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Former officer arrested in pharmacy shooting that killed 2 injured 2

(WBIR- Bean Station, Tenn.) A former police officer is behind bars, accused of a shooting spree inside a local drugstore that left two men dead and two women injured. The shooting happened at the Down Home pharmacy in Bean Station around 11:15 am on Thursday. According to District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn, Jason Brian Holt, 37, was arrested shortly after the shooting. Investigators ...
Rescued horse recovery highlights disgusting abuse

The importance of a caring parent was clearly displayed Thursday when examining the physical condition of horses seized from a farm in southeastern Knox County. The stark contrast becomes even more apparent when you see how a horse rescued from the same farm in 2012 has rebounded from ...
Services set for Knoxville educator community leader James H. Robinson

Born in Alabama 1929 and raised in Burlington, Mr. Robinson graduated from Knoxville College and taught for five years at the former Austin High School. He later become the first black person to hold an administrative post with the school system. He served 26 years as an administrator until retiring in ...
Newport teachers make push for STEM curriculum

Two teachers at Newport Grammar School asked the Newport City Board of Education to approve a plan to turn the school into a STEM academy. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. If the plan is approved, Newport Grammar School would be the first public STEM academy that would not require students to go through a selection process to be admitted. It would also be the first ...
Broadway Sound moving to Fountain City

A long-time North Knoxville business is moving. Broadway Sound will close the doors at its current location at the corner of Broadway and Edgewood Avenue on May 31st and move to Fountain City. The business posted a "for lease" sign at the Broadway building on Thursday. Broadway Sound started in 1967 as a one-room shop called Lynn's Guitars on Cecil Street. It moved to ...

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Fire Down Below

The problem with most Steven Seagal movies is the very presence of Seagal himself. He tends to be an incredible distraction because, despite the situation or characters around him, he refuses to assume any character other than himself. For a while that was bearable, but now that he is starring in his tenth film, this persona is starting to wear a little thin. In his latest, "Fire Down Below," he s ... ...

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Two popular Knoxville bars among the five low scores this week

Each week, 6 On Your Side reporter Don Dare checks the latest restaurant inspections by the Knox County Health Department. Find out which restaurants flunked and which are the cleanest every ...
Passion for piano spurred a Knoxville man to save one of the citys iconic theatres

Dr. Bill Snyder, a former UT administrator, turned his passion for piano and the Wurlitzer at the Tennessee Theatre into a campaign to save one of Knoxville's ...
Knox County deputies search for violent sex offender

Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, has been reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to ...
Knox County jobless rate rises in April

Knox County's jobless rate rose to 6.4 percent in April, up from 6.2 percent in March, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development said ...
Vote on Farragut hotel tax canceled

A cluster of hotels near Campbell Station Road in Farragut are seen in this May 3, 2013 photo. The Farragut Board of Mayor and Alderman has tabled second reading of a proposed hotel tax.(Michael patrick/Nwes ...

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...