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  • Maine man faces child porn charges for texts with East TN girl

    A Maine man is now facing child pornography charges after TBI officials say he exchanged inappropriate texts with an East Tennessee girl. TBI says 39-year-old Jermany Scott Claus requested nude images of a girl in Athens. The victim sent several photos to him through text messages. Police in Maine seized electronics and images of the girl from Claus' home in Kittery, Maine, which is ...

  • Horses seized from Knox County horse farm — again

    KNOXVILLE -- The owners of an East Knox County horse farm who were convicted of animal cruelty earlier this year were arrested again as authorities seized six more injured horses from the site ...

  • Blount STEM school near completion

    Photos by J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL Kevin Clayton, left, CEO of Clayton Homes, and Mary Vogert, vice chairman of the board of the new Clayton-Bradley Academy, go on a tour Wednesday of the almost completed STEM school in Blount ...

  • 7 students allegedly caught with alcohol at Powell Middle School

    The mother of a Powell Middle School eighth-grader said she is frustrated by the conflicting information from school officials about an incident surrounding a student bringing alcohol to school that involved her daughter -- including a possible ...

  • Man survives jump from Pellissippi Parkway bridge

    A 38-year-old man is recovering from injuries after he survived a jump from the Pellissippi Parkway bridge at the Knox-Blount County line this afternoon, authorities ...


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Movie Review

The Hoax

The Hoax

Well, this must go down in history. I only wish I was still in the movie business because I dont remember any script as wild or as stretching of the imagination as this yarn has turned out to be. --Howard Hughes via telephone, 1972, debunking Clifford Irvings claim to have helped him write his autobiography ...

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  • Cost of Uranium Processing Facility may be going up — again

    The latest rendering of the Uranium Processing Facility, the multibillion-dollar production facility to be constructed at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge. The UPF would replace several old production facilities at Y-12, some of which date back to the World War II Manhattan Project. (SPECIAL TO THE NEWS ...

  • Knoxville Glove Co. to close doors textile industry takes another hit

    (WBIR-Knoxville) It's the end of an era for one of Knoxville's last textile plants. The Knoxville Glove Company opened in 1914, manufacturing protective handwear for electricians and other workers. On Friday, the few employees who still work there will be out of a job. "I came here in '53. Then I left in '59 and moved to Florida. then I came back in '61," ...

  • Northwestern seeks to join legal fight over Knoxville teens confession

    One of the nation's most prestigious law schools is asking to weigh into a battle over whether a teenager's confession was illegally coerced by investigators who told him he would be repeatedly gang raped in ...

  • Your Stories Altard State

    In a store in West Knoxville, you will find boho chic dresses and trendy tops. Altar'd State is all fabulous, all about faith, all about giving ...

  • Tenn. part of multi-state e-book settlement

    Tennessee is part of a $75 million, multi-state settlement over e-books. The agreement is part of a widespread case where investigators found some of the nation's largest publishers purposely inflated e-book prices in order to make more money. This particular settlement involves the Penguin Group. Under the agreement, the publishers will compensate consumers who purchased e-books ...

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