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  • Trinity Hill residents get glammed up for senior prom

    Wednesday night, some "seniors" got to celebrate prom with limos, dinner and dancing. The residents of Trinity Hill Senior Living in East Knoxville enjoyed a full day of pampering before a fancy meal and lots of dancing. Staff say the prom is something the residents and their families look forward to. "A lot of the dates that you'll see out here dancing with the ...

  • Employee accused of stealing more than $50K from humane society

    (WBIR- Morristown) A local mayor says he's angry after learning a worker stole more than $50,000 meant to help homeless and abused animals. The state says the theft happened at Morristown-Hamblen Humane Society over the course of two years. The accused worker has been fired. The Hamblen County Mayor, Bill Brittain, says the case has been handed over to the district attorney. He says ...

  • Lifestar hangar building dedicated to rescuers

    (WBIR- Knoxville) Some of the rescuers who respond to the critical and sometimes fatal crashes are now cemented in history for their service. Wednesday, officials dedicated the Lifestar helicopter hangar to Norman Majors and named the Lifestar building after Dr. Rober Lash, the man who founded the Air Medical Service. Surrounded by friends and family, Majors humbly accepted the honor and ...

  • Morristown police report increase in traffic deaths

    (WBIR- Morristown) Statewide traffic fatalities are down this year compared to last year. This month in 2012, there had been 378 people killed in Tennessee traffic crashes year to date, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation. So far this year, 328 people have lost their lives on the road. But one East Tennessee police department says in their small city, the numbers are up. ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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