MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the female suspect in a robbery that occurred early this afternoon at a local business. Shortly before 1 p.m. today, deputies were dispatched to Richie Kreme Donuts on East Broadway to the call of an armed robbery. Witnesses in [...]
Long-term use of osteoporosis drug may cause bone fractures
March 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXrTKqzk2I Around the world, millions of older women and a smaller number of older men have been taking a drug to prevent hip fractures and fight osteoporosis, a disease caused by low bone mass and bone deterioration. Now some doctors are concerned that patients who have taken the drug, Fosamax, and similar medications for four [...]
Richard Harris, award-winning NPR science correspondent to speak at UT Knoxville March 16
March 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
KNOXVILLE – Richard Harris, award-winning science correspondent for National Public Radio, will give the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s annual Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, in the Shiloh Room of the University Center. Harris will speak on “Covering Climate Change in a Changing Media Climate.” The program is free [...]
Seeking information on robbery of Regions Bank
December 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
KNOXVILLE – The Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Chief Sterling Owen IV of the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man who robbed a Knoxville bank today.
Persons of interest in altercation being released
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Maryville man dies following altercation
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Auditions set for ‘The Hobbit’
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‘Many Faiths, One World’ is topic of MC’s fall Community Conversations
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
MARYVILLE – Talking across boundaries of faith is the topic of Maryville College’s fall Community Conversations, which will be held Nov. 17 and 18 on campus in the Samuel Tyndale Wilson Center for Campus Ministry (CCM). “We live in an age of religious diversity, both among and within different faith traditions. Learning ways to better [...]
Alvin Lamar (Molly) Stinnett, 1933-2009
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Alvin Lamar (Molly) Stinnett of Maryville, died at Blount Memorial Hospital on Nov. 11, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. Born Aug. 30, 1933, Lamar was the beloved youngest child of the late Willie and Blanche Shelton Stinnett of Townsend. Also preceded in death by son, Daniel (Danny) Stinnett of Maryville; sisters, Ruth Neff Phillips and [...]