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Report Ex-cop charged in pharmacy shooting shot kneeling victims in the head

The ex-cop accused in a shooting spree in a Grainger County pharmacy ordered his victims to get on their knees before he shot them, according to a police report. Jason Bryan Holt, 37, ...
Vandals break in to Roane Co. elementary school

(WBIR- Rockwood, Tn) Someone broke into a Roane County school early Friday morning and caused a lot of damage. According to Gary Aytes, Roane County Director of Schools, the alarm was triggered around 1:00 am at Ridge View Elementary School in Rockwood. The vandals emptied drawers, poured soda into a copy machine, threw paint on the floor and computers, and destroyed several iPads and other ...
Knox man arrested for violating sex offender registry

Jerry Steven Helton, 59, who police considered a violent sex offender, is being held at the Knox County Jail on an $8,000 bond on an outstanding ...
Paducah enrichment operations to cease plant to be returned to DOE

USEC Inc. today announced that efforts to extend operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant had failed, with operations to cease at the end of May. "USEC expects to begin reducing its workforce at the plant in the coming months," the company said in the ...
No one hurt in apartment fire

No one was hurt when a cooking fire got out of control at an apartment on Hillcrest Drive in Fountain City. According to Captain DJ Corcoran, the residents tried to use a fire extinguisher to put out the fire, but it ran out before the fire was extinguished. Firefighters responded to the Amy Lee Apartments around 12:20 pm, and found heavy smoke coming out of an upstairs apartment. They were ...

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Burn After Reading

Joel and Ethan Coen have a special affinity for characters who are dumber than they seem, which is matched only by their affinity for characters who are precisely as dumb as they seem. Burn After Reading, their relentlessly ridiculous screwball follow-up to No Count ... ...

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Four arrested in conjunction with Benchmark Capital investigation

On Thursday, federal agents arrested Brian Murphy, Paulynn Wright, Dona Rector; while a fourth woman, Tiffiny Thompson, turned herself in after being informed of the charges against ...
Roane County joins Valley Sustainable Communities Program

The program, which is managed by Boyette Strategic Advisors, is designed to help communities evaluate existing sustainability programs and develop new ones that can be used to attract business ...
Son remembers father killed in Bean Station shooting

(WBIR- Bean Station, Tn) The son of a man killed in shooting Thursday at a Bean Station pharmacy remembered his dad as a lively person and proud grandfather. "If he was in a room or at a party, he was definitely going to be noticed," said Ryan Sommerville, Richard Alexander Sommerville's son, who lives in New York. Sommerville said his father worked in New York for over ...
Codes enforcement sweep aims to clean up Knoxville neighborhoods

City officials were out in force in parts of Knoxville Friday morning performing code enforcements. The city issues notices to property owners for violations that may have a negative effect on the ...
Developing Multiple people reportedly injured in Seymour accident

The intersection of Boyd's Creek Highway and Van Haven Road in Seymour, the site of a multi-vehicle accident on Friday morning, is shown on this image from Google ...

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...