in the final girls’ game of the Harriman Holiday Tournament and ended the tournament with a 2-1 mark. More ››
10:31 AM, 01/05/2009
The Tellico Plains Bears scratched out a hard-fought 54-51 win over the Unaka Rangers Tuesday morning at the Harriman Holiday Tournament.
Gage Ingram led the way for the Bears with 19 points, 15 of which came in the second half.
Tellico struggled to get any production offensively in the first quarter, but solid defense kept the Rangers within reach. More ››
10:29 AM, 01/05/2009
History nearly repeated itself Tuesday afternoon at the Lenoir City Holiday Tournament.
A year and two days after the Sweetwater Wildcats beat the South Doyle Cherokees on a last-second shot at the same tournament after trailing by as many 15 points, the Cats found themselves in the same situation. More ››
10:28 AM, 01/05/2009
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10:26 AM, 01/05/2009
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