Non-profit organizations across the country were among the many who felt the overwhelming impact of COVID-19.
With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration has announced its 20th Take Back Day is schedu…
A bill that would affect the sentences of violent offenders and that was co-sponsored by a local politician is a step closer to passing the Te…
A retired pharmacist has been volunteering at the Monroe County Health Department for the past three months to help deliver COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Monroe County Health Department is continuing to receive a good turnout from people to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations.
A Tellico Plains woman reportedly died in a single-vehicle accident in Etowah last week.
When the McMinn Higher Education Center opens later this month, Cleveland State Community College officials are hoping to start the process of…
Jackson Garrett Black, 19, Burgundy Circle, Chattanooga, possession of marijuana, $250, diversion granted through 4/5/22.
A Madisonville man was arrested April 5 after a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy spotted his tag was unlit on the back of the car.
An Athens man did not want to be arrested April 4.
A Madisonville man is facing an arson charge after he allegedly tried to set his father on fire April 6.
A man with four outstanding arrest warrants wasn’t too fond of the idea of talking with a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy April 7.
Tellico Plains High School students Hannah Morris, Issy Wilson and Merritt Sherrer placed first in the Tennessee FBLA competition in Partnersh…
Sequoyah High School senior Caroline Finch has made the University of Tennessee (Pride of the Southland Band) Majorette Team. Finch also recei…
Sweetwater High School Principal Eric Weaver personally awards the student with the highest gain on the Junior ACT — Major Frerichs.
TPJHS Summer Olympics
Retired from the Air Force, now a member and recruiter for the 4th Regiment Tennessee State Guard, Master Sgt. Vicki Patterson was named the 4…
Charity Standridge, library media specialist at Tellico Plains Elementary School, recently did an alphabet letter and sound Easter egg hunt wi…
Tellico Plains Junior High School’s fifth-grade 4-H Clover Bowl participants compete at the school level with hopes of moving forward to the c…
Three students from Sequoyah High School have made it to the all-state band competition for the first time in several years.
A two-day undercover operation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Human Trafficking Unit, the Oak Ridge Police…
A staple of agriculture in Monroe County passed away late last month and he is being remembered by those who knew him.
The unemployment rate continued to see a decline for the month of February in Monroe County.
The USDA Forest Service spent Easter weekend and the early portion of this week conducting prescribed burns on the Tellico and Ocoee Ranger Di…
Close to 100 Monroe County cattlemen and their families came to the annual Cattlemen’s Association (MCCA) Banquet on March 22 at the Farm Bure…
The most recent federal COVID-19 relief bills are giving local residents aid in paying for funerals resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
In an effort to get students to register early for the fall semester, the recruiting department at Cleveland State Community College has been …