4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (129+ words) Jefferson County EMS recently celebrated a significant milestone as Paramedic/Captain Steve Helton marked 30 years of service to Jefferson County. Helton began his career with EMS on July 1, 1996, and graduated from the paramedic program at Walters State Community College the…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (455+ words) The formidable force known as Mary Oneida McDougal McCarter left this life on September 1, 2026 in Jefferson City. The youngest child of Ike and Edith McDougal, she was born July 6, 1933 in Talbott, Tennessee. She was raised in Jefferson City, which she…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (133+ words) affectionately known throughout her life as Jane, age 93, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2026, at her home in New Market, Tennessee, surrounded by her family. Jane was born on May 5, 1933, and was a lifelong resident of New Market. She grew up…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (234+ words) Patricia u201cReneeu201d Thompson, age 68, graduated to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, August 29, 2026. She was preceded in death by her mother and step-father, Anna Mae and James Lamons; her father, William Roy Carson; her sister, Rhonda Carson; a host of family and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (247+ words) William u201cHyderu201d Hensley, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, peacefully after a brief illness at home surrounded by his immediate family. He was a dedicated employee of ConAgra for 46 years, and most of all was dedicated to his family. He was…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (126+ words) When he was just starting his emergency medical career, Rodney Satterfieldu2019s first partner on the ambulance was Brad Phillips. u201cThat was 1992, and we basically worked side-by-side from then on,u201d the paramedic recalled. u201cOf course, we had no idea this was in the future....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (128+ words) Ralph Garland, the East Tennessee native who was inducted into the national Taxidermy Hall of Fame last year, died last Wednesday in Roxboro, North Carolina. A celebration of life ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. August 29 at Montwood Baptist Church in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (301+ words) age 83, of New Market, and formerly of the Buffalo Community of Grainger County, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2026. She was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church. Barbara worked at the Standard Knitting Mill before becoming a mother and full-time homemaker....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (400+ words) age 94, of Dandridge, TN, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 14, 2026. She was a faithful member of the Greenway Church of God in Knoxville, TN, where she served as church secretary and other ministries of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (430+ words) Mrs. Rebecca Jane Needham Potts, 87, of Jefferson City, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 16, 2026. Born on September 28, 1938, in Knoxville, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Wayne Needham and Margaret Jane Shaver Needham. She was preceded in…...