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UPDATE Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven ...
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Tennessee sends search and rescue team to Oklahoma
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery. Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said that Tennessee Task Force 1 left early Tuesday from Memphis. Cooke says the 80-member team will mostly help with search and rescue efforts after powerful and deadly tornadoes struck cities in Oklahoma on Sunday and ...
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Oklahoma woman reunited with her dog after both were buried in destroyed home
Amidst all the devastation after a huge tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, there are signs of hope, and happiness. Barbara Garcia and her dog were huddled in the bathroom of her home when the tornado hit. The home collapsed around them, but Barbara survived. But in the confusion after the walls fell down, she and the dog were separated. Hours later, while Barbara was being interviewed by ...
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Photo Gallery Moore Oklahoma tornado
On May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. The storm leveled schools, businesses, and homes. At least 24 were killed and hundreds ...
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Updated conservatorship statute effective July 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law revisions to the state conservatorship statute. The law allows the court to appoint a conservator to manage the assets of a person a judge finds unable to handle his or her own affairs. State Rep. Andrew Farmer, a Sevierville Republican, ...
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Anderson Co. bus lands on side students injured
(WBIR- Anderson County) The Anderson County Sheriff's Office tells 10News that five students received minor injuries when a school bus crashed on the way to classes Tuesday morning. Anderson County dispatchers say the accident happened on Johnson Gap Road near Dutch Valley Road just after 8:00 a.m. The Anderson County School Superintendent tells 10News some of the injured students ...
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Anderson school bus crashes 2 students suffer cuts bruises
CLINTON -- An Anderson County school bus overturned about 7:50 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Johnson Gap and Dutch Valley roads, injuring two students. The students suffered cuts and bruises and were taken to Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. A third student, with a pre-existing injury, also was taken to the hospital. Bus No. 20 was carrying 43 students to Dutch Valley ...
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Emergency crews respond to Anderson Co. school bus wreck
(WBIR- Anderson County) Anderson County dispatchers have confirmed crews responded to a school bus accident on Johnson Gap near Dutch Valley Road Tuesday just after 8:00 a.m. There is no official word on any injuries. Few details are known at the time of this posting. 10News has a crew en route. Stay with 10News and wbir.com for more on this developing ...
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George Korda Chipman Street sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks
In this October 22, 2008 photo, Gary Christian and Hugh Newsom share a moment of silence as they look at the demolished Chipman Street house where their children were killed in a brutal double murder in January of 2007. Waste Connections destroyed the Chipman Street house where Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom were raped and tortured. (J. MILES CARY/KNOXVILLE NEWS ...
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Rebar finishing will add 40 jobs in Knox County
KNOXVILLE (AP) - Another 40 jobs are coming to Knox County as Gerdau expands its steel reinforcement bar plant. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development says the new facility to apply finishing services to rebar now made at the company's Lonsdale mill. TDEC Commissioner Bill Hagerty and Gerdau officials announced the expansion on Monday, saying the new facility will ...
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District attorney Pain pill arrest surge jamming area jails
KINGSTON -- Three out of the four county jails in his judicial district are overcrowded, 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson said, and a big part of the problem is a growing population of women being locked up for pain pill-related ...
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4 things to know today
Budget talks: Knoxville City Council will hold its annual legislative budget hearings with city departments all day today, starting at 8:30 a.m., in the City County Building's Main Assembly Room. Then, a public hearing on the proposed budget will be held at 5 ...
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New street named for former educator KCDC leader Juanita Cannon
A new street to be built by the city of Knoxville is being named for Juanita Cannon, a retired longtime educator who later chaired the board of directors of Knoxville's Community Development ...
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Gov. Haslam signs bill lowering sales tax on food
The bill, which goes into effect in July, reduces the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. The legislation helps all Tennesseans, Haslam ...
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More troops due back at Fort Campbell
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort Campbell, where more soldier are returning to the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee from ...
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At least 51 dead in Okla. twister including at least 20 children
A massive, mile-wide tornado with winds up to 200 mph killed at least 51 people Monday afternoon during 40 terrifying minutes of destruction across southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs. CNN and NBC are both reporting that of those killed, at least 20 were children. The state medical examiner's office confirmed the number of deaths and said the toll was expected to rise. At least 70 ...
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Authorities arrest Cocke Co. man accused of sexually assaulting teens
The Cocke County Sheriff's Office confirms that the man accused of sexual assaulting two teenagers has been taken into custody without incident. On Sunday night, a 15-year-old girl told Cocke County deputies at Tennova Medical Center's emergency room that Richard Sullivan, 40, sexually assaulted her. Deputies said those allegations also involved a 13-year-old, who authorities said ...
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Mosquitoes starting to bite in East Tennessee
A wet spring and climbing temperatures mean mosquitoes are making their comeback to East Tennessee. The Knox County Health Department is already working to stay ahead of the seasonal problem. Earlier this month, the health department started setting traps all around the county to test the bugs for West Nile Virus. So far, each of the tests have come back with only negative results. In ...
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4th graders offer message of hope to cancer patients
A message of hope through the eyes of a 4th grader looks simple: smiley faces, bright colors, and encouraging words. But sometimes it's the simplest things that can change someone's day. "I really thought a sunset would make it calm and the rising sun would mean you will rise from your sickness," said Sacred Heart Cathedral 4th grader, Jenna Fairbrother, describing her ...
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Teaching kids to dial 911 in the digital age
(WBIR - Knoxville) Dialing 911 has come a long way with changing technology. Most adults were taught how to dial those important numbers on a landline telephone. With smartphones seemingly replacing landlines, experts say it's important to make sure today's young children know how to use the mobile devices in case of an emergency. Most four-year-olds will say their favorite things to ...
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Knoxville forms program to make community breastfeeding friendly
By MONA NAIR 6 News Reporter CAMP CREEK (WATE) – It's been two years since a deadly tornado hit the Camp Creek community in Greene County. Despite the time that's passed, when you look at the ...
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Baseball players with mental physical challenges learn lessons have fun
Monday night, a couple baseball games in Blount County aimed to help players learn valuable lessons. The Challenger Baseball League is a program for people with mental or physical challenges. The league has players from five-year-olds to some who are older than 30. Everyone bats, runs, scores, and fields. It's all an opportunity for players to learn about teamwork and having fun. ...
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Two meth labs found next door to each other in Blount County
Six people have been taken into custody following the discovery of two methamphetamine labs next door to each other in Blount County on Monday, authorities ...
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Man accused in fatal church van crash convicted for armed robberies
A man accused in a fatal church van crash has been convicted in connection with several armed robberies that happened before the wreck. A jury found 22-year-old Tyler Schaeffer guilty in federal court on gun charges related to three robberies. He previously pleaded guilty to a total of seven robberies, as well as drug trafficking. He could face up to life in prison when he is sentenced in ...
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Trial moved for man accused of killing police officer father
The trial of a Greene County man who is accused of shooting his police officer father to death will be moved to another county. Ethan Self is charged with first-degree murder in the 2010 death of 46-year-old Roger Self, who was a sergeant with the Greeneville Police Department. Officials say Ethan Self used his father's gun to kill him while he slept on a couch. He was an 18-year-old ...
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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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