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Tennessee school counselor convinces student to hand over gun
A middle-school counselor in Tennessee is being called a hero after talking a teenager into handing over a loaded handgun. Media outlets report that a 14-year-old boy went to Sycamore Middle School Wednesday asking to speak with counselor Molly Hudgens. Authorities say he told her he was having problems and was going to kill teachers and a police officer, but no students; he told her she was the only one who could talk him out of it. And so she did.
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Family sues Amazon for $30m claiming hoverboard burned down their house
It has been nearly a year since the self-balancing scooters known as hoverboards were setting sales charts on fire, but the resulting litigation (from the resulting real-world fires) is just getting started. A family in Nashville, Tennessee, has filed a $30m lawsuit against Amazon, arguing that the online retailer should be held liable for the ill-fated Christmas present that burned their house down.
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Southern Wildfires Create Smoky Haze, Prompt Health Concerns
Wildfires burning across the South have created a smoky haze over metro Atlanta and prompted a public health advisory in Kentucky — and the forests are expected to continue burning for days as flaming leaves fall to the ground and spread the fire, authorities said Wednesday. In Georgia,...
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We are still on fire!
Not my pictures. This is a local photographer. I posted them here because I know not everyone like facebook (me being one of them). Here is his page though: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.mccamish
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No drugs, alcohol in driver in Tennessee school bus crash; death toll hits six
No drugs or alcohol were found in the system of the man accused of vehicular homicide in the crash of a Tennessee elementary school bus that killed six children and critically injured several more, police said on Wednesday. Johnthony Walker, 24, was driving the bus full of students home from Chattanooga's Woodmore Elementary School on Monday when it veered off a road, flipped on its side and smashed into a tree and telephone poll, according to a police affidavit.
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Gatlinburg neighborhood voluntarily evacuating due to fire
GATLINBURG - 9PM UPDATE: Wildfires driven by wind gusts are prompting the evacuations of multiple areas of Gatlinburg including downtown Gatlinburg, fire officials said Monday night.
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Great Smoky Mountains fires leave three dead, 'scene of destruction'
Local officials said on Tuesday that "the worst is over" for two small Tennessee resort towns in the Great Smoky Mountains where wildfires killed three people, destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes, forced thousands to flee and threatened country music star Dolly Parton's theme park, Dollywood.
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Tale of boy who died in Santa's arms unravels
It was a story many wanted to believe: A terminally ill child gets his last wish to see Santa and dies in his arms. But the Tennessee newspaper that ran it first now says it can no longer stand by the account. The Knoxville News Sentinel story quickly went viral after it was published Sunday. USA Today republished the column, which was written by News Sentinel columnist Sam Venable. A host of national news outlets gave it additional coverage, including CNN, who spoke to Santa actor Eric Schmitt-Matzen about his interaction with the boy in his final moments.
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Man gets $75 after being wrongly imprisoned for 31 years
A Tennessee man who served 31 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit is petitioning the state to compensate him $1 million for the years of his life that were taken away. All he's gotten so far is $75. In October 1977 a Memphis woman was raped in her home by two intruders. She later identified one of them as her neighbor, Lawrence McKinney, who was 22 at the time. He was convicted on rape and burglary charges in 1978 and sentenced to 115 years in jail. DNA evidence cleared him of the charges in 2008, and when he was released in 2009, the Tennessee Department of Corrections gave him a $75 check to restart his life.
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GOP Lawmaker Wants TN Tags To Say 'In God We Trust'
A Republican state lawmaker wants all Tennessee license plates to include the phrase In God We Trust.
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Woman Says Jail Denied Her Abortion and Forced Her to Give Birth
A Tennessee inmate didn’t know she was pregnant until she was behind bars, and in a lawsuit claims the sheriff only allowed her to terminate if she was dying or had been raped. By Kelley Weill.
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Police say they were ‘authorized by McDonald’s’ to arrest protesters, suit claims
Fight for $15 chapter in Memphis alleges that officers engaged in surveillance and intimidation of fast-food worker organization. By Dominic Rushe.
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East Tennessee parents sue Rural Metro for $5 million dollars
An East Tennessee couple are suing ambulance server, Rural/Metro for $5 million dollars. In an exclusive interview, they sat down with Local 8 Anchor Alan Williams to discuss why they feel wronged. Rick and Amy Merrell said the lawsuit was not so much about the money they're working to get, but more about the statement they're trying to make.
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7-year-old shot in face while traveling on I-24; Gunman at large
A 7-year-old girl was critically injured after being shot in the face when two cars were hit by gunfire on Interstate 24 Saturday night. It happened in the westbound lanes of I-24 near the Hickory Hollow Parkway exit at 10:40 p.m. According to witnesses, the gunman fired shots while hanging outside the front passenger window. A passenger in one of the cars says they were driving home from a Walmart in Smyrna when they heard several booming noises.
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Ten Sovereign Citizens Face 320 Felonies in Tennessee
The suspects—all Tennessee residents—are charged with filing fraudulent liens and forgery, both felonies, which carry possible prison sentences upon conviction. A special prosecutor has been appointed to handle the case in Nashville. It began, authorities say, after one of the sovereign citizen defendants, Lee Harold Cromwell, filed bogus liens for millions of dollars after he was arrested for recklessly driving his Dodge Ram pickup backward, striking several people and killing a man in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on July 4, 2015.
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Tennessee Teacher Accused of Kidnapping Student is Arrested in Northern California; Girl Found Safe
Former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping arrested in Northern California; teen girl found safe
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Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping girl arrested in California
After five weeks on the run, a Tennessee teacher who kidnapped and fled with his 15-year-old student has been arrested in northern California, authorities said. The student, Elizabeth Thomas, was found safe in Cecilville, northwest of Redding, her sister Kat Thomas said Thursday. "There aren't words in the English language to describe the level of relief and elation experienced by the Thomas family," said Jason Whatley, the family's attorney. "Now begins another hard chapter, but for now, we celebrate."
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Good Luck, Morons: Lazarus Lake and His Impossible Race
In East Tennessee, a guy named Lazarus Lake organizes the world's most demanding footrace, the Barkley Marathons. The story of the race is great. The story of the man behind it is even better. That is, if Lazarus Lake really exists. By Sara Estes.
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Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’
“Stop the Runaway,” Andrew Jackson urged in an ad placed in the Tennessee Gazette in October 1804.
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Disunion: The Sinking of the Sultana
As John Wilkes Booth stepped into President Lincoln’s booth at Ford’s Theater...Union prisoners of war were heading home.... 2,100 of those soldiers, many sick, many barefoot, boarded the wooden side-wheeler steamboat Sultana....
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