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WEBShirley Ann Boatman. Age 83. Oak Ridge, TN. Shirley Ann Boatman, much loved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on September 13, 2024. Shirley was born on July 18, 1941, in Tazwell, TN and later settled... Mott McKamey Funeral Home and Cremations.
Improving public housing, constructing affordable apartments in …
WEBAug 23, 2024 — 1:23. The Oak Ridge Housing Authority unveiled plans Friday morning to begin work early next year to renovate 128 existing public housing units scattered around the city and and construct 104 new affordable rental units in the Scarboro community for the area's workforce at a total cost of $56 million. "This is a historic moment for the Oak ...
Jurors begin deliberations Saturday on the fate of Sean Finnegan
WEBAug 17, 2024 — Special Judge Don Ash has instructed the 16 jurors in the Sean Shannon Finnegan murder and rape case to arrive at Anderson County Criminal Court at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to begin the process of deciding the Oak Ridge man's fate. Ash said he will read out loud the 100-pages of law the jurors must consider in ruling upon the 13 …
Sean Finnegan gets death penalty for murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton
WEBAug 21, 2024 — An Anderson County jury returned Aug. 21 with the sentence for Sean Shannon Finnegan in the killing of Jennifer Gail Paxton of Knoxville: death by lethal injection. On Aug. 19, the same 12 jurors found Finnegan, who had lived on Fairview Road in Oak Ridge for several years, guilty of: Two counts of first-degree murder.
Jury chosen: Trial begins Tuesday in Oak Ridge man's murder trial
WEBAug 12, 2024 — Fourteen people - a 12-member jury and four alternates - were chosen Monday for the trial of Oak Ridge resident Sean Finnegan, who faces first-degree murder and rape charges. The trial will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton. It comes four years after the body of 36-year-old Jennifer Gail Paxton was found in ...
Y-12 accepting STEM classroom grant applications - Oak Ridger
WEBAug 21, 2024 — Y-12 accepting applications for a $5,000 classroom grant to foster STEM activities. Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) announced it is sponsoring a $5,000 grant for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom. The goal of the grant, designated for grades K-12, is to foster advancement of STEM activities in …
Jury returns briefly to courtroom, but no verdict yet on Sean …
WEBAug 19, 2024 — The jury deliberating the fate of Sean Shannon Finnegan, 56, of Oak Ridge returned to the Anderson County Criminal Courtroom at around 1:15 p.m. Monday for Special Judge Don Ash to answer their requests for information. Ash also told the jury that they could work until 5 p.m. Monday and at that time decide whether to continue deliberating or ...
Judge Don Ash to jurors in Finnegan case: I look forward to your ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 — The Oak Ridger. Anderson County jurors in the Sean Shannon Finnegan first-degree murder trial returned to the courtroom in Clinton at 9 a.m. today, Aug. 21, and quickly went behind closed doors to deliberate what sentence they should give the Oak Ridge man - death or life in prison. Special Judge Don Ash told them he looked forward to …
Explore the history of the Scarboro 85 on Sept. 7 in Oak Ridge
WEBAug 29, 2024 — The Atomic Hope Heritage Preservation and Tourism Co. and the Scarboro Monument Committee present Hope’s Classroom Bus Tour on Sept. 7. The tour commemorates the 69th anniversary of the Scarboro 85 and honors the 85 Scarboro students who desegregated Robertsville Junior High and Oak Ridge High School on Sept. 6, 1955. “Sept. 7, 2024, will provide school classrooms an opportunity to engage ...