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  • Rep. DesJarlais fined for having sex with patients

    The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has reprimanded and fined representative Scott DesJarlais for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress. DesJarlais is a licensed physician. He won re-election last year despite revelations he had affairs with patients and asked one of them to have an abortion. The board fined him $500. He is also responsible for up to $1,000 in ...

  • TN senators have differing views on potential TVA sale

    (WBIR- Knoxville, Tenn.) US Senator Bob Corker says he's open to the idea of changing the ownership model for TVA, including cutting ties with the federal government. The senator made those remarks to a Chattanooga newspaper after the Obama administration's budget floated the idea last month of selling TVA to ease the burden on the federal debt. Tennessee's other Senator, ...

  • Downtown courthouse undergoes restoration project

    The old courthouse in Downtown Knoxville is getting a makeover. Right now, many of the building's windows are boarded up with plywood. That's because the public building authority is restoring the windows. They're removing all 247 of them and shipping them to a Kansas City company for restoration. The PBA hopes the project will be finished by the end of August. The project ...

  • Ask Todd Hurricane season

    It's already been a busy weather week across the country, but it's not too early to look ahead to hurricane season. For Ask Todd, we're wondering, "What does this year's hurricane season have in store for us and what can we expect?" The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its forecast on Thursday, and they're saying it will be another ...

  • Pharmacy owner shot and killed in Bean Station leaves behind three kids

    Derek Green was working the produce aisle of the Holt's IGA Market Thursday afternoon when his manager told him there had been a shooting next door. Police cars flooded the parking the lot the grocery store shared with its next-door neighbor, Down Home Pharmacy. Green watched as two women were brought out on stretchers and waited for a familiar face. His uncle, Steve Lovell, was the ...


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Movie Review

Ryder P.I. [DVD]

Ryder P.I. [DVD]

Ryder P.I. is an excruciatingly unfunny comedy about a couple of inept private detectives. The movie was an amateur production shot on video in the mid-1980s by a group of comedians from Long Island who couldn't break into movies any other way than to make one themselves. Unfortunately, no one involved in the production seems to have known anything about filmmaking or, more importantly, ho ... ...

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  • British prince visits Nashville

    Prince Edward, one of Queen Elizabeth's sons, is in Nashville promoting one of the royal family's major charities for youth, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The award honors teens who showcase outstanding community service, skills, fitness and character-building. Governor Haslam hosted the prince at a private ceremony at the governor's mansion to honor this year's ...

  • NWS surveys Hawkins Co. storm damage

    National Weather Service crews spent Thursday in Hawkins County surveying the damage from strong winds. They estimate 80 to 85-mile per hour straight line winds tore through the county Wednesday night. About 40 homes had to be evacuated because of downed power lines. The storm also snapped about 15 to 30 trees in the county. Meanwhile, the Holston River there is high and emergency ...

  • Knox County deputies apprehend violent sex offender

    KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The search for a violent sex offender with an outstanding warrant for his arrest is over. Jerry Steven Helton, 59, was originally convicted of two counts of engaging in sexual contact by the use of force and aggravated assault with the intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse against a 17-year-old girl in the Smokies. Helton is in custody and will be held in the Knox County ...

  • Knoxville radio station switches frequency format

    KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Knoxville residents might have to change the dial if they want to hear their favorite stations. The next phase of the recent Knoxville radio shake-up is complete. WNOX moved to frequency 93.1 Thursday morning, but their programming didn't come with them. The station has switched to a classic hits format- now playing music from the 1970's and early 1980's. ...

  • Golf tournament to honor fallen aviators

    The Volunteer Chapter of the Army Aviation Association of America is hosting its annual golf tournament at Royal Oaks Golf Course in Maryville today to raise money for three perpetual scholarships given annually to Tennessee Army National Guard AAAA ...

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