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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 ...
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 …
Kairos Power announces $100 million investment in Oak Ridge
WEBJul 16, 2021 · Kairos Power will invest $100 million for low-power demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridger. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced Friday that the privately funded, advanced nuclear engineering company Kairos Power will make a …
UCOR awarded $8.3B cleanup contract; includes ETTP - Oak Ridger
WEBOct 28, 2021 · UCOR will be responsible for cleanup and remedial actions at ETTP; cleanup of excess facilities at ORNL and Y-12; design, construction, and operation of the new onsite disposal facility, Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF); operational activities and surveillance and maintenance for multiple EM operational and non-operational facilities; and core functions for central and project ...
Apply now for the Oak Ridge Citizens Police Academy
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The Oak Ridge Police Department is accepting applications for its next Citizens Police Academy, which is set to begin next month. Applications for the program are due by Friday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. Classes will meet weekly, on Thursdays, from Sept. 19 to Nov. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. During the eight-week course, students will learn the policies and ...
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 ...
CNS Cares to provide in-home health services; support energy …
WEBDec 9, 2021 · 1:23. CNS Cares, one of the nation’s largest in-home healthcare providers for former nuclear workers, is now providing home health services and claims support to improve the health and quality of life for energy workers here in Tennessee, according to a news release. CNS is an enrolled provider for the …
Oak Ridge woman pleads guilty to murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton
WEBThe Oak Ridger. 0:05. 1:23. A 25-year-old Oak Ridge woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the August 2020 death of Jennifer Gail Paxton, 36. Rebecca E. Dishman was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison. Dishman also entered a guilty plea to two counts of child rape in a separate case. Fifty years were added to her life sentence ...
Who was Jennifer Gail Paxton, the victim in the first-degree …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · That was the picture of Paxton painted through various witnesses, including her aunt and cousin, and lawyers involved in the first-degree murder and rape case against Sean Shannon Finnegan, a man in his 50s who lived in Oak Ridge and worked at a bar in Knoxville. Finnegan faces charges of murder, aggravated rape, …