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Breaking news: Remains confirmed as Megan Maxwell

Cocke County investigators and family members of Megan Maxwell held a news conference this afternoon to confirm that human remains found Thursday off Ponderosa Road, between Newport and Del Rio, have been positively identified as the 19 year-old who has been missing for 19 months.
Cocke County Sheriff Armando Fontes made the announcement saying his Detective Division led by Detective Derrick Woods, along with agents of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and University of Tennessee anthropologists, "processed the scene, recovered the remains and identified them this morning."

Cocke County investigators and family members of Megan Maxwell held a news conference this afternoon to confirm that human remains found Thursday off Ponderosa Road, between Newport and Del Rio, have been positively identified as the 19 year-old who has been missing for 19...

Breaking news: Remains found in Cocke County may be missing teen

Cocke County and state law officers are currently trying to identify human remains found earlier today off Ponderosa Road between Newport and Del Rio.

Morristown College finances limit city’s options

The financial morass allegedly surrounding the Morristown College campus owned by Knoxville businessman Kenny Lane makes any significant public sector-funded improvements to the property a bad investment,...

After nearly a decade in the Democrats hands, the District 10 seat in the State House of Representatives is going Republican.
Don Miller, riding a wave of GOP...

Grant Teaff talks gift of life at Lakeway FCA banquet

Getting the most out of the gift of life was the theme of former Baylor head football coach Grant Teaff as the Lakeway Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes held their annual banquet Thursday night at First Baptist Church.

JEFFERSON CITY There are 90 minutes in a soccer match, but for the Carson-Newman Eagles, a few seconds proved to be all the time that mattered Wednesday.

No. 15 WSCC Senators open season with 73-53 road win

ROCK HILL, S.C. The 15th-ranked Walters State Senators started slowly but finished with a flurry Monday night in their season opener, falling behind by 16 points in the first half before rallying to win 73-53 over the Clinton...

Tusculum College soccer forward’s OT goal drops Carson-Newman, 1-nil

JEFFERSON CITY Tusculum College forward Tramicka James led the South Atlantic Conference in shots (68) and goals (16) during the 2010 soccer season.

The final report luncheon of the 2010 United Way of Hamblen County campaign paid respect to a veteran volunteer who paved the way for the United Way leaders of today, and paid homage to a young volunteer...

Generator moving to Rogersville TVA plant impacting traffic

The shipment of a large piece of equipment from Knoxville to Rogersville will impact motorists traveling U.S. 11E and State Highways 66, and 70 beginning tonight.

For a few moments Tuesday night, it appeared challenger Rocky Melton had beaten incumbent Mark Potts by two votes for Jefferson City mayor.
However, as Yogi...

Supporters of the Jefferson County school building plan met with bitter disappointment Thursday.
Just months after the commission approved a $64.4 million school building plan, the commission - which had massive turnover following Augusts...

Community celebrates ‘Mama Bird’s’ 101st birthday, names terminal after her

A steady stream of well wishers stepped up to Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson Thursday at the Morristown Airport to wish the famed aviatrix a happy 101st birthday.

Editors note; This is part one of a two-part series examining a church-based overnight facility for area homeless.

Commerce House, a two-story former residence at 814 W. Main St. in Morristown now owned by the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce, welcomed new tenants over the summer.

Residents of Cocke and Greene counties will have a new state representative in Nashville come January.
Republican Jeremy Faison, a political newcomer, is a former chairman of the Cocke County Republican Party and owns a pest control company.

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