| | | Top News  Accounting errors found in county audit
The offices of County Executive and Budget Director had the most findings. |  Haslam drops class size proposal
The legislation would have removed class size averages from the current law, which would mean that fewer teachers would be funded through the Basic Education Program (BEP). | Food stamp usage up
Food stamp usage in Polk County has increased in 2010 and 2011 over previous years, with participation by individuals slightly higher in 2011 than 2010 for many months. | Area schools work to combat bullying
Bullying has always been a fact of life, but the popularity of social media ? Facebook, cell phones, Twitter ? has made it more prevalent. | Bracken seeks Assessor job
Bill Bracken has announced his candidacy for the office of Assessor of Property for Polk County. | Early voting underway
Early voting is underway for the March 6 Primary Election. | Parkes conviction reversed
The Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals has reversed the bank fraud conviction of Tim Parkes, who had been implicated in the downfall of Benton Banking Company. | Homicide victim found
David Gene Gardner, 42, was found dead at his home located at 416 Hwy 123 in Turtletown. | Salary scale plan gets no local support
There?s not much local support for the governor?s idea of dropping the salary scale for teachers, but some educators see possible value in providing salary flexibility for school districts. | Jobless rate up
Polk County?s unemployment rate was 13.1% in December, up from 12.7% in November and 11.4% in December 2010. | WPFR gets grant for new tanker
West Polk Fire & Rescue has been awarded an equipment grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. | Educators oppose class size change
Polk County?s top educators are unanimous in their opposition to Gov. Bill Haslam?s proposal to increase class sizes. | Haslam proposal could cause revenue loss
The governor?s proposal to increase class sizes in the elementary schools, and to base the state?s payments on those maximums, could mean a significant loss of revenue for teaching positions in Polk County. | Writ denied
A Writ of Coram Nobis filed by Melissa Barnett and presented to Judge Carroll L. Ross in November has been denied. | Committee considers library move
At the Jan. 19 meeting, commissioners were told that the Library Board would like to move the library from the lower level of the Courthouse to the building soon to be vacated by the Benton Family Health Care Center. | Voters purged?
Questions were raised after a handful of residents checked a voter registration website to find they appeared to have been purged. | Thomason announces his candidacy
Roy (Gene) Thomason, Jr. is announcing his candidacy for election in the March 6, 2012 Democrat Primary. | Early voting begins Feb. 15
School Board candidates for the August election can now pick up petitions. | Changes sought in salary, class size
Teachers across the state, still reeling from last year?s loss of negotiating rights and a complicated evaluation system, now face a loss of a guaranteed salary schedule based on longevity and education. | FOL eyes new library building
The Library Board will be asking the County Commission for approval to move the library from the Courthouse to what is currently home to the Benton Family Health Care Center. |
| Local News Springtown cleanup slated for March 23..
| Commodity distribution March 27 & 28
| Happy Hearts gets VEC grant
 Volunteer Energy Cooperative?s VECustomers Share program awarded $2,000 in grants to community service organizations in Polk County in January. | The music is back
 If 20 or 30 people had turned up for opening night, we would have breathed a big sigh of relief and considered the evening a success. The final head count was 82 people, from three states | Renewable energy a topic
 Talley recommended to the congressional delegation new statewide incentives for solar energy development, cellulosic ethanol production, biomass gasification and waste to energy. | Turtletown quilt headed to China
 Betty Collins, 74, created her ?Tomboy Bride? quilt in 1999, using between 90-10 different fabrics. | County Convention March 10
Registration begins at 11 a.m. The local convention is open to any bona fide Democrat in Polk County. | Democrat delegates needed
Forms are available at www.TNDP.org or by contacting your Polk County Democratic Party at (423)496-7853. | SHARP needs foster homes
Please call the SHARP line 299 3640 | Hunter awarded $350,000
Paul Hunter proved that he was discriminated against because of his age, according to a U.S. District Court jury. | Crisis Center fills a need
Each month more than 800 families receive services from the Copper Basin Crisis Center. | Scholarship deadline approaching
VEC?s Lillard-Shadow scholarship program rewards academic and community service achievements by awarding four $2,000 scholarships. | Jacobi selected to Bluegrass Leadershi..
 The IBMA Leadership Bluegrass, now in its 13th year, is an intensive three-day program that brings together the most progressive leaders to collaboratively challenge issues facing the professional music industry. | Gaskill recognized
 Josh Gaskill of Benton was recognized this past summer at Tennessee 4-H Roundup in Martin with the Vol State award, | Local Author releases new book
Local Breast Cancer Survivor Louise Hale of Ocoee and her brother Howard Miller have released their first book titled ?13 Minutes To Live,? t | Attack victim talks to Dr. Phil
Penny and the children were all invited to New York to help write a book for other children to get through domestic violence. | Taylor family takes it one day at a time
The Taylor family of Springtown is taking one day at a time after a Christmas morning fire destroyed their home. | Victim of attack to appear on Dr. Phil
Penny Waldroup, victim of an October, 2006 attack by her estranged husband Brad Waldroup, will appear Monday January 16 on Dr. Phil. | Encore Program Offers New Courses for ..
Lee University?s Encore Program, which offers people age 60 and over the opportunity to take university courses, has a new line up of specially-designed mini-courses for the spring. | Benton Banking saga is over
David Humberd, attorney for Benton Bancshares, sent a final $5.40 per share payment to shareholders, thus bringing the total to more than $50/share. |
| | For the Record | School News | | Obituaries | Opinions | | Polk County Heritage | Local Events Bulletin Board - 3/7/12
| Chamber meets Tuesday
The Polk County Chamber of Commerce announces that the regularly scheduled March Board Meeting will be held Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 12 p.m | Smoke on the Mtn starts March 16
The Gem Players invite you all to come to the long anticipated reprise of the musical comedy, Smoke on the Mountain, at the historic Gem Theater in Etowah | Retired teachers to meet
Thursday March 8th at noon at First Baptist Church | McMinn Museum celebrates Berenstains
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Berenstain Bears, the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum is hosting a month-long exhibit and ?birthday party? beginning Thursday, March 1. | Invasive plant lecture Feb. 26
Sequoyah Birthplace will hold the first of their lecture series ?The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? | Bulletin Board - 2/22/12
| Bulletin Board - 2/15/12
| Jam at Legacy Hall begins Feb. 21
On the first and third Tuesdays of every month, starting on February 21, there will be an open acoustic jam in Legacy Hall at the First United Methodist Church of Copperhill. | Beekeeping kits available
Ocoee Regional Beekeepers are asking that anybody interested please come to their February meeting on Feb 21, 2012 at 6:30 at the Benton Municipal Building | CCH Historical Society to meet at Gree..
The Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society will hold their regular monthly meeting on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. | Gregory Sioles to Perform at Lee Unive..
| Loralee Songer Recital at Lee
| Bulletin Board - 2/8/12
| Bulletin Board - 2/1/12
| Featherweight care presentation slated
The Museum Center at 5ive Points will host a presentation on Learning to Care and Maintain Your Featherweight Sewing Machine by Stan Pegram on Saturday, February 11 from 10:00 - noon. | Bridging Cultures at CSCC
Cleveland State Community College will be offering seven film and lecture events to the community this spring. | Aint Misbehavin comes to Athens
| Manuel Barrueco to perform at Lee
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| | Local Sports | Friends & Neighbors Joe Pair to retire
Polk County Farm Bureau Agent Joe Pair has announced his retirement on February 29, 2012. | Burdette ready to see the world
 A Polk County High School graduate is putting his training as a volunteer firefighter to use in the Navy. | Class of '54 has Christmas party
 | Kids get new sneakers
 The Ocoee Ruritan Club recently participated in the 4th Annual Childrens Sneaker Program held at South Polk Elementary School. | Holiday Food Drive held
 | First Bank donates to Empty Stocking F..
 | Fairest of the Fair donates gifts
 | CMS cheerleaders in the Benton Parade
 | Navy News
Navy Seaman Apprentice William S. Burdette, son of Amy and Paul K. Miller of Benton, Tenn., was recently promoted. | Carlee celebrates
Carlee LeAnne Cross turned 3 years old on November 27, 2011. | Dr. William E. Lee receives honor
The Copper Basin Medical Center?s District Board honored Dr. William E. Lee last week. Dr. Lee, 85, has spent a lifetime in service, not only to the community but to the world through his medical mission trips. | Fairest of the Fair food drive
 | Maynor & Lewis to wed
 Jack and Margaret Maynor of Benton are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Jackie Marie Maynor to Delbert Shawn Lewis of Benton. | PCHS Class of 1981 reunion
 The PCHS Class of 1981 held a reunion Saturday, October 29 at Savannah Oaks Winery. | Copperhill Halloween parade
 | Surprise wedding anniverssary
 A surprise 60th wedding anniversary party was given for Eugene and Mrytle (Pankey) Lawson on November 4, 2011. | Miles & Hawk to wed
John and Lisa Miles are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Alison Jennelle Miles, to Robert Steven Hawk. | Hope Wilson turns sweet 16
 Sweet 16, September 18, Happy Birthday Hope Wilson. | Adoption Day
 On October 7, First Bank of Tennessee and SHARP held an Adoption day in the side yard of the bank. | Fowlers celebrate 65 years of marriage
 Jeanne Payne and Guinn Fowler celebrated sixty-five years of marriage on Thursday, October 6. |
| | Nature & Environment Wetlands program deadline Feb. 29
The WRP is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. | Fall Colors
 Bret Bogard from Chattanooga was at the Big Bend Overlook on the Hiwassee River this past week photographing the fall colors. | Rabies baiting has begun
Residents of Polk, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion McMinn, Meigs and Monroe will see low-flying aircraft and slow-moving vehicles from Oct. 1-15. | Butterfly in the garden
 Nancy Hathaway of Ocoee snapped this picture of a butterfly in the garden of her neighbor, Marie Spaeder Haas. | Passionflower bees
 A bee settles in with his friend on this wild passionflower. (Photo by Alicia Sloan) | Armadillo sighting in Polk County
 | Early peaking
 Sensitive Briers seem to be peaking earlier than normal possibly because of the dry, hot weather. (Photo by Jim Caldwell) | A Neotropical Cormorant does a flyby i..
 | Butterfly snack time
 A pair of Orange Sulphur Butterflies flit around a large Sunflower looking for a quick snack. (Photo by Jim Caldwell) | (The streak is alive)
That was the response from Keep America Beautiful (KAB) when Keep Tennessee Beautiful (KTnB) revealed it had.. ? FULL STORY | Bees like squash
 While not all humans like squash, its flowers are delicious to bees. | Acrobatic Antics
 The acrobatic antics of this little fellow recently provided some front porch entertainment. (Photo by Alicia Sloan) | EPA plan to help aquatic life
 Aquatic life in Parksville Lake and the upper reaches of the Ocoee will be healthier under a proposal presented by EPA last week. | Sunflowers in Delano
 | Scratch
 When you got an itch, you gotta scratch. This buck was spotted on Towee Pike. | Ribbit!
 If this little fellow is any indication, it IS easy being green. (Photo by Silvia Holiday) | Help protect our native snakes
With warm weather here to stay, snakes are making an appearance, often in places where they?re not wanted. | Sanders pictured with rattlesnake
 | EPA looks to improve the Ocoee
EPA is proposing actions to improve the water quality of the Ocoee from Copperhill to Dam No. 3, at Dam No. 3, and at the upper reach of Parksville Dam. | River cleanup May 27
The Ocoee River Outfitters Association will conduct a stream cleanup with the help of approximately 130 volunteers on Friday, May 27, 2011 starting at 9:00 am. |
| Recreation & Visitor Information National Geographic site highlights ETN
 A new website highlights special places in East Tennessee, with many of them being in Polk County. | Museum getting a facelift
A remodeling project at the Ducktown Basin Museum is now underway. | Fort Loudon's 2012 Winter Lecture Series
Shake off those winter doldrums by joining the Fort Loudoun State Historic Area for the 2012 Winter Lecture Series. | Part of Sina Branch to close
Beginning in mid-January culverts will be replaced on Sina Branch Road where it crosses Sawmill Branch in the Ocoee Ranger District in Polk County, TN. | Discover Tennessee Trails & Byways pro..
| Drawdown underway at Apalachia Lake
Drawdown is underway at Apalachia Lake, according to David Bowling with River Operations at TVA. He said the lake will drop 18-20 feet for routine maintenance work. | Trout stocking reduced
Trout stocking will be reduced about 20% in the coming fiscal year and could be reduced 85% after that, according to Frank Fiss, Assistant Chief of Fisheries at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. | TVA creates smartphone app
 TVA has created a smartphone app for those wanting to check on reservoir elevations, water release schedules and more. The information has been available online, but the new app will allow access by cell phone. | Ocoee rafting numbers increase
The whitewater rafting industry had the largest number of customers on the Ocoee in May and June since 2007. | Locals to Fight the Rapids Against Can..
Atlanta Outfitters, Cascade Outdoors, Cherokee Rafting, Eagle Ranch, Nantahala.. ? FULL STORY | Hiwassee River
The Hiwassee State Scenic River is located in Polk County along State Highway 30, which can be reached from either U.S. 411 or U.S. 64. | Cherokee National Forest
The Cherokee National Forest has some of the most magnificent scenery anywhere on earth, no matter.. ? FULL STORY | Furs to Factories: Exploring the Indus..
The Tennessee Overhill has been described as a "museum without walls." And it's true. | Fisherman tries his luck
 A fly fisherman tries his luck near the bridge at Reliance with a reflection of the Church in the background. (Photo by Jim Caldwell) | Scouts visit the area
 Boy Scout Troop 147 from Bartow, Florida are on a trip with their families to the Overhill Rivers. | Beating the heat
 Unseasonably high temperatures -- in the 90s -- are sending folks to the water. The Ocoee Whitewater Center is a popular place when the river isn't flowing, and the Hiwassee and Ocoee are popular when it is. | Visitors enjoy the scenery
 | Rail Adventures start May 28th
| Forest Service gearing up for busy sea..
 People come from near and far to experience a variety of outdoor recreation activities including camping, picnicking, hiking, bike riding, water play, fishing and much more. | New trails project
 Polk County will be included in a new trails project being developed by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. |
| | Consumer Information Middle TN horses diagnosed with rabies
One horse, submitted for testing in January 2012, died in rural Rutherford County, and the other was submitted this month from Marshall County. | Verify licenses of potential home cont..
In light of the tornadoes that caused damage to parts of Tennessee last.. ? FULL STORY | Unpaid fines could mean lost license
Those who don?t pay court fines and fees could lose their driver?s license, according to a law that went into effect July 1, 2011. | Nearby projects could cause delay
TDOT has issued the following alerts about nearby construction projects. | Rebate available for electric car purc..
The state rebate is in addition to a federal tax rebate of up to $7,500. | Beware energy evaluation scam
VEC was recently notified by a neighboring utility that they have been receiving complaints from customers who have been visited by scam artists posing as energy evaluators. | 8 Do?s and Don?ts for de-icing you..
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