Area News

Explosive Event at Walmart leads to Arson Charge By Shane Gilreath [email protected] At approximately 9:45 on Monday morning, an incident occurred at the Oneida Walmart.  According to what SCN could attain from the Oneida Police Department, a suspect, identified as Carl Martin Robbins, 52, was quickly taken into custody.  Robbins was charged with Terrorism, Aggravated…

Bang! Bang! Cumberland Clear lawyer shoots holes in landfill case By Shane Gilreath [email protected] In a blistering eight page letter obtained by SCN, Elizabeth Murphy, the Nashville-based attorney for Cumberland Clear, asked the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to rethink the permit for the proposed landfill – Roberta Phase II – and Winfield…

Appalachian Outlaw Oneida Museum to house Master Moonshiner’s Still By Shane Gilreath [email protected] If you’ve driven by Oneida City Park lately, you’ll have noticed the remarkable renovations to the old depot.  New paint, windows, and doors have begun to bring an historic structure to 21st Century life. The building, with its own storied past, will…

Murder of Innocence By Shane Gilreath [email protected] “Austin Forever” a sign read, attached to the concrete wall in front of the McCreary County Courthouse.  Some two-dozen people were present Saturday afternoon for a candlelight vigil to remember Austin Carpenter, the 14-year-old autistic boy whose life was brutally cut short in February. Carpenter’s court appointed guardian,…

Yager sides with citizens By Shane Gilreath [email protected] A month after telling the Chamber of Commerce that the landfill debate was a local issue, albeit one in which he would not oppose local leadership, State Senator Ken Yager met with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers on Wednesday.  The meeting was…

Poetry Collection published to support landfill efforts By Shane Gilreath [email protected] “Near the end of May, whispers of a new landfill and trash transfer project in Scott County, TN turned into screams,” Dandelion Scribes say in their introduction. That project is a collision of the talent and activism that have been evident across Scott County in the months since, but…

Keeton Continues to improve office 32 inmates graduate from Men of Valor Program By Shane Gilreath [email protected] As previously reported by SCN, Scott County Sheriff Brian Keeton was a vocal proponent of the Scott County Commission’s implementation of an in-service bonus for Correctional Officers, but Keeton’s betterment of his office – and those it serves,…

Solid Waste meets…sort of By Shane Gilreath [email protected] Scott County News delayed going to press for the Solid Solid Waste Board meeting.  Dozens of citizens sat in anticipation, many of whom missed work to attend, but in the end, the expectations were in vain.  The board could not meet.  It lacked quorum.  Only 3 of…