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  • Sheriff Blount Co. couple died in a murdersuicide

    (WBIR-Louisville, TN) The Blount County Sheriff's Office says a Louisville couple died in what appears to be a murder/suicide. According to Sheriff James Lee Berrong, a relative found Rebecca A. Adkins, 53, and Steven R. Adkins, 54, in their home on Chandler Road Sunday evening around 8:30 pm. It's not known how long the couple had been deceased. Autopsies were performed on Monday to ...

  • Gov. Haslam signs food tax reduction bill

    Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed the last step in a two-year effort to reduce the state's portion of groceries sales tax from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. Haslam signed the bill at Solan's Grocery in Vonore on Monday. "We're lowering taxes and balancing the state budget by managing conservatively, making strategic investments in our priorities and finding new ways to ...

  • Commission takes 1st vote on censure of Ownby

    Knox County Commissioner Jeff Ownby moved during Monday's work session to add his court-ordered letter of apology to the public record. Ownby ...

  • $585M Music City Center celebrates grand opening in Nashville

    Nashville officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the completion of the Music City Center. The grand opening celebration started Sunday, and includes free concerts from Sheryl Crow, Phil Vassar, Vince Gill and others. The Music City Center measures 2.6 million square feet and takes up 16 acres. The grand ballroom alone can seat up to 6,000 people. At $585 million, ...

  • Downtown Knoxville street closed this week

    Part of a downtown Knoxville street is closed for drain installation. Clinch Avenue is closed between Gay Street and Market Street. The closure started Monday and is expected to last a week or more. Westbound traffic can detour to Church ...


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Movie Review

The Pornographers (Jinruigaku nyumon) [DVD]

The Pornographers (Jinruigaku nyumon) [DVD]

Director Shohei Imamura loved outcast characters, so its no surprise that he made a film like The Pornographers (Jinruigaku nyumon), which is about a man who makes illegal 8mm stag films for a living, but uses the money to support a widow and her weird family. Imamuras films are often dark, but funny, and he is fond of shining lights in the darkest corners of postwar Japanese societ ... ...

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  • Study Bonnaroo has $51M economic impact

    Bonnaroo , the four-day camping festival held in Manchester, Tenn., every June, has generated an economic impact totaling more than $50 million into the city and state, according to a new study released ...

  • Knox commissioners look for new ways to prevent underage alcohol sales

    Some Knox County Commissioners hope to deter servers and sellers from providing alcohol to underage customers by requiring all employees who serve or sell beer to read and sign a document laying out the potential repercussions of selling to minors. Commission Chairman Tony Norman also serves on the Knox County Beer Board and says underage sales are a chronic issue. His proposal will go before ...

  • City announces group to explore cultural options for Worlds Fair Park

    Mayor Madeline Rogero announced today the city is exploring a partnership with the University of Tennessee that could include a culture center at the iconic site of the 1982 ...

  • Mobile Meals needs donations volunteers to help Knoxville seniors

    A recent drop in donations has a local organization pleading for the public's help. Mobile Meals delivers daily hot meals to hundreds of homebound seniors in ...

  • Public welcome to offer input Tuesday on Knoxville budget

    So is it 183.1 million with the 31+million in bonded capital projects? Or is the actual budget 214.1million running a 31 million dollar debt? I liked some of the projects Prosser road and Lakeshore but can we request to see the Knoxville Zoo's account records since they are receiving 11 million from the ...

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