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A packed commission meeting in Blount County as dozens of land owners aired complaints about human sewer sludge dumping near their property. "Do you want to be

Although Lynnhurst Elementary School has been closed for two years, the 106-year-old Fourth of July tradition born on its field is still alive and well.Families dressed head-to-toe in red white and blue attire gathered at the Dana H. Johnson Memorial Park Tuesday for a morning of patriotic family fun. Hundreds of children ran around the field playing, eating hotdogs and competing in a number of competitions such as a three-legged and potato sack races, a pie eating contest, and a haystack search...

Secretary of State Frank Larose was a special guest at the Dec. 30 ceremony.