A Spencer couple was awakened Friday after their home filled with smoke, but only one of them made it out alive.
2019-03-21
Second raise coming for county employees
Commissioners OK new budgetCounty employees will get an unexpected pay raise in the upcoming fiscal year.
Council approves $1.2 million budget
Spencer city officials approved a budget this week for the new fiscal year that is largely unchanged from their current budget.
Paper 3-21-19
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Raiders start hot with three wins
Roane County High got off to a hot start in the 2019 baseball season.
Ohio fire knocks out phone, cable in Spencer
A few weeks ago it was wind that caused phone service to go out in Roane County. This time it was fire.
Obituaries for 3-21-19
Jimmie J. Ball, 83; Maggie R. Drake, 97; Teeia A. Shriver Goodson, 31; Virginia Lea Kee Knopp, 91; Heisel Ledsome, 83; Rev. John E. Meadows,77; Teresa Carol Monk, 46; Rebecca Lynn Mullins, 62; Helen Elmore Paxton, 91; Evelyn F. Stutler, 89
Roane hit parade raps LKC East foes
Spears homers against GilmerThirty-one hits helped Roane County High start its softball season with a pair of easy victories over LKC East foes.
Coon four-time winner in opening meet
Jordan Coon dominated with four wins in individual events as Roane County’s track teams got their season off and running Tuesday at County Stadium.
Freedom
Rise of socialism dangerous for our futurePresident Ronald Reagan once said that freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. With their apparent embrace of socialism, Generation Z (those born in 1995 or later) may be the one to test Reagan’s theory.