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Armed robbery in Sweetwater

1:42 PM, 06/18/2013
SWEETWATER-A brazen daylight robbery Tuesday morning at a local motel has authorities searching for an armed suspect.
Local News

Horseplay

10:20 AM, 06/17/2013
Johnathon Smith takes a ride with handler Victor Upton at the Sweetwater Public Library's summer reading shindig Tuesday. 


Music program axed at TPHS

10:17 AM, 06/17/2013
The music has fallen silent at Tellico Plains High School.


Round and round: Jail Committee goes in circles

10:22 AM, 06/17/2013
MADISONVILLE-No matter how many ways you look at it, 2 + 2 will always equal 4. It won't equal 5, no matter how much you want it to. Monroe County is running into the same problem when it comes to a new jail.


Vonore plant raided

10:23 AM, 06/17/2013
Less than a week after it was damaged by fire, Federal agents from multiple agencies were on the scene of Pro Tech Finishing on Thursday.


Hiwassee, Cleveland State 'dual' it out

10:27 AM, 06/17/2013
MADISONVILLE-Who will it be, Hiwassee College or Cleveland State Community College, who can offer dual enrollment credit courses for high school students in Monroe County?



Sports News

Tellico's Choate finishes third in state meet's 800m

11:44 AM, 06/05/2013
Bryce Choate can start believing. The Tellico Plains sophomore's goal was more of a time than a place, but his time of 1:57.79 Friday evening in the TSSAA Class A-AA finals of the 800-meter run was good for third place in the entire state.


Sequoyah offense moves ball on Alcoa

11:49 AM, 06/05/2013
That the Chiefs were even able to sustain multiple drives at all against Alcoa's defense — known for being practically airtight against all but a select few schools in the entire state — could spell some real promise for them in the sixth year under coach Bill Satterfield.


Oneida exposes what Sweetwater must fix

11:53 AM, 06/05/2013
Sweetwater got a crash course in an offense that it doesn't see too often and a pretty stern message before this fall arrives.


Chiefs denied trip to Murfreesboro second straight year

11:40 AM, 06/05/2013
Sequoyah baseball's 2013 campaign was a landmark in several ways - first-ever perfect District 5-AA record, tying the most wins overall in program history and the first-ever region title in any sport - but it ended in the same manner as in 2012, in the Class AA sectional round, one win short of a berth in the state tournament.


Chiefs claim first region title in any sport, but ultimate goal still remains

11:27 AM, 06/05/2013
The Sequoyah Chiefs wouldn't have long to bask in a milestone accomplishment for the entire athletics program, let alone in baseball.



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