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Morristown food truck launches fundraiser after fire
(WBIR-Morristown) A Morristown business on the cusp of celebrating its one-year anniversary is now taking steps to repair damage from flames that destroyed the food truck about a week ago. Crazy Good Burgers & Fries used to park its food truck along the town's main stretch, Monday through Saturday. "It's been great. We've grown, we were about to open up a second ...
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Triology tour Author Atkinson talks World War II in Knoxville visit
Pulitzer prize-winning author Rick Atkinson speaks to guests Sunday at the Bijou Theater. Atkinson was in Knoxville as part of a national book-signing tour for the final installment of his "The Liberation Trilogy." (Photo by Wade Payne, Special to the News ...
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Tremont adds to board of directors announces officers
With the addition of these new members, Tremont's board now includes 17 members. Current officers of the board are Cathy Ackermann, chairwoman; Billy Carroll, vice president; and Elizabeth Estill, ...
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Family returns home from Dollywood to find house in flames
A Loudon County family enjoying a day at Dollywood came home to find their two-story house in flames Sunday afternoon. Loudon County firefighters responded to the Lakeland Drive house fire shortly after 3:00 p.m. Sunday. They say the fire started on the second floor. Firefighters contained the flames to the second floor, but by that time it had already badly damaged the house. Between the ...
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Four medical buddy pairs enter Nashville Kids Triathlon
Natalie Young looks at her little brother and sees joy. The gleeful squeals that brighten the redhead's freckled face. The vibrant eyes that shine out from behind his glasses. "It's amazing to see him smile with everything he does," Natalie, 13, said of her brother, Dylan, 9. Particularly when everything he does is such a challenge. Dylan was born with one side of his ...
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Update Large hail falls on Knox Co. as storm rolls by
Large hail of up to a quarter and half-dollar-size fell on parts of Knox, Anderson and Blount counties Sunday afternoon. Severe storm warnings for Knox and several other counties were allowed to expire, but a warning for Anderson Co. remained in effect until 2:30 ...
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Loudon Morgan Roane Cos
Severe Thunderstorm warning for Loudon Co., Morgan Co., Roane Co. until 1:15 p.m. The national weather service Doppler Radar indicated a severe thunderstorm that could produce quarter size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. The storm was located near Kingston at 12:12 p.m. moving southeast at 15 mph. The National Weather Service says that this is a dangerous storm. It advisses ...
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North Knox County man charged with murder of his brother
KNOXVILLE - A north Knox County man is being charged with the murder of his brother, who was found lying in a pool of blood early Saturday morning, according to the Knox County Sheriff's ...
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Who failed the children 407-pound teen sister die within 4 months
RED BOILING SPRINGS, TENN. - Derek and Sherry Head live down a gravel driveway that forks in two directions. The short path goes to their small white home, and the other runs up the hill to the Clementsville Cemetery. They buried two of their children there last year. Beneath black headstones, they first buried their 407-pound son, Adam, 15, and then their daughter, Tamara, who suffered from ...
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5 things to know today
Highland Games: Be Scottish, if only for the weekend. The 2013 Smoky Mountain Highland Games are this weekend on the campus of Maryville College. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. today. The event includes athletic competitions in such events as tossing the caber or haggis, lots of music and activities for tartan-clad children. A worship service scheduled for 9:30 a.m. includes a parade of the attending ...
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ET Preservation Alliance offers Alexander Inn estate tag sale
East Tennessee Preservation Alliance The Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge was built by the government as a ';Guest House'; for Manhattan Project ...
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Tennessee Congressmen struggling with internet sales tax decision
Gov. Bill Haslam wants states to have the power to collect the tax, arguing it is money that is already owed. Some small businesses in Duncan's Knoxville-based congressional district take the same position and say it's a matter of fairness: They already are required by law to collect the tax and send it to the state, but out-of-state online retailers are ...
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People and honors May 19
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Business bulletins May 19
Tennessee Small Business Development Center, Roane State: offers a seminar on the Affordable Care Act for businesses 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday at the Oak Ridge Chamber, 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike. ...
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1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...
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US 11 yard sale continues in East Tennessee
The US 11 Antique Alley and Yard Sale will continue to weave its way through East Tennessee Sunday. The event, which follows US 11 for more than 500 miles, through five states, was first projected to bring anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people to the counties it visits. Robin Zimmerman made the trip to East Tennessee from Georgia. She said she and her husband have traveled for the sale 10 ...
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist DeeDee Trotter has unique items stolen
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former Lady Vol DeeDee Trotter is making headlines once again, but not for her speed. Someone ran off with thousands of dollars worth of Trotter's belonging, including five of her championship rings. The items were stolen from a home in Altamonte Springs, FL. Several reports said the home was that of the athlete, however Trotter said the home was that ...
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Knoxville hosts national cornhole tournament
The American Cornhole Organization chose Wild Wing Cafe to host it's Knoxville Cornhole Open on Saturday night. More than one hundred people turned out from seven different states for the chance to take home a $5,000 pot. The ACO is hoping to have another major tournament in Knoxville later this ...
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Restaurant hosts bands for Butterfly Fund
Macadoo's Chat & Chew hosted a silent auction and battle of the bands competition for the Butterfly Fund on Saturday night. The families of Emily Barger and Maddie Harrill started the Butterfly Fund after the two girls died from a rare form of cancer in the summer of 2008. The organization supports research and services to help defeat childhood cancer. Saturday night's band ...
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Knoxville Powerball players explain how they would spend $600 million
Prior to Saturday's $600 million Powerball jackpot drawing, people in Knoxville were talking about how they would spend that kind of money if they were to ...
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Two men arrested for slaying of Knoxville man
Shields, Fooks and Griffin were inside a Knoxville home shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday, and Griffin wanted to buy heroin, according to a police complaint. Shields and Fooks drew guns, and Shields took some money from Griffin, police said. A witness inside the home told police that after a brief argument, Fooks shot Griffin. Police also charged Fooks with illegal firearms ...
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Knoxville celebrates biscuit fest
Downtown Knoxville transformed into a southern kitchen Saturday to celebrate the fourth annual biscuit festival. The smell of freshly baked bread filled the air. Thousands of people enjoyed a staple of southern cuisine, sweet and savory biscuits. A wide array of flavored biscuits filled Market Square. Flavors ranged from garlic and cheese "bo-nuts", a biscuit take on doughnuts, and ...
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Worlds Fair Park hosts reading festival
The Knox County public library hosted the ninth annual children's festival of reading Saturday. The goal is to get kids interested in reading during the summer months. Some of top children's authors brought their stories to life in World's Fair Park to the open ears and imaginations. There's also a statewide initiative called "Read-20" which encourages kids to ...
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Maryville College Hosts Highland Games
East Tennesseans harkened back to their Gaelic roots Saturday at the Smoky Mountain Highland Games at Maryville College. The celebrations started Friday night with a traditional haggis ceremony. On Saturday Celtic bands blasted traditional music and step dancers moved to the beat. Meanwhile competitors participated in events like the caber toss, the Scottish hammer throw and tug-of-war. The ...
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Michelle Obama gives graduation speech at Nashville HS
NASHVILLE (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22-minutes to the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville in her only high school graduation speech this year. The first lady told the 170 ...
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Development projects plod on despite downturn
Knoxville has been hit hard by the recession like every other major city across the country and the world, but innovative planning and adaptation by city leaders seem to be helping the local economy recovery, while laying the ground work for a strong economic future as well.
Knoxville, like any major city, suffers from its fair share of social ills, inner city violence, a concerning crime rate, dilapidated areas of the city that breed nefarious anti-social behavior like drug abuse and drug dealing and a lack of funds to properly stamp out these problems. Read more
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