At 18.3%, Scott County's unemployment rate is among the highest in the state. Now workers affected by recent layoffs are taking advantage of a scholarship program designed to help them get back to work.

ONEIDA, Tenn. - Tennessee officials and the National Park Service are looking to plug and reclaim at least 45 orphaned oil wells around Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

A proposed landfill in Scott County is being met by some tough opposition from immediate neighbors and people in neighboring counties.

An 84-year-old Northern Kentucky man with Alzheimer's disease who was reported missing Monday has been found safe early more than 200 miles away in Tennessee, according to Independence police.

Two elderly men suffering from Alzheimer's disease who went missing Monday in separate incidents have been found safe.

Roane State Community College President Dr. Gary Goff says he wants to help those recently unemployed in Scott County with class offerings.

A low pressure system developing over the lower Mississippi Valley will move into East Tennessee tonight, bringing a mix of mostly rain and snow with a chance of light freezing rain before daybreak Tuesday.

The state Division of Water Quality Control will hold a public hearing tonight in Oneida to gather public comments on a water quality permit for a proposed landfill in Scott County.

Three school systems in the region are opening late today. Fentress County and Oneida city schools will open one hour late.

Citing economic pressures, Armstrong Flooring will idle its strip mill, finish line, and yard operations at the Oneida plant, putting about 260 employees out of work as of April 9. The parquet, floor care, chemical plant, and warehouse operations on-site will continue.

Loan servicing company Semperian LLC has notified the state it is laying off 45 people at its Knoxville office effective Dec.

Authorities on Sunday seized a methamphetamine lab in a bust that is being called the largest meth bust in Scott County's history.

A pioneer for women in East Tennessee turns 100 today. Bromma Pemberton-Linville was born in 1909 in Oliver Springs.

A motorcycle rider died today when his cycle ran off the road in the middle of a wheelie, authorities said.

An 85-year-old Oneida woman was killed this afternoon when she pulled into the path of a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 27 in Scott County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.