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Covid hospitalizations stop upward trend, show slight decline across Tennessee
While packed hospitals remain the primary storyline of the covid surge in Tennessee, a trend is slowly emerging: The number of coronavirus patients in...Covid fallout: Huntsville Elementary moves to remote learning
HUNTSVILLE — Covid’s toll on the local school system continues to grow. The Scott County School System announced Wednesday that Huntsville Elementary School will move...Sheriff’s office receives $5,000 highway safety grant
HUNTSVILLE — The Scott County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a $5,000 highway safety grant, Sen. Ken Yager, R-Kingston, announced Wednesday. The grant funding, which...Two additional covid-related deaths reported in Scott County
The TN Dept. of Health has reported three coronavirus-related deaths in Scott County in the past 48 hours. After reporting Scott County’s 52nd covid-related death...
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Opinion: A switch to remote learning shouldn’t automatically impact extra-curricular activities
Ben Garrett - 0As schools in Scott County join the long — and growing — list of schools from across the state that are being forced to...Editorial: Lee administration is hamstringing schools
There are increasing signs that the latest surge of coronavirus is at or near its peak. And, if places where the covid surge fueled...Opinion: We stood united, but we couldn’t hold on
Ben Garrett - 0As I drove by the courthouse square in Cookeville, Tenn. and saw the impromptu candlelight vigil that was taking place on the lawn, it...Opinion: Let the teachers teach, and the administrators lead
Ben Garrett - 0With obstruction efforts being launched from the very top on down, there’s never been a more difficult time to be in education. Whether you’re a...Garrett: The year of the yellow jacket
Ben Garrett - 0Nature is full of old wives’ predictions this time of year. When hornets build their nests high (or when they build their nests low, depending...
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Oneida’s Cruz family: For love of country
Editor’s Note: This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which led to the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq....Our Back Yard: A scenic road trip through New River’s historic mining settlements
Ben Garrett - 0Narrow and winding S.R. 116 passes through many communities along the headwaters of New River in the Cumberland Mountains. Places like Coal Creek, Beech...By the numbers: Religious adherence in Scott County
It goes without saying that Scott County’s faithful overwhelmingly adhere to the Baptist denomination. Past Focus On: Religion features have explored the history of...Forgotten Times: President Andrew Johnson twice delivered a speech in Scott County
Few of the 46 presidents of the United States have ever known where Scott County, Tennessee is located. But one of them knew: the...Dr. Josh Thompson returns home with opening of his own clinic
After 14 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Josh Thompson is back at home. Thompson, the son of retired Scott County property assessor Steve Thompson and...
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Kolby Morgan’s lesson for kids back home: Reach for the stars
Ben Garrett - 0When the Independent Herald reported last December that Oneida standout Kolby Morgan would likely wind up at the University of Tennessee, one well-meaning reader...Football: Oneida defeats York in key region game, 21-10
JAMESTOWN — Oneida was able to overcome a York rally at the start of the third quarter with two late touchdown runs, covering...Soccer: Oneida falls to Cumberland Gap, 6-3
Cumberland Gap locked up a second consecutive regular season championship in District 3-A — and, more importantly, home field advantage in the postseason, with...Huntsville’s Myah Sharp, Matthew Phillips win middle school cross country meet
HUNTSVILLE — For the third time in as many meets, Huntsville’s Myah Sharp won the Scott County Middle School cross country meet on the...
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Obituary: Terri VanHook, 46
Terri Lyn VanHook, of Oneida, departed this life on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 at the Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida. She was...
Obituary: Kim Thompson, 62
Kimberly Elizabeth “Kim” Young Thompson, of Oneida, departed this life on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky., with...
Football: Oneida defeats York in key region game, 21-10
JAMESTOWN — Oneida was able to overcome a York rally at the start of the third quarter with two late touchdown runs, covering...
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Obituary: Ethel King Baird, 86
Ethel Alice King Baird, of Pine Knot, Ky. and formerly of Tennessee, departed this life on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at the River Valley...
Obituary: Charles Young, 86
Charles Cebern Young, of Huntsville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. He was 86.
Life: Charles was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and companion.
Preceded...
Obituary: Hurstle Keeton, 81
Hurstle Ray Keeton, of Oneida, departed this life on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 at the home of his daughter in Clinton, Tenn. He was...
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