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🌱 Morristown West grad takes over powerhouse Maryville football program
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- Morristown West grad takes over powerhouse Maryville football program
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- Thursday: Cloudy, afternoon rain, with a high of 54 and low of 37 degrees.
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 52 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Maryville High School names 19th football coach in program history (wate.com) — A Maryville High School football assistant with roots in Morristown West High School has been promoted to lead one of East Tennessee’s powerhouse programs. Kenny Cobble, a former Jefferson County head coach and Maryville College player, becomes Maryville’s 19th head coach, taking over after Derek Hunt’s successful nine-year run that included two state titles.
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- Bingo Night!
103 W Main St , Morristown
6:30 pm - Highway 33 Music and Entertainment
Li'l Jo's BBQ , 2805 Maynardville Hwy , Maynardville
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The Roadhouse Lounge , 2334 Newport Hwy , Sevierville
8:00 pm - Skye Peterson: Andrew Peterson Presents: Behold the Lamb of God
Lakeway Performing Arts Center , 3720 Roy Messer Hwy , White Pine
7:00 pm - Andrew Osenga
Lakeway Christian Academy , 3720 Roy Messer Hwy , White Pine
7:00 pm - Andrew Peterson Presents Behold the Lamb of God
Lakeway Performing Arts Center , 3720 Roy Messer Hwy , White Pine
7:00 pm - Keep Cocke County Beautiful Board Meeting
Keep Cocke County Beautiful , 115 Mulberry St , Newport
12:00 pm - Men's Basketball vs. Tennessee Wesleyan
Carson-Newman University , 1646 Russell Ave , Jefferson City
2:00 pm - Lighthouse Community Center
712 Caney Creek Rd , Rogersville
3:00 pm - Boys TRICADA TOURNAMENT — Canon-McMillan High School Wrestling
West Greene High School , 275 W Greene Dr , Mosheim
4:30 pm - SIDE-LYING and HERBAL COMPRESS COURSE - 16 hr CE/NCBTMB & Thai approved — Wayfaring Massage & Wellness
Wayfaring Massage and Wellness , 213 S Depot St , Rogersville
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Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center , 1120 Carson Springs Rd #7383 , Newport
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- A tractor-trailer fire has closed the ramp from I-81 South to Exit 15 (Fish Hatchery Road) in Hamblen County, with a vehicle fire being cleared on I-81 southbound at mile marker 15.
7:54AM on Dec 16: A tractor-trailer fire has closed the ramp from I-81 South to Exit 15 (Fish Hatchery Road) in Hamblen County, but the mainline is… (Nextdoor )
- Food City Supermarket posted a job opening for Floral Designer/Helper in Morristown. Apply here.
- Zaxby's posted a job opening for Cashier (Full-Time) - Restaurant Crew in Morristown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Morristown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Jefferson City
- The Reel Thing: December winter trout stocking making its way back east (timesnews.net)
- Lila Fite Roden Free Access (standardbanner.com)
Dandridge
- 824 Pleasant View, Dandridge, TN 37725 (citizentribune.com)
- Maryville (Tenn.) names Kenny Cobble new head football coach (on3.com)
- OBITUARY: Ardath Baxter Reese (rutherfordsource.com)
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