Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey talks with local residents at the Blount County Republican Party headquarters on Thursday. Ramsey is seeking the Republican nomination for Tennessee governor.
09:44 PM - Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey thinks he has a secret weapon in his quest for the Republican nomination for governor. Read more...
William Blount’s Peyton Sliger chips the ball onto the third green Thursday at Lambert Acres Golf Club.
11:33 PM - Only two strokes separated William Blount’s boys golf team from Bearden, last year’s District 4-AAA runner-up, in a three-team match Thursday at Lambert Acres Golf Club, the season opener for both William Blount and Heritage. Read more...
Dee Damron (left) and her sister Donna Sweetman, have known about each other for years but met for the first time in Florida after Donna tracked Dee down here in Maryville. Donna is 82 and Dee is 66.
08:43 PM - For years, Maryville's Irene Dee Damron had known she has a sister although the two had never met. Read more...
Maryville College senior Bobby Carouthers (left) and Maryville College alumnus Joe McGroom (right) at Marriott Business Services. Carouthers is interning at Marriott Business Services this summer, and McGroom was hired as a staff accountant by Marriott Business Services in June 2009, after he completed a summer internship with the company in 2008.
11:02 PM - Maryville College has teamed up with Marriott Business Services in a new partnership that will strengthen the accounting minor at Maryville College and provide more opportunities for accounting. Read more...
Unidentified local Hillbilly Homecoming hosts greet Associated Press columnist Hal Boyle at McGhee Tyson Airport when he arrived for the event in 1955.
10:46 PM - Mike Everett, a hair stylist for more than 30 years, said the topic of Hillbilly Homecoming started coming up a few years ago among the clients at his salon. The idea lodged in his mind to write down an oral history of those days gone by. Read more...
The Moonshine Cherrys — (clockwise from top left) — Eric Keeble, Paul Beasley, Ted Thompson and Scott Rader — squeeze into an antique phone booth at Music Row of Maryville during a recent photo shoot.
01:52 PM - They're comfortable like an old pair of well-worn boots — a perfect fit for the Blount County music scene. They're The Moonshine Cherrys, and they've been a rock ‘n' roll fixture around these parts for the past 13 years. Read more...
John Hinson, of Twisted Treasures, creates a unique piece of jewelry with abalone shell and copper wire at his home workshop. Hinson plans to premiere the jewelry made by him and his wife Judi July 30 at the Last Friday Artwalk in Downtown Maryville.
07:21 PM - John and Judi Hinson, owners of Twisted Treasures, will premier their handmade jewelry Friday at the monthly Last Friday Art Walk in Downtown Maryville. They are being hosted by Professional Hair Designs and More, 120 E. Broadway. Read more...
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