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  • 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 ...

  • Haslam names Jim Henry permanent DCS chief

    By Anita Wadhwani | The Tennessean Jim Henry, who was named the temporary head of the troubled Department of Children's Services in February, will now assume the role permanently, Gov. Bill Haslam announced this morning. Henry had held dual roles as interim commissioner of DCS and commissioner of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities since Feb. 5. He was ...

  • Newport man arrested charged with sexual battery of teen

    A 40-year-old Newport man surrendered Monday night to Cocke County authorities in connection with allegations he sexually assaulted his live-in girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter, officials ...

  • Sheriffs Office now leading Gibbs High dead animal prank investigation

    KNOXVILLE -- The investigation into a senior prank at Gibbs High School involving dead animals has been turned over to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, authorities ...

  • Carson-Newman ministry receives $20K grant

    The Jefferson City-based organization, which operates a home-repair ministry, a homeless shelter and a food and clothing bank, was one of 60 organizations across the country to receive the ...


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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

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  • Steel Plate Fabricators named Freedom Award finalist

    Knoxville metal shop Steel Plate Fabricators is one of two East Tennessee companies to be named a finalist for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom ...

  • Storms from Okla. weakening as they move to Tenn.

    Meteorologist Brittney Coleman with the NWS office in Nashville said high wind and hail are the major threats with the storm system. The probability of severe storms is most likely from the Mississippi River to Interstate ...

  • UPDATE Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven ...

  • Tennessee sends search and rescue team to Oklahoma

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery. Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said that Tennessee Task Force 1 left early Tuesday from Memphis. Cooke says the 80-member team will mostly help with search and rescue efforts after powerful and deadly tornadoes struck cities in Oklahoma on Sunday and ...

  • Oklahoma woman reunited with her dog after both were buried in destroyed home

    Amidst all the devastation after a huge tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, there are signs of hope, and happiness. Barbara Garcia and her dog were huddled in the bathroom of her home when the tornado hit. The home collapsed around them, but Barbara survived. But in the confusion after the walls fell down, she and the dog were separated. Hours later, while Barbara was being interviewed by ...

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