ALCOA – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong, along with Alcoa Police Chief Ken Burge, announced today that six Alcoa residents were arrested during four search warrants in the Hall Community of Alcoa this morning. The following people were arrested, along with their charges: Andrea Lanette Watson, 51, Morse Street, Alcoa, charged with possession of [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation says soured loans in the U.S. have led to a dramatic rise in bank failures, resulting in a $3.7 billion loss for the banking industry in the second quarter. In its quarterly report on the health of U.S. banks, the agency that guarantees bank deposits says the [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is offering his own version of history in his World War Two dark satire “The Inglourious Basterds.” Set in German-occupied France, the film follows a squad of eight Jewish American soldiers on a Nazi killing rampage. They are relentless, creative too. They scalp their enemies, spreading terror in Nazi [...]
Josephine Glasgow Taggart, 92, of Maryville, formerly of Pitman, N.J., passed away August 31, 2009 at the home where she resided with her son, Ken Taggart and his wife Gail. She was a member of Pitman First Presbyterian Church, Pitman, N.J. and attended East Tennessee Baptist Church while in Maryville. She was preceded in death [...]
Marie T. Azzarello, 85, of Maryville passed away Monday, August 31, 2009. Funeral mass will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church with Fr. Bede Aboh officiating. Entombment will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements by Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 865-983-1000.
Agnes Goddard Compton, died August 31, 2009, at Blount Memorial Hospital. She was 93 years old. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church for more than 70 years where she taught in the Jr. Department for a number of years. She was a graduate of Maryville College and taught in the Blount [...]
Carl Douglas Sparks, 68, of Seymour, passed away August 31, 2009 at Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center. He was a retired Master Sgt. with the U.S. Air Force. He was preceded in death by parents, Donald and Opal England Sparks; son, Carl Sparks Jr.; and one brother and one sister. Survivors, wife of 19 years, [...]
Jesse Ransom Fussell, 79, of Maryville, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Blount Memorial Hospital. He was a member of Everett Hills Baptist Church and was a teacher of the Senior Adult Class for 18 years. He served in the U. S. Air Force for 26 years, was a retired Master Sergeant, served [...]
Tom G. Taylor, Jr., 97, of Maryville, Tenn., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. He was born July 6, 1912, in Oklahoma City, Okla., son of Thomas Griffin Taylor, Sr., and Edna Williamson Taylor. Tom attended the University of Oklahoma and served as First Sergeant in World War II in the 90th Division [...]