Bryan Fortner News Today

View the The Mountain Press for Wednesday, August 16, 2023

SEVIERVILLE — The city’s newest roadway to open this summer is named after a Sevier County High School graduate who lost her battle with cystic fibrosis.

Residents at HighPoint apartments say they’re frustrated with their living conditions and how management is handling the situation by not offering any solutions.

Residents at this complex say they’re frustrated with their living conditions and how management is handling the situation by not offering any solutions.

Since 1968, Sir Pizza has occupied the shingle-roofed restaurant at 1902 E. Main in Murfreesboro. The location is nostalgia for many customers.

Nine locally-owned restaurants in Rutherford County have been in business for decades.

MANSFIELD - A local man who claimed police "smashed his face" into a wall when he was arrested last month has been arrested for allegedly punching a Mansfield police officer during the arrest. Darius Leflore, 48, contacted the News Journal alleging Mansfield police used excessive force after he fled on foot from an officer at a Dollar General store after police were called on a report of theft. Leflore was found hiding in a bathtub in a residence on Willow Street after fleeing from the store ...

MOUNT GAY — A woman from the Breeden area of Mingo County is accused of trying to bite a West Virginia state trooper’s arm after she was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing at the Kroger grocery store at Mount Gay. According to a criminal complaint filed in Logan County Magistrate Court, Trooper First Class M.J. Miller received a complaint through Logan County 911 on Sunday, April 4, that a female was acting disorderly at Kroger the Mount Gay area. When Miller ar...