Burglars hit Elk Mills churches
Elizabethton Star
Burglars broke into two churches in the Elk Mills area of Carter County late last week. Carter County Sheriff's Department Deputy Harmon Duncan reported on a burglary at Elk River Baptist Church on Friday morning.
First managed elk hunt completed
Knoxville News Sentinel
The fifth and final elk harvested during this week's elk hunt was taken by none other than Tami Miller, whose husband purchased her permit on eBay for $17,700. Miller, of Franklin, Tenn., harvested the 11-point bull elk Tuesday at approxima...
Athens tops Elk Lake in boys' soccer
The Daily & Sunday Review
The Athens Wildcats closed out the regular season with a 3-1 victory over Elk Lake on Monday night. Athens, who doesn't start district play until next Tuesday, got a pair of first-half goals in the win. Zach Colegrove scored at 27:00 of the...
Missoula leaders approve easement deal
KULR8
MISSOULA - The Missoula area now has a new public haven for elk and other wild animals. The Missoula City Council and the Missoula Board of County Commissioners have both agreed to picking up part of a the tab for a $1.8 million conservatio...
Elk and deer hunts open with success, frustration
Idaho Mountain Express
According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the opening weekend of deer season proved to be more successful for hunters than last year, but some elk hunters, on the other hand, are finding nothing but frustration. In a news release ...
Payson teen awes shooting expert
Payson Roundup
Tagging the elk and deer was a thrill for the teenager, but not her first hunting success. “Last year I got a mule deer and before that a bull elk,” she said. The bull was tagged in 2006, when she was only 13, with one shot from 350 yards. ...
Va. may fill its own hills with Rocky Mountain elk
CNBC
RICHMOND, Va. - More than 150 years after Virginia's last native elk was killed, game officials may try to populate the state's southwest corner with its bigger, buff-colored cousin — the Rocky Mountain elk. They say bringing back an elk su...
No bull: Man bags 850-pound elk in first hunt
Daily Independent
Ashland — This is a story with a lot of bull. About 850 pounds of it. Ed Dowell, who had never been hunting in his life, brought down an 850-pound bull elk in Knott County last weekend. Dowell went with Dr. David Pinkston and his brother St...
First Tenn. Elk Taken in 144 Years
WTVC
History has been made in Tennessee's rich conservation legacy. After a nine-year effort to restore huntable populations of wild elk to the Volunteer State, three hunters successfully harvested the first animals Monday morning on the Upper C...
Recaptured escapee sentenced to 13 years, held on new charges
WGNtv.com
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Fecarotta imposed the 13-year sentence Tuesday and also ordered Maday held without bond on carjacking charges. The former Elk Grove Village resident has spent most of the past 22 years in prison. ___ I...
Man mauled by grizzly bear while hunting
KULR8
LIVINGSTON - A Paradise Valley man was mauled by a grizzly bear while hunting in Park County over the weekend. Gallatin National Forest spokeswoman Marna Daley says two men were elk hunting in the Dry Fork area in the Livingston Ranger Dist...
100% Success in Tennessee's First Elk Hunt
Chattanoogan
It's done... 100 percent success. All five hunters fortunate enough to receive the first Tennessee elk permits in modern-day history have now taken their bulls. Tami Miller from Franklin, Tenn. took her 6x5 bull just before sunset Tuesday e...
Update: Fifth hunter kills her elk
WBIR
The lone female hunter in Tennessee's first elk hunt in more than a century has killed her elk. It happened around 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tami Miller's husband purchased the hunting permit on Ebay for $17,700. Officials said the elk Miller killed ...
EL board answers more career center questions
New Age-Examiner
DIMOCK TWP. - People who attended the Elk Lake School Board regular meeting last Tuesday (Oct. 20) had more questions about the proposed Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center expansion project. The atmosphere was decidedly calmer ...