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Prosecutors: Lowe paid employees who didn't work
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 -0000 Ex-Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe and two of his former aides participated in a four-year “continuous larcenous scheme” in which the employees earned salaries and vacation time yet never actually showed up for work to do their jobs, according to documents recently submitted by prosecutors. |
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Juror in first Thomas trial doesn't fault latest panel's decision
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:00 -0000 One look at the parking lot and Jean Paul Vaudreuil knew he was embarking on a journey like none other. |
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4 things to know today
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:20:00 -0000 Cheers! It’s finale time for the Wolfpack as “The Hangover III” hits theaters today. The movie, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis, can be seen starting at 10 p.m. in area theaters. Check out www.knoxville.com for a movie review and showtimes. |
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UT architecture students design home's makeover
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 -0000 University of Tennessee architecture students are designing and remodeling the home of a disabled mother and daughter. |
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Commission tentatively approves rule tied to serving minors beer
Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:00 -0000 The Knox County Commission during Monday’s work session unanimously agreed to approve a proposed ordinance that would require those who serve and sell beer in the unincorporated parts of the county to sign a form that notes the criminal penalties for breaking the law. |
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Four treated after Anderson County bus crash
Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:00 -0000 CLINTON — When a small car veered into her lane, driver Tammy Moore steered her school bus full of students Tuesday morning to the right side and rode 60 to 80 yards down the shoulder with the right wheels sliding off onto the embankment. |
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Knoxville Tea Party supporters protest IRS: 'Our concern is that the IRS is too big, and it’s too political'
Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:00 -0000 A lunchtime protest Tuesday outside the Knoxville office of the IRS drew about two dozen people of all ages. |
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'Lynn's Law' signed into effect by Haslam
Wed, 22 May 2013 00:55:00 -0000 CARYVILLE, Tenn. — It was nearly a year ago that a developmentally disabled 19-year-old was abandoned in a Caryville bar by her mother, hundreds of miles from their Illinois home. |
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Councilman questions details of Rogero's bond debt plan
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:57:00 -0000 The city of Knoxville could take on $31.4 million in new bond debt, according to Councilman George Wallace, but he would like to know if the proposed plan to spend it is the best. |
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Downtown Knoxville library to close for HVAC repairs
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:48:00 -0000 Lawson McGhee Library in downtown Knoxville will be closed from noon Thursday to 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, for repairs to its HVAC system. |
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Poll: Tennesseans favor Haslam, Medicaid expansion, against Internet tax, 'Obamacare'
Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:00 -0000 NASHVILLE — A growing majority of Tennesseans support expansion of Medicaid within the state though most at the same time have an unfavorable impression of the federal law that authorizes expansion, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Tuesday. |
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Six adults arrested, 3-year-old girl in DCS custody after meth lab busts in Seymour
Tue, 21 May 2013 22:22:00 -0000 Five men and one woman have been arrested and a 3-year-old girl placed into state Department of Children’s Services custody following a Monday investigation of two methamphetamine labs in Seymour, according to Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong. |
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Second Harvest rerouting supplies to Oklahoma
Tue, 21 May 2013 21:54:00 -0000 Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee is rerouting food supplies meant for local assistance programs to meet the urgent needs of tornado survivors in Oklahoma City. |
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Truck cordoned off while leaking nitric acid secured
Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:00 -0000 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 afternoon. |
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Fugitive nabbed after tussle with K-9 in North Knox County
Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:00 -0000 KNOXVILLE — Speeding down a highway with several grams of pot stashed in the car might not the best way to keep a low profile when you’re wanted on federal charges. |
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Tea Party protests outside Knoxville IRS office
Tue, 21 May 2013 19:13:00 -0000 KNOXVILLE — About two dozen people turned out today for a protest outside the Knoxville office of the IRS. |
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Sturdier bridge being installed Wednesday on Third Creek Greenway
Tue, 21 May 2013 19:05:00 -0000 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 2011. |
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Sheriff, district attorney close Gibbs High dead animal prank investigation
Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:00 -0000 Knox County authorities have closed the investigation into a senior prank at Gibbs High School involving dead animals. |
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Carson-Newman ministry receives $20K grant
Tue, 21 May 2013 16:38:00 -0000 Appalachian Outreach, a ministry arm of Carson-Newman University, received a $20,000 grant from Walmart’s Fighting Against Hunger campaign |
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Newport man arrested, charged with sexual battery of teen
Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:00 -0000 A 40-year-old Newport, Tenn., man who allegedly sexually assaulted his live-in girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter surrendered Monday night to authorities, officials said. |