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Lifestyles

August 18, 2026

Lakeside Chapter to Ride for Kingswood Home for Children

MORRISTOWN – Motorcycles, community spirit and a commitment to helping children will come together Saturday, August 29, as the Lakeside Chapter of Templar Knights MC…

Fall Is Brewing at Sunrise on Cherokee

Rutledge High Class of 1986 plans 40th Reunion

A grateful farewell: Thank you, Andrea, for telling Grainger County's stories

Finding Hope After Loss: Six-Week Grief Support Series to Begin August 17

Mighty Men conference planned for August 29 in Mooresburg

Health

August 17, 2026

HEALTH ALERT: Free Mobile Clinic coming to Washburn

WASHBURN – Uninsured residents will have an opportunity to receive free primary health care when St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic brings its mobile medical clinic to…

More Room for care at Grainger County Health Department

Grainger County Health Department to celebrate renovations with ribbon cutting

Walk Across Tennessee returns this fall with Grainger County Stride Tribe

Down Home Pharmacy offers custom pet medication solutions

Free dance fitness class set for July 30 at Friendship Park on the Nance House Grounds

Obituaries

News

August 18, 2026

Surveillance debate, public safety spending and farewells shape Grainger County Commission meeting

A final meeting marked by gratitude as five longtime commissioners were recognized for their commitment to the community. Austin Dalton, Grainger County Journal Reporter RUTLEDGE – Questions over license plate-reading cameras, emergency services operations, senior citizen funding and retirement benefits for law enforcement dominated a wide-ranging Grainger County Commission meeting Monday night before the evening…

Rutledge weighs the cost of what comes next

Weekly Arrest Report

Weekly Property Transfers

Grainger Chamber meeting, meet and greet set for September 10

Clinch-Powell awards $85K for community, outdoor projects

Entertainment

August 18, 2026

Grainger County 4-H Chick Chain Show and Auction set for Sept. 5

RUTLEDGE – Grainger County 4-H will showcase the hard work of local youth during its annual Chick Chain Show and Auction on Saturday, September 5, at the Grainger Farmers Co-op. The show will begin at 9 a.m., giving participants an opportunity to exhibit the chickens they have raised through the 4-H Chick Chain program. An…