Independent Herald

09/12/2025

Scott Highlanders Sporting Events 2025-2026

09/12/2025

FRIDAY WEATHER: ☀️ Sunshine and warm temperatures for as far as the eye can see.

Sunrise/Sunset: 7:17/7:51

Normal Temps: 82°/54° (Records: 91° in 2005, 36° in 1976)

Year-To-Date Rainfall: 46.2" (Normal: 42.6")

😎 DETAILS: The most boring weather pattern we’ve been in since the start of summer continues. But, in this case, boring is a good thing! And that’s especially true for high school football tonight. After last week’s games were threatened by lightning, we’ll have excellent weather tonight. We’ll top out around 82° today, which is pretty close to average for this time of year. Then we’ll slowly get warmer through the weekend and into early next week. High temperatures this weekend will generally be in the mid 80s.

☀️ NEXT WEEK: A very warm week is on tap. We’ll be around 85° Monday and 86° Tuesday with dry, sunny weather continuing. Nighttime temperatures will hold at around 60°. Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 80s will continue through the remainder of next week.

🌦️ FURTHER OUT: This hot, dry pattern isn’t going anywhere for the rest of the month. But that doesn’t mean it will be dry all the time. In fact, we could see rain chances return by the end of next week and especially next weekend.

🌀HURRICANE WATCH: A tropical wave is expected to peel off the coast of Africa in the next couple of days, and it might eventually become a tropical cyclone. Currently the National Hurricane Center gives it a 30% chance of cyclone formation over the next seven days. It is not expected to be a threat to the U.S. mainland. You have to think that this dam is eventually going to break and some part of the U.S. coast will be threatened by a tropical storm. For now, though, all remains quiet.

09/12/2025

ICYMI: A new bridge at High Point moves one step closer. The same company currently building the new bridge on O&W Road will be tasked with building the new railroad overpass on Niggs Creek Road.

ONEIDA | King General Contracting, the Cookeville-based construction firm that is currently working on a bridge over Pine Creek on O&W Road, has been awarded a bid to replace the currently-closed railroad overpass on Niggs Creek Road in Oneida.

09/12/2025

We have another double-header coming up on the IH Sports Network Friday, as a couple of Knoxville teams travel up I-75 and across Hwy 63. Oneida will host CAK and Scott will host Austin-East. The Rogers Group Pregame will begin at 6:30 p.m. We're looking forward to a great night! Hopefully you can get out and support our teams in person — but if you can't (or even if you can!) make plans to join us!

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09/11/2025

When he applied for a driver's license at age 17, Christian Wright checked the box to be an organ donor. That was the last anyone thought about it until Aug. 18, when his life was tragically cut short at age 23 in an ATV accident that occurred near his home. Now six people — including one right here at home — are getting a new lease on life thanks to the gifts provided by a young man who enjoyed living life to its fullest.

Christian Wright's organ donations offered a new lease on life to six people throughout the eastern U.S., including one here in Scott County

09/11/2025

UT Medical Center is preparing to open a specialty clinic in Oneida. Plus, the bid has been awarded for construction of a new bridge at High Point. This is

Plus: Bid awarded for High Point Bridge replacement

09/11/2025

This week's E-Edition is delivered! It consists of 38 pages that includes all of this week's digital content + bonus content. View it and download it here:

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09/11/2025

September 2025 Board Meeting

09/11/2025

This week's Words of Wisdom from Preacher Johnny Polk and the Oneida Church of Christ. Find more at indherald.com/p/words-of-wisdom.

09/10/2025

This week's Threads of Life newsletter, presented courtesy of Jones & Son and West-Murley funeral homes, includes two long-time educators who were admired and respected by the community they served. In Remembrance Of: Kaye Bilbrey, Sylvia Brown, Pam Cannon, Daniel Lay, Paul Pennington, Georgia Strunk, and Shady West.

In Remembrance Of: Kaye Bilbrey, Sylvia Brown, Pam Cannon, Daniel Lay, Paul Pennington, Georgia Strunk, and Shady West

09/10/2025

Check out this week's great deals at Scenic Foods! The new sale starts today and continues through Tuesday!

09/10/2025

Mail delivery looks a lot different today than it used to, with postal carriers using motorized vehicles to reach far-flung communities in remote parts of Scott County. There was a time when those remote communities all had their own post offices. Some of the communities retain the names the post offices gave them, while others have faded from memory entirely. Here are a few of them and the men and women who served them.

You’re reading “Echoes in Time,” a weekly newsletter by the Independent Herald that focuses on stories of years gone by in order to paint a portrait of Scott County and its people.