Three facing federal charges

Three Loudon County residents were indicted, along with 14 others, on federal methamphetamine charges April 4, according to a May 2 release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Dennis Clark, 30, Philadelphia; Ashely Morris-Casebolt, 31, Lenoir City; and Thomas Freeman, 43, Greenback, were all part of a seven-count indictment from a federal grand jury in Knoxville for roles in the distribution of methamphetamine.

Tales of Two Cities: On the scene in Cleveland & Philadelphia

At both of the major-party conventions' conclusions, there was serious tension and distrust between the presumptive nominees' delegates and backers and those of the runners-up. At the Republican conclave in Cleveland, this was symbolized somewhat by a scuffle involving the efforts of Mick Wright, a Bartlett delegate committed to Ted Cruz, to make sure that Cruz got the 16 votes he was entitled to when the roll of states was called on the second night of the convention.