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  • How you can help tornado victims

    How you can help You can go to www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or text RedCross to 90999 from your cell phone to make a $10 donation. You can also donate to the Salvation Army online at www.SalvationArmyUSA.org or by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769). Please designate donations for "disaster" so 100% of designated gifts are used to provide relief for storm ...

  • Former student accused of killing assistant principal will have new trial this fall

    A new trial for a former student accused of killing a Campbell County assistant principal is scheduled to begin this fall. Kenneth Bartley pleaded guilty in 2007 to charges tied to the shooting that left Ken Bruce dead and two other administrators injured at Campbell County High School. His attorney says the teen didn't have enough time to consider his options, and Judge Jon Kerry ...

  • Truck cordoned off while leaking nitric acid secured

    OAK RIDGE -- A container of nitric acid leaking in a FedEx Ground delivery truck prompted the Oak Ridge Fire Department to cordon off a 150-feet perimeter around the vehicle Tuesday ...

  • Fugitive nabbed after tussle with K-9 in North Knox County

    That's allegedly how a California fugitive caught the attention of deputies Monday afternoon, though, according to a news release from the Knox County Sheriff's ...

  • Sturdier bridge being installed Wednesday on Third Creek Greenway

    KNOXVILLE -- A new single-piece concrete-steel bridge will be installed across Third Creek at 11 a.m. Wednesday, replacing an older wooden bridge previously damaged by flooding in ...


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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

A decade ago, Oliver Stone was the premiere cinematic chronicler of the recent American past. No filmmaker better nailed the anxieties and failed dreams of the 1960s and, more importantly, the remorse that followed, than Stone did in Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of Ju ... ...

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  • Abandoned special needs woman inspires new Tennessee law

    Last June, authorities were called to a Campbell County bar when a young woman walked in. She couldn't tell anyone her name, where she was from, or how she got there. Investigators finally identified her as Lynn Cameron, 19, of Illinois. She is mentally disabled, with the mental capacity of a two-year-old. Her mother, they learned, was no longer able to care for her, so simply dropped her ...

  • Knox Co. Schools have severe weather plan to protect students

    Two schools were destroyed by that huge tornado Monday in Moore, Oklahoma, while teachers and students huddled in hallways and closets. Most of them survived, thanks to the schools' severe weather plans. Schools in East Tennessee have their own policies. In Knox County, the specific protocols vary from school to school, however, there are some general rules that every school must ...

  • California fugitive arrested by Knox County deputies

    Police are looking for the driver of a car that ran an Anderson County school bus off the road Tuesday morning, sending three students to the ...

  • Tea Party protests outside Knoxville IRS office

    Members of the Knoxville Tea Party organized the rally at the steps of the John J. Duncan Federal Building on Locust Street, which houses the agency's local office. The rally was intended as a protest against recent revelations of the IRS scrutiny of some conservative groups but open to all comers, said James Arthur, vice chair of the Knoxville Tea ...

  • Tennessee sends help to Oklahoma so can you

    A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ...

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