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At least four officials in Roane County wrote letters against reinstating a Roane sheriff’s deputy who would later fatally shoot two men in separate incidents, according to documents filed in connection with wrongful death lawsuits regarding the shootings.

A Spencer woman has been arrested on a felony child neglect charge after her mother allegedly found syringes in her bedroom and called police.

Roane Board of Education members took the first step toward installing artificial turf at County Stadium at their meeting last Thursday.

Two more lawsuits against a Roane sheriff’s deputy have been settled without going to trial, including one resulting in payment of $700,000 to the family of a man fatally shot after his vehicle allegedly spun gravel onto a neighbor’s house.

Project manager for the new Col. Ruby Bradley Bridge can explain the recent delays in construction in one word.

Local residents will be getting a new method of contacting county government.

Work should start soon on renovating the courthouse annex to house magistrate court offices.

It turned out to be a banner buck season for hunters in Roane County.