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June showers keep dropping on Knoxville
J. Miles Cary/News Sentinel Marshall West and his twin 5-year-old sons, Jackson, left, and Pruitt, brave the rain as they head to watch the new Superman movie ';Man of Steel'; on Tuesday at Knoxville Center ...
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Nashville Music Guru T Bone Burnett Wont Return for Season 2
'Nashville' Cast, Creators Offer 10 Teasers on the Hurdles to Come (Exclusive Videos) The show's executive music producer will not be returning to the ...
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FBI Airline passenger said there was a bomb
DENVER (AP) -- A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday for a Colorado man accused of telling a flight attendant there was a bomb in his backpack on a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to ...
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Records sought in fungal meningitis outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three Tennessee clinics have received subpoenas for documents related to drugs from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak last ...
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Crash involving semi slows traffic in West Knoxville
A crash a little before noon Tuesday created delays for some drivers in West Knoxville. The wreck happened at I-640 Westbound near I-40. It involved a semi-truck and a sedan. A 10News viewer reported waiting in traffic for an hour. By 1:00pm, crews had cleared the accident scene. At this time, there is no information on possible injuries of the drivers involved in the ...
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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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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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