"We hope we never have to do it again, but if it does. I have confidence that we will be prepared," Tim Landefeld, the school's assistant principal, said.
Jul 13, 2021 / 07:30 PM EDT
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) The city and Hamblen County are one step closer to having a new emergency room, after the Planning Commission voted to approve the design plans for the facility.
Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System is expanding to a second location off of Merchants Greene Boulevard and Veterans Parkway. The new facility will be called Morristown-Hamblen West.
Morristown Mayor Gary Chesney said the commission voted 8-0 to approve the overall aesthetics of the new facility, which is already under construction.
Chesney said the facility, which will have a free-standing emergency room, doctors offices and a diagnostic center, is needed for the growing community.