2021-05-06

Obituaries for 5-6-21

Francis ‘Tad’ Boyle III, 44; Bessie Lee Merrill, 83; Emma Grace Runnion, 97; Richard Austin Tanner, 83; Randell R. Truman, 77

Editorial cartoon 5-6-21

Sentences issued, pleas taken in circuit court

Two people were sentenced in Roane Circuit Court Monday, including a Charleston man arrested for a break-in in Roane County.

Headed in the wrong direction

It seems almost every day there is another story in the news about a shooting involving a police officer. Those who wear a badge are under scrutiny like never before.

Jury convicts man of sexual assault

A Spencer man sent to help a friend get home late at night was convicted of sexually assaulting her in a one-day trial last week.

Father facing hundreds of sex abuse charges

A Walton man is in the regional jail after being charged with more than 300 counts of incest and sexual assault.

Tigers returning to Camp Sheppard

Calling all Tigers…

A different voice

Is a Black man allowed to be a Republican in today’s “woke” culture? Apparently not.