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WEBAge 77. Oak Ridge, TN. William (Bill) Wright, age 77 of Oak Ridge, passed away at his home on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Bill was born on July 20, 1947 in Oak Ridge to Owen and Violet Wright. He proudly... Premier Sharp Funeral Home.
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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 ...
Jury deciding now on death sentence or life in prison for Sean …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The jury will return at 9 a.m. Wednesday to decide on whether to give Sean Finnegan a sentence of death or life in prison for the murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton.. The sentencing hearing for Finnegan began Tuesday morning. Deliberations began shortly after the jury left the courtroom at 2:36 p.m. Jurors returned at nearly 5:30 p.m. and recessed for dinner at the hotel where they have been ...
Oak Ridge woman pleads guilty to murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton
WEBSep 5, 2023 · The Oak Ridger. 0:02. 0:55. 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 ...
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 …
Vehicle found in lake linked to 2005 missing woman's case - Oak …
WEBNov 11, 2021 · 0:04. 0:42. Eighty-four-year-old Miriam Ruth Clark Hemphill was last seen on July 22, 2005. Now divers have found a vehicle that is linked to the case of the missing woman who would be 99 or 100 years old today. The Oak Ridge Police Department has confirmed that a vehicle found in Melton Hill Lake on Wednesday afternoon by …
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