Park begins planting trees for Arboretum
Park begins planting trees for Arboretum By Shane Gilreath SCN Contributing Editor [email protected] Work to transform Oneida City Park into a community arboretum began in earnest last week, marking the first steps in the town’s effort to promote biodiversity and environmental education inside Scott County, which leaders hope will be a boost to the…
Read MoreHuntsville Middle School Honor Roll & Perfect Attendance
Huntsville Middle School Honor Roll & Perfect Attendance 5th Grade A Honor Roll: Emma Bass, Gabriel Butts, Amara Chambers, Addilyn Lowe, Gianni Mezo, Westen Winchester 5th Grade A/B Honor Roll: Hunner Crowley, Easton Daughtery, Penelope De La Cruz, Bailey Emmons, Isaiah Freitag, Paisley Goodin, Jaxston Hicks, Destiny Holter, Rebecca Horne, Ava Huling, Destinee Lay, Maddox…
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Read MoreThe Renaissance Comes to Oneida
The Renaissance Comes to Oneida By Shane Gilreath SCN Contributing Editor An exciting addition to the history of Oneida City Park will take us back a few centuries. The Oneida Renaissance Faire is set to time travel back to the days of Shakespeare, Columbus, and Michelangelo. The event will fall under the endless imagination of…
Read MoreInform, Not Influence
Inform, Not Influence In today’s politically charged climate, one of journalism’s most invaluable assets – unbiased reporting – can seem to lack restraint. News organizations across the country have, at times, crossed that line. We acknowledge that reality. At Scott County News, however, we strive to remain committed to a different standard. A local one…
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When news of the Roberta II landfill first broke last May, I admit my first reaction wasn’t outrage like so many. It was something closer to a shrug. After all, I grew up around it. In conversation, if not in practice. I had an uncle who owned a waste management company. Garbage wasn’t some distant…
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Let’s talk…Autism: “Raising a Child, Not a Diagnosis: One Family’s Shift in Understanding Autism When Sarah Mitchell’s son, Caleb, was diagnosed with autism at age three, her first reaction wasn’t confusion—it was fear. “I thought everything about his future had just changed,” she recalls. “I didn’t know what to expect, and honestly, I didn’t know…
Read MoreTammy Reminiscences
Easter week-end 1963. I remember very well. Momma always allowed Terry and I to die eggs on Saturday evening. She brought home McCormick food color from the store. The kind with the little pointy, color caps. There were only 4 colors, red, blue, yellow, and green, but you could mix red and yellow to make…
Read MoreChristopher L. Martin
Christopher L. Martin January 20, 1949 ~ March 29, 2026 Christopher L. Martin, age 77 of Oneida, TN passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at his home. Born in Richland, Washington on January 20, 1949, he was the son of the late Helen Martin and Louis Martin. He was a member of the Church…
Read MoreFreddie Ray Wilson
Freddie Ray Wilson March 12, 1951 ~ March 29, 2026 Freddie Ray Wilson, age 75 of the Big Ridge Road Community in Oneida, TN, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida, where he worked for Scott County EMS for many years and met a lot of…
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