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Brothers Sought for 1-Year-Olds Shooting
JACKSON, TN (localmemphis.com) - Jackson police are searching for two brothers accused of a shooting that sent a one-year-old to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, June 17, at The Villages Apartments in Jackson, Tennessee. Investigators say there was a confrontation involving Tony and Justin Byrd, who are ...
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Lennar makes foray into Nashville market
Miami-based Lennar Corp. said it has expanded homebuilding operations into the Nashville, Tenn., market, acquiring control of about 40 homesites in the Tollgate Village community.Lennar said its new venture into Nashville is overseen by Andy Pfeifer, who is a 12-year Nashville homebuilding veteran. Lennar’s move into Tennessee is part of a recent strategic expansion that includes Atlanta, ...
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Two more plead guilty in federal probe of Pilot Flying J
Two more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam have pleaded guilty in a federal probe of the company's business practices. Pilot Flying J regional sales managers Kevin Wallace Clark and Jay Stinnett pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, according to Knoxville NBC ...
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Knoxville Frontier flight bomb threat suspect officially charged
(Denver, AP) A Colorado man who acted nervously and told a flight attendant there was a bomb in his backpack on a flight from Knoxville, Tennessee to Denver has been charged in federal court. Mark Michael Bote of Thornton was arrested Friday after the Frontier Airlines flight landed. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that the 23-year-old has been charged with giving a false report. ...
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Fight breaks out at juvenile court in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a fight broke out among 50 detainees at Shelby County Juvenile Court when a sprinkler system went off, unlocking the doors of their ...
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Tenn. agency traps hogs with text message system
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? Only one - under a new remote system used by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources ...
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Man arrested on Denver flight feared he had bomb
DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado man who acted nervously and told a flight attendant there was a bomb in his backpack on a flight from Knoxville, Tenn. to Denver has been charged in federal ...
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Sessions held to train teachers on new standards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee education officials are training teachers from across the state on how to implement a new set of uniform benchmarks for math and ...
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East Knoxville cookout peppered with gunfire
Officers were called at 10:45 p.m. to parking lot "H" at Walter P. Taylor Homes at Olive Street because of gunfire, said Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell ...
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Hawkins schools finance chief fired after fines
http://bit.ly/ZZ2nEc ) the proposal was prepared by former schools finance director Myron Dale, who was fired Monday. School officials said federal fines mounted to $166,000 when Dale failed to make an Internal Revenue Service withholding payment in March. Dale also presided over constructing the budget ...
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Nashville columnist takes Stoops to task
UK head coach Mark Stoops watched the action from the field during the Blue-White football game on Saturday April 13, 2013 in Lexington, Ky. Photos by Mark Cornelison | ...
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Cathie Anderson Pop artist Tennessee Loveless features Sacramento icons in painting
Troy Carlson is well outnumbered by Mickey Mouse as he looks over the artwork by Tennessee Loveless. Carlson's Stage Nine Entertainment Store in Old Sacramento will be the site of the TENxTENxTEN show of Loveless' work Saturday and ...
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Orchestra Lays Off Catering Dining Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The financially strapped Nashville Symphony has laid off its catering and dining staff.The Tennessean reported symphony CEO Alan Valentine and Board Chairman Ed Goodrich announced late Monday what they called a "difficult decision." They said affected workers were told Monday that their jobs would end Aug. 4. The number of people being laid off wasn't ...
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63 Cited after Teens Party Got Out of Hand
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Madison County Sheriff's deputies have cited 63 people after teenagers were caught drinking at a party thrown by a 19-year-old.According to The Jackson Sun, Sheriff David Woolfork said people gathered at the home of James Mac Hardwick Jr. and Sara Kathleen Hardwick. Woolfork said the couple knew there was underage drinking at the party held by their son, ...
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USDA Funding 9 Rural Tenn. Projects
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the federal government is funding nine Tennessee business-related projects with more than $100,000 in grants.In a statement Monday, Vilsack said the money comes from the USDA's Rural Business Enterprise Grants program.Businesses will be receiving grants for projects related to tourism, technology, training and food ...
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The List Fewer travellers last year at McGhee Tyson but national trends point to growth
McGhee Tyson Airport celebrated its 75th year in business. Nearly 1.8 million passengers passed through McGhee Tyson Airport in 2012, according ...
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Houston brother will be his own attorney in court
The charge came after Houston earlier represented himself in state court on charges stemming from a police chase. He was convicted of evading arrest and reckless ...
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1-year-olds skull fractured by bullet in Jackson
http://bit.ly/10tjtfT ), police said the bullet grazed the infant boy and did not strike his brain. The child was taken to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, where he was listed in critical ...
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Tenn. to review proof of citizenship ruling
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee election officials plan to review a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says states can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do ...
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63 cited 19-year-old threw party got out of hand
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- Madison County Sheriff's deputies have cited 63 people after teenagers were caught drinking at a party thrown by a ...
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Nashville redeveloping the waterfront
The first phase of the City of Nashville’s redevelopment of the Riverfront in the downtown area was kicked off in late 2010 with the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Riverfront Park, which will replace the current park and expand it by a factor of ten to 6.5 acres.
The redevelopment plan is an ongoing effort to maintain the Riverfront area in downtown as a focal point of the community. Ever since Nashville was founded, as the Nashboro settlement in the 1780s, the river has been an integral source of income and has enhanced the quality of life of residents due to its aesthetic nature and variety of entertainment and leisure pursuits. Read more
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