So many stories are coming out of Moore, Oklahoma, about the heroic actions of teachers trying to keep their students safe.

In February 2012, teachers in the Tellico Plains school system were concerned they might find themselves in a similar situation.

Severe weather began to threaten the area shortly after school got out for the day, and many students and neighbors had to take refuge inside the sturdy walls of local schools as an EF-2 tornado touched down.

Tellico Plains High School Principal says his students and teachers regularly train for emergency scenarios.

In Monroe County, the sheriff says two programs in his department are saving taxpayers money.

The narcotics division says it no longer uses county money at all, using only cash seized from drug busts to fund its operations.

Sheriff Bill Bivens says while that's a good step, fighting drug crime can get expensive.

"If you have to do undercover buys, it's very expensive to buy the drugs, when you do an undercover operation. 80 milligrams of hydrocodone costs 80 dollars," said Sheriff Bivens.

It’s Secret City Festival time again in Oak Ridge! The bands have been selected, the schedule is filling up, and tickets to this year’s headliner concerts go on sale Monday, May 6.  Tickets are priced at an early bird rate of $17. After June 7, ticket prices go up to $20.