Charles Overton - Anderson County Jail Intake Photo
A man was shot in the chest at the Super 8 Motel on Park Place in Clinton on Sunday, Clinton Police reported.
The Police Department provided details in a post on its Facebook page.
Following reports of a shooting, CPD said officers were dispatched to the motel at about 6:27 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers found a male victim, Danyal Bond, 37, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
CPD reported that responding officers took suspect Charles Overton, 40, into custody without further incident and transported him to the Anderson County Detention Facility.
According to the department, investigators believe Bond and Overton had an argument outside the motel.
This tree fell on a home in Heiskell during the storm that moved through the area early Monday. No injuries were reported. - Anderson County EMA Director Joe Mead
A major spring storm that brought a line of thunderstorms and howling winds through the area Sunday night and early Monday mostly spared Anderson County from any serious problems, authorities reported.
“For the most part, Anderson County was very fortunate to escape major damage,” County Mayor Terry Frank said Monday afternoon.
“Currently, EMA has reports of trees down on two homes, one in Heiskell and one in Oak Ridge,” she said. “The winds took trees and/or branches down around the county, and the Highway Department and volunteer fire departments did a tremendous job of clearing roads.”
There were some power disruptions reported, but they were not widespread.
Despite weather delays, Clinton says upgrades should be festival-ready
Although pouring of concrete for the new sidewalks on Market Street in Historic Downtown Clinton was originally scheduled to be completed this week, weather has delayed the work, which may take about three more weeks, City Manager Roger Houck said Monday.
But Houck said the sidewalks, planters and landscaping are still on schedule to be finished by the weekend of the Clinch River Spring Antique Festival, on May 1-2.
“We plan to resume pouring concrete on Wednesday (March 18), and we should have the sidewalks ready by the time of the festival, but the street paving won’t begin until mid-May,” he said.”
“We are 77% complete as of today,” he added. “We’ve seen a lot of progress over the past two-and-a-half to three weeks.”
The city does plan to have Market Street open for street vendors during the festival, Houck said.
Motorists also will have to use detours around sections of Main Street again beginning this week, he said, as sewer line installation resumes.
While responding to a medical emergency in Medford last Thursday that resulted in the death of a resident in the home, officials also found at least 35 dogs in need of care, Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank said Friday.
Anderson County Animal Care and Control was sent to the scene, where 16 of the dogs were immediately taken into care and transported to the county animal shelter.
The dogs ranged in age from puppies as young as a week to adult, according to shelter director Damon McKenna.
As the shelter was already over capacity, calls went out immediately looking for foster volunteers to help take care of the rescued dogs.
The shelter posted on its Facebook page Friday that “The 16 dogs pulled from the property are now at Humane Society of Jefferson County, TN. More from that property will be brought into the shelter soon.”
Longtime broadcaster, business leader and community advocate Ron Meredith has announced his candidacy for the Anderson County Commission representing District 2.
Meredith has been a resident of Clinton for more than 36 years and has been a familiar voice in the community since purchasing and operating WYSH Radio in 1990.
Through his daily morning program, Meredith has spent nearly four decades sharing local news, promoting community events and highlighting the people and organizations that make Anderson County strong.
Over the course of his broadcasting career, Meredith has built, owned and/or operated 12 broadcast facilities.
He also served as part owner and manager of Video Catalog Channel, a national television retail network that employed more than 100 employees, gaining extensive experience in business management, budgeting and financial operations.
Sawmill Road in Norris, which begins here at Orchard Road and now ends at the Norris industrial park, will be extended through the woods to connect with Norris Freeway (U.S. 441) behind Covenant Life Church. - G. Chambers Williams III
The first contract for construction of the Sawmill Road extension in Norris should be awarded on Friday (March 20) by the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Norris City Manager Bailey Whited said Monday.
“There was still a question about a right-of-way issue that might have delayed it until May, but on Friday TDOT said it had been resolved,” Whited said.
He had told the Norris City Council of the possible delay during the regular council meeting on Monday, March 9.
This long-awaited project, which has been under development since about 2015, will extend Sawmill Road from an industrial park in Norris to a connection with Norris Freeway (U.S. 441) behind Covenant Life Church and Cross Pike Road.
No information was available yet as to when construction might begin or when the extension might be completed and opened to traffic.
CUB customers can now report and check the status of outages online by visiting outage.clintonub.com. Outages may also be reported by phone or text at 865-457-9232
Clinton Utilities Board has both new and old tools for reporting power outages.
Customers can now report and check the status of outages online.
They can visit the outage viewer website at outage.clintonub.com, click the triangle with the exclamation point in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen, and enter their 10-digit phone numbers.
CUB’s outage management system will then check whether an outage has already been reported for that location. If not, the customer can submit an outage report directly through the site.
General Manager Greg Fey said the reporting system does not replace the ability to report outages by phone or text at 865-457-9232.
“Instead, it provides an additional convenient option for customers to report an outage or check the status of service restoration from their smartphone or computer,” he said.
He also encouraged customers to contact CUB’s office during normal business hours to confirm the phone numbers on file for their accounts.
He said doing so helps ensure that both CUB’s automated outage reporting system and the new online reporting tool can properly recognize the customers’ numbers if they need to report service interruptions.
Motorists traveling on Interstate 75 near Emory Road (State Route 131) in Knox County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will temporarily affect traffic.
Utility work originally scheduled for Monday, March 16, was postponed because of inclement weather.
Beginning at approximately 1 p.m. Thursday, March 19, rolling roadblocks will take place on Interstate 75 South starting at Exit 117 (Raccoon Valley Road) and on Interstate 75 North starting at Exit 108 (Merchants Drive) as crews perform utility work in the area.
Each rolling roadblock is expected to last about 10 to 15 minutes. Traffic will be allowed to move through the area between roadblocks, and all work is expected to be completed by 1:30 p.m. that day.
The schedule is contingent on favorable weather. Motorists are advised to expect delays and use extreme caution in the area because workers will be present.
Filing by candidates has now been completed and the deadlines have passed for the May 5 Anderson County primary election and the Aug. 6 general election.
Early voting for the primary, which includes Republicans and Democrats seeking spots on the August ballot, will begin April 15 and end on April 30.
The biggest races in the primary are for the Republican nominations for county mayor and county sheriff, with two candidates running for each seat.
Deadline for independents running in the Aug. 6 election was last Tuesday (March 10), which followed the Feb. 19 deadline for candidates to file for the May 5 primary.
County general election candidates for offices that are non-partisan were required to file by March 10. Those positions include constables for Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, who do not run on a party ticket.
This followed the Feb. 19 qualifying deadline for the May 5 Republican and Democratic primaries, and any candidates wanting to run as independents in the partisan positions – including the countywide positions such as mayor, sheriff and others, and the County Commission and county Board of Education – in the Aug. 6 general election.
The Oak Ridge High School softball team picked up its first victory of the 2026 season Friday night.
It came against a familiar foe and former District 3-4A rival, Campbell County, at home as the Lady Wildcats edged the Lady Cougars 6-4.
Oak Ridge (1-3 overall, 0-2 in District 4-4A) scored first, tallying a run in the bottom of the first inning.
A sacrifice fly by Anslee Douglas scored Bay Hensley with the game’s first run and gave the Lady Wildcats a 1-0 lead.
The Lady Cougars answered and took the lead with three runs in the top of the third inning. Campbell County held a 3-1 advantage until Oak Ridge answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. After that, the Lady Wildcats never trailed again.
Leah Curran stole home in the inning, and Oak Ridge also scored two runs with the help of a pair of Campbell County defensive miscues, to take a 4-3 lead.
Taryn McGuire, who went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI, delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth.
Hensley, who finished 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored, drove in a run with a single in Oak Ridge’s final at-bat in the bottom of the sixth.
Campbell County added a run in the top of the seventh, but the Lady Wildcats held on, much to the delight of third-year Coach Jeremy Gill.
“It wasn’t the dominant win that I was looking for, but at this point, a win’s a win and we’ll take it,” Gill said. “That’s not a bad Campbell County team.
“They made a couple of errors that cost them a few runs,” he said. “They have a pretty good little pitcher. She’s solid and she’s committed to go somewhere and pitch.”
OR opened the week with a 9-1 district loss at Rhea County on Tuesday, March 10, before its league game against McMinn County was rained out Thursday.
Seventh-grader Hudson Lowe took the mound for the JV Hawks on February 28. - Photo submitted by Katherine Birkbeck
The opening week of the season gave the Clinton Hawks a little bit of everything.
In three games over six days, the Clinton Middle School varsity baseball team rallied past a rival, dominated a non-district opponent, and battled through a tight pitcher’s duel in district play before injuries, illness, and weather forced several early-season postponements.
The season began Tuesday night at the Fairgrounds with a dramatic comeback win over district rival Horace Maynard.
The Red Devils jumped ahead early, scoring four runs in the first inning as the Hawks struggled with walks and defensive miscues. Despite the rough start, Clinton quickly regrouped.
“We were all a little nervous heading into the second inning,” Head Coach Jake Lowe said. “That’s part of the game. At that point it’s on us as coaches to settle things down and build our boys back up.”
Starting pitcher Pearson Lollar settled in after the opening frame.
“I realized after that inning I felt like I was more relaxed, and I focused more on just throwing strikes to Deacon over the plate,” Lollar said.
Clinton High School’s softball team had a brief break from competition late last week, but the Lady Dragons were busy early as they faced two of the top teams from District 3-4A.
They split a pair of games, losing at Knoxville Halls 3-2 on Monday, March 9, before routing Karns 7-1 at home the following day.
“We played two great teams this week and we’ve played a tough schedule,” Clinton Coach Leonard Sams said.
“And our schedule is only going to get tougher. We’ll play Ooltewah on Friday in a tournament in Chattanooga.
“We’ll play some good teams in Chattanooga and then we’ll play Gibbs in our first district game and then we’ll go up to Northeast Tennessee and we’ll play some good teams up there,” he said.
In the loss to Halls, a late error proved costly for the Lady Dragons (2-2).
“That was another game where we had an error,” Sams said. “If we don’t get turned around in the outfield and give up two runs, we win that game 2-1.”
