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SJHS students learn about bees' impact on the world
Seventh and eighth grade students at Sweetwater Junior High School received a unique learning experience Friday about the significant roles bees play in the world. The event was sponsored by the Monroe County Health Council’s Healthy Roots Program, which was developed by the health council with the goal of increasing nutrition education, according to their website at monroehealth.org “We had been learning about flowers, plants and pollinators and we thought...
Architect chosen for Sweetwater community center design
The Sweetwater City Commission committed to having Main Street Studio Architects design the city’s new community center during their most recent meeting. The discussion occurred during this month’s Sweetwater City Commission meeting, when Sweetwater Mayor Doyle Lowe noted the city had received several proposals for businesses who were interested in the community center project. “This is on the community center project and they really want you to have more than...
Mass violence threats would be criminal under Cochran bill
State Rep. Mark Cochran (R-Englewood) is working on a bill that would add threats of mass violence as a criminal offense. House Bill 2538 states that it “creates the criminal offense of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence and the threat causes a reasonable expectation or reasonable fear of the commission of an act of mass violence.” “The intent of this bill...
Tellico earns first win in years through Purple Pounders shutout
It is a feeling that has not been in Tellico Plains for some time. After over 50 minutes of surviving with a one-goal lead, the final whistle blew between Tellico Plains and Chattanooga Central. A Bears program, well into its infancy, had won the first game since the sport returned to the school. Tellico traveled to Chattanooga Central, downing the Purple Pounders 1-0 in its season opener. ...
Local organizations bring joy to young boy
Representatives of the Kiwanis Club of Madisonville, Rotary Club of Tellico Lake and Kiwanis Club of Tellico Village visited with Beth Gray Millsaps and her 4-year-old son, Bennett, at their home in Madisonville recently. The visit was to see how Bennett had adapted to his new R82 Rabbit, a wheelchair stander that the three clubs helped sponsor with the help of non-profit organization Wheelchairs 4 Kids. Bennett was born with...
UT Extension visits Healthy Roots classes
Rebecca Layman, UT Extension agent, recently visited Healthy Roots classes at Sweetwater Junior High School and Rural Vale Elementary School. Layman taught two knife safety classes tailored for teenagers. These classes emphasized a comprehensive approach to knife safety, covering topics such as proper handling, storage, maintenance, and usage scenarios. Students used thick, plastic knives designed for teaching safety to practice cutting vegetables for charcuterie cups. The class also had a...
Tennessee is finally a top five state, but wait for it
Having lived in Tennessee all my life, I don’t think very often about how great or awful it is. It’s really all I’ve ever known. Things can be embarrassing (politicians) and they can be awesome (the landscape, Dolly), but it’s my home and I take it all, good and bad. Now, though, thanks to something called Pink Storage, a web site in the United Kingdom, I’ve learned Tennessee is the second worst state in the America to live in. ...
Man takes grandpa's truck, attacks another car
A man who allegedly stole his grandfather’s truck on March 21 led law enforcement on a foot chase before being arrested. Vonore Police Officer Eric Watson said he was sent to the Exxon on Highway 411 around 6:30 a.m. on a call of a man driving recklessly in a red truck. Dispatch later told him the man had parked the truck and was running around it naked. Clothed or not,...
Woman upset over exposure, bloodies laundry room
Blood all over an apartment laundry room turned out to be from a woman who said she was upset because a man exposed himself to her March 21. Sweetwater Police Officer Justin White said he went to West Hills Drive on a vandalism call at the apartments there and talked to the manager who said she had arrived at work that morning and found broken glass from the laundry room window. ...
Man asks to use bathroom, drops 18 pills
Even though he allegedly had drugs on him and admitted to using meth earlier, a Vonore area man had no problem driving despite not having a license and the wrong tag on his car on March 20. Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Kieran Reeves said it was just after midnight when he saw a Silverado pull off Ball Play Road and onto a dirt path by a spring where Ball Play intersected with Highway 360. ...
Moses shines on mound as Tellico rolls McMinn Central
Kadence Moses’ second start in District 3-2A play was not something new. The sophomore is familiar with the position and repeated the feat she performed nine days earlier. Moses struck out 13 batters in the two-hit night, matching the number from March 12 over Polk County and pushing the Lady Bears (3-1; 2-1) to a 7-1 win over McMinn Central. ...
Sequoyah blasts South-Doyle in District 5-3A Championship rematch
It was nothing short of a complete performance for Allen Roberts. Traveling almost an hour to the team that beat the Lady Chiefs in last year’s District 5-3A Championship will turn some heads, but Sequoyah’s performance turned even more. The Lady Chiefs (3-1; 2-0) dominated all three phases of the night, tallying 15 hits and three home runs while individual performances from Kaleigh Atchley — 14 strikeouts — and Tynleigh...
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