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FORT LOUDON WASTE & RECYCLING FIRE STARTED BY BACKFIRING FORKLIFT
Arson investigators have determined last week’s massive recycling-plant fire was started by a backfiring propane-fueled forklift. The machinery backfire ignited several pallets of loose paper.
DAD PUNCHED, KILLED MONTH-OLD SON AFTER LOSING VIDEO GAME
A 26-year-old father in Louisville, Kentucky, was so enraged when he lost a video game Friday night that he threw the video-game controller. Then Anthony
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER ENGAGING KNOXVILLE POLICE IN CHASE, CRASHING IN LAKE
A report of bizarre events led to a foot chase after a Kodak man careened into Fountain City Lake over the weekend. Knoxville police were
NASHVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER WIFE FINDS VIDEO OF HIM RAPING 5-YEAR-OLD
A Nashville man is under arrest at this hour on charges of raping a 5-year-old boy. John Calvillo is being held in Metro Jail on
SEVIER COUNTY TEACHER SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOLLOWING ARREST
The Sevier County School System has suspended a teacher without pay after an assault arrest. John Wade, a music teacher at Pittman Center Elementary School,
BODY RECOVERED FROM FORT LOUDOUN LAKE WAS THAT OF MISSING KNOX COUNTY MAN
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a missing man from Fort Loudoun Lake Saturday morning. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office reported Ryan
NEW MARKET POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH SOLICITATION OF A MINOR
A joint law-enforcement investigation has resulted in the arrest of a New Market police officer for arranging to have sexual activity with a minor. At
MOTORIST CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH IN NASHVILLE SATURDAY
Police have charged a man with vehicular homicide by intoxication in a crash that killed a Nashville motorist Saturday. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reports
FORT LOUDON WASTE & RECYCLING FIRE IS FINALLY OUT
Knoxville Fire Officials report that, as of Friday night, the large fire that broke out Wednesday at the Fort Loudon Waste and Recycling Center, had
“EXPLOSIVE DUST” AMONG SERIOUS VIOLATIONS AT RECYCLING CENTER IN 2018
What’s being termed “explosive dust” near fire hazards was one of multiple serious repeat offenses the Occupational Safety and Health Administration leveled against the Fort
UT-KNOXVILLE APPROVES DONDE PLOWMAN AS ITS NEXT CHANCELLOR
Friday morning, the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees unanimously approved Donde Plowman as the ninth Chancellor of UT-Knoxville. The selection came after an extensive national
BILL TO BAN HANDHELD DEVICES WHILE DRIVING HEADS TO GOVERNOR’S DESK
Governor Bill Lee gets the final say on whether Tennessee bans the use of handheld devices – including phones – while driving. The State Senate
FORT LOUDON WASTE & RECYCLING FIRE STARTED BY BACKFIRING FORKLIFT
Arson investigators have determined last week’s massive recycling-plant fire was started by a backfiring propane-fueled forklift. The machinery backfire ignited several pallets of loose paper. Knoxvi ...
DAD PUNCHED, KILLED MONTH-OLD SON AFTER LOSING VIDEO GAME
A 26-year-old father in Louisville, Kentucky, was so enraged when he lost a video game Friday night that he threw the video-game controller. Then Anthony Trice punched his one-month-old son in the hea ...
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER ENGAGING KNOXVILLE POLICE IN CHASE, CRASHING IN LAKE
A report of bizarre events led to a foot chase after a Kodak man careened into Fountain City Lake over the weekend. Knoxville police were alerted Sunday to a man stopped at a stop sign, punching hims ...
NASHVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER WIFE FINDS VIDEO OF HIM RAPING 5-YEAR-OLD
A Nashville man is under arrest at this hour on charges of raping a 5-year-old boy. John Calvillo is being held in Metro Jail on $150,000 bond after his wife found a video on her husband’s cellphone t ...
SEVIER COUNTY TEACHER SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOLLOWING ARREST
The Sevier County School System has suspended a teacher without pay after an assault arrest. John Wade, a music teacher at Pittman Center Elementary School, was suspended without pay by Superintendent ...
BODY RECOVERED FROM FORT LOUDOUN LAKE WAS THAT OF MISSING KNOX COUNTY MAN
The Blount County Sheriff's Office recovered the body of a missing man from Fort Loudoun Lake Saturday morning. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office reported Ryan Howard had last been seen early on the m ...
NEW MARKET POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH SOLICITATION OF A MINOR
A joint law-enforcement investigation has resulted in the arrest of a New Market police officer for arranging to have sexual activity with a minor. At the request of 4th District Attorney General Jim ...
MOTORIST CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH IN NASHVILLE SATURDAY
Police have charged a man with vehicular homicide by intoxication in a crash that killed a Nashville motorist Saturday. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reports 31-year-old Elvin Portillo ...
FORT LOUDON WASTE & RECYCLING FIRE IS FINALLY OUT
Knoxville Fire Officials report that, as of Friday night, the large fire that broke out Wednesday at the Fort Loudon Waste and Recycling Center, had burned itself out. Ultimately, two acres worth of m ...
“EXPLOSIVE DUST” AMONG SERIOUS VIOLATIONS AT RECYCLING CENTER IN 2018
What’s being termed “explosive dust” near fire hazards was one of multiple serious repeat offenses the Occupational Safety and Health Administration leveled against the Fort Loudon Waste and Recycling ...
UT-KNOXVILLE APPROVES DONDE PLOWMAN AS ITS NEXT CHANCELLOR
Friday morning, the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees unanimously approved Donde Plowman as the ninth Chancellor of UT-Knoxville. The selection came after an extensive national search. Plowman ...
BILL TO BAN HANDHELD DEVICES WHILE DRIVING HEADS TO GOVERNOR’S DESK
Governor Bill Lee gets the final say on whether Tennessee bans the use of handheld devices – including phones – while driving. The State Senate voted 23-7 Tuesday to pass the bill; the House previous ...
