Provides the latest RSS feeds for Knoxville News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tennessee Daily.com http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/cat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 12:59:16 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:59:16 -0400 30 We're so happy to introduce the newest member of the WBIR family! This is Kiptyn Witcher! He's now 1 day old. Kiptyn, Mom Janelle & Dad Mike are all doing ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214692509/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:31 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214692509/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Cochran comes to Ole Smoky Moonshine after a year of building the AquaHydrate brand as CEO of that company. Before joining AquaHydrate, Cochran was CEO of Pabst Brewing Co., where he worked to rebuild that brand into an iconic ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214692667/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:50 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214692667/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Two people are in the hospital Wednesday morning after suffering injuries from a house fire. Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Knoxville police were sent to a home on Massachusetts Avenue in the Lonsdale Community for a disturbance call. When officers arrived on scene, they found a man trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose. The man told them that a person was inside the home, so they ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214690965/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:31 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214690965/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Seniors 50 and older looking for full or part-time work will find leads at the CAC Office on Aging's Career Fair. The Career Fair is from 9:00 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the L.T. Ross Building on Western Avenue. Employers will be representing clerical, cashier, banking, food service, health care, driving, and cleaning service opportunities. For more information, call the CAC Office ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214689360/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:23 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214689360/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Susan Randolph said DCS' policies on immediate protection agreements are vague and scattered. Randolph was shot three times and her husband, Todd, and a teen neighbor were killed in 2009 by the girl's father. / Anita Wadhwani / File / The ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214688174/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:22 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214688174/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 KNOXVILLE -- Two people sustained minor injuries Wednesday morning when their house erupted in flames because of a problem with an electrical ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214687905/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:58 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214687905/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The firm is moving its carbon fiber operations to "concentrate its production at the most efficient locations," according to a statement from the ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214686540/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:58 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214686540/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Officials are offering up to a $22,000 reward for information leading to convictions in the shooting of two bald eagles in eastern Tennessee. One of the eagles was shot near Soddy-Daisy in March and the other was shot near Madisonville this month. Both survived and are recovering at the American Eagle Foundation in Pigeon Forge. Bald eagles are protected under ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685462/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:52:00 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685462/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214684720/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:46 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214684720/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Spring Fling continues: Middle Tennessee is in the middle of all the action again Wednesday as the Spring Fling continues in Murfreesboro. Local teams in action include: Rockwood vs. Summertown at 11 a.m. at Middle Tennessee Christian in Class A baseball; Grace Christian vs. Friendship Christian at 1:30 p.m. at Riverdale in Class A baseball; Tullahoma vs. Farragut at 1:30 p.m. at Oakland in Class ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685464/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:43 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685464/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 He was in the process of selling his home and buying another. The trial -- the first of two for Thomas -- landed between Thanksgiving and ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685463/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:43 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685463/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The home of Wanda Skeen and her daughter Stacey is getting the makeover through UT Freedom by Design, a student service organization that's part of the American Institute of Architecture ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685465/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:42 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214685465/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Anderson County school bus No. 20 overturned about 7:50 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Johnson Gap and Dutch Valley roads, injuring two ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214684564/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:36:02 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214684564/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Protesters stand outside the John J. Duncan Federal Building on Locust Street, which houses the Knoxville office of the IRS. About 20-30 people turned out for Tuesday's rally, organized by the Knoxville Tea Party, in protest of the recent IRS scrutiny of some conservative groups. (MATT LAKIN/NEWS ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214684365/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:36:01 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214684365/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, senior researcher Steven Fernandez can see a play by play of how Oklahoma's tornadoes are impacting the power grid and models of how long the recovery process will take. Software he and his team developed show detailed, layered maps of what is happening right now and also forecast models for the recovery to help response teams with logistics. "You can ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680677/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:32 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680677/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 East Tennesseans are coming together to help those affected by the deadly tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma. The Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee will send 24 pallets of food and water to Oklahoma with the assistance of its charity partner, Feed America. Elaine Streno, the food bank's executive director, said the food pallets were leftover FEMA aid from the Hurricane Sandy relief ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680196/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:32 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680196/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Around this time every year, locals get the chance to look inside what could be our region's most unique home. Every Memorial Day, Millennium Manor in Alcoa opens to the public for one day. The overall look of the house - both inside and out - is enough on its own to get people talking. But if you dig a little deeper and go back in time, you'll find the real story. The history ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680678/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:31 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680678/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 "Knoxville talked about a lot of big things, but when it started happening, it was organic. It was a lot of little thing coming together," said writer and historian Jack ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680679/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:30 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680679/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Whether it's tornadoes in the Midwest or local storm damage, the timing of a disaster is often hard to predict. "Am I prepared, is the first basic question anyone can ask themselves," explained Rural/Metro Chief Jerry Harnish. "People will do what they're trained to d. Whether it's a weather emergency or a fire in the home, they will follow their preparations. So ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680680/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:30 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214680680/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Kids from around Knoxville got the chance to meet an Olympian and learn more about a summer swimming program. Sign ups for Emerald Youth's swim team's seventh season started Tuesday. Gold medal winning swimmer Davis Tarwater spoke to the kids about his own swimming experiences and helped register the kids for the team. Tarwater says he hopes he can help encourage kids to get ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214679446/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:03:48 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214679446/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Some local teachers have received recognition for their work to make a difference in the classroom. The Rotary Club of Knoxville handed out its annual Outstanding Teachers of the Year awards. This year's big winners are Karen Binger, a fifth grade teacher at Blue Grass Elementary, and Wanda Lacey, an AP calculus teacher at Farragut High. "I know both of them very well. Mrs. ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214679585/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:03:47 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214679585/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Kim Williams has made a great living doing what he loves. "The fun is just sitting down and creating something out of nothing," he said. And, his life plays like a good country song. "I grew up 14 miles from nowhere. There ain't nothing to do, but pick and grin." He learned to play guitar at age nine, but music wasn't his first love. "To be an astronaut, ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214678584/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:36 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214678584/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A teenager is in custody after deputies say he stole electronics, including Apple computers, from a school in Kentucky. The Whitley County Sheriff's Office says someone broke into the Whitley County Alternative School Saturday and Monday. Deputies say about $10,000 worth of electronics were taken. Tuesday, they recovered the stolen items and arrested 18-year-old Charles Helton. ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214678585/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:36 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214678585/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL Department of Children’s Services case manager Catherine Oteiza talks with Gov. Bill Haslam at the Caryville City Hall on Tuesday during a signing of ';Lynn’s Law,'; which makes abandonment of an intellectually disabled adult a ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214678586/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:45:13 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214678586/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The cooling tower is the last piece of system equipment needing replacement for the at the building located at 500 W. Church Ave. Other repairs to the library's HVAC system were made in previous ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676743/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:55 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676743/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214677595/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:53 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214677595/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 So many stories are coming out of Moore, Oklahoma, about the heroic actions of teachers trying to keep their students safe. In February 2012, teachers in the Tellico Plains school system were concerned they might find themselves in a similar situation. Severe weather began to threaten the area shortly after school got out for the day, and many students and neighbors had to take refuge inside ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676040/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:31 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676040/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sue Jones looked through a large, black scrapbook Tuesday, with the words engraved "Mossy Grove Tornado." "When it came, my husband said we better get in," she recalled the night of November 10, 2002. "It was really eerie. There was no wind, but you could smell this earth." Jones lost her home after the overnight EF3 tornado struck the small Morgan County ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676509/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:30 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676509/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Knoxville, TN) The Knox County Sheriff's Office has announced there will be no charges filed in a prank at Gibbs High School where dead animals were littered throughout the campus. Officials say they looked into several leads before the decision was made not to prosecute. Last ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676481/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:30 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676481/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676510/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:52 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676510/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676511/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:52 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214676511/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Attorneys for two officers with the Knoxville Police Department say their clients have resigned amid an ongoing investigation into the alleged beating of a handcuffed homeless man in early February. Attorneys for KPD officers Jeremy Jinnett and Chris Whitfield confirmed their clients have submitted their official resignations to the Knoxville Police Department. Ty Compton, Whitfield, and ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675285/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:15 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675285/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR-Anderson County) An Anderson County school bus landed on its side after trying to avoid an oncoming car Tuesday morning according to the Anderson County School District. Two students were injured and transported to nearby hospitals and a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper on scene says a third was also taken due to previous health conditions. Students describe a "scary and ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675286/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:14 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675286/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The graphic scene of the way the tragic tornado of Wednesday, March 18th, struck Princeton, Indiana, 1925. All this man had left when the black wind had gone on was his overturned piano, that the wind had been unable to carry away. (Photo by Archive Farms/Getty ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675287/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:14 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675287/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Entrance to Pellissippi Place business park. Medical devices company ProNova Solutions plans to develop a research and manufacturing facility in the Blount County park. (J. Miles Cary/News ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675289/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:54 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214675289/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214674723/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:53 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214674723/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Harriman -- C.R. Barger & Sons on Tuesday was named the 2013 Roane County Industry of the Year by the Roane County Industrial Development ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214673985/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:53 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214673985/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 How you can help You can go to www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or text RedCross to 90999 from your cell phone to make a $10 donation. You can also donate to the Salvation Army online at www.SalvationArmyUSA.org or by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769). Please designate donations for "disaster" so 100% of designated gifts are used to provide relief for storm ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672428/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:04 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672428/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A new trial for a former student accused of killing a Campbell County assistant principal is scheduled to begin this fall. Kenneth Bartley pleaded guilty in 2007 to charges tied to the shooting that left Ken Bruce dead and two other administrators injured at Campbell County High School. His attorney says the teen didn't have enough time to consider his options, and Judge Jon Kerry ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672429/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:03 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672429/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672430/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:26 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672430/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 That's allegedly how a California fugitive caught the attention of deputies Monday afternoon, though, according to a news release from the Knox County Sheriff's ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672431/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:23 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672431/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672432/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:18 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214672432/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Last June, authorities were called to a Campbell County bar when a young woman walked in. She couldn't tell anyone her name, where she was from, or how she got there. Investigators finally identified her as Lynn Cameron, 19, of Illinois. She is mentally disabled, with the mental capacity of a two-year-old. Her mother, they learned, was no longer able to care for her, so simply dropped her ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214670139/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:36 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214670139/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Two schools were destroyed by that huge tornado Monday in Moore, Oklahoma, while teachers and students huddled in hallways and closets. Most of them survived, thanks to the schools' severe weather plans. Schools in East Tennessee have their own policies. In Knox County, the specific protocols vary from school to school, however, there are some general rules that every school must ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214670499/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:35 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214670499/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Police are looking for the driver of a car that ran an Anderson County school bus off the road Tuesday morning, sending three students to the ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214670655/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:33 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214670655/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214668562/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:39 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214668562/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214669158/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:39 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214669158/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214669159/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:07 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214669159/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A new Vanderbilt University poll finds a majority of Tennesseans oppose the state enforcing online sales taxes, though respondents were split on whether the current system is fair to local ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214668849/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:25 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214668849/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214667473/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:21 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214667473/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214667474/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:17 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214667474/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214667046/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:28 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214667046/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214663764/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:54 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214663764/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664348/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:54 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664348/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 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 ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664378/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:53 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664378/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 On May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. The storm leveled schools, businesses, and homes. At least 24 were killed and hundreds ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664379/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:53 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664379/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law revisions to the state conservatorship statute. The law allows the court to appoint a conservator to manage the assets of a person a judge finds unable to handle his or her own affairs. State Rep. Andrew Farmer, a Sevierville Republican, ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664916/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:52 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214664916/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Anderson County) The Anderson County Sheriff's Office tells 10News that five students received minor injuries when a school bus crashed on the way to classes Tuesday morning. Anderson County dispatchers say the accident happened on Johnson Gap Road near Dutch Valley Road just after 8:00 a.m. The Anderson County School Superintendent tells 10News some of the injured students were ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214663274/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:18 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214663274/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 CLINTON -- An Anderson County school bus overturned about 7:50 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Johnson Gap and Dutch Valley roads, injuring two students. The students suffered cuts and bruises and were taken to Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. A third student, with a pre-existing injury, also was taken to the hospital. Bus No. 20 was carrying 43 students to Dutch Valley ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214663275/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:11 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214663275/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Anderson County) Anderson County dispatchers have confirmed crews responded to a school bus accident on Johnson Gap near Dutch Valley Road Tuesday just after 8:00 a.m. There is no official word on any injuries. Few details are known at the time of this posting. 10News has a crew en route. Stay with 10News and wbir.com for more on this developing ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214661873/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:51:55 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214661873/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 In this October 22, 2008 photo, Gary Christian and Hugh Newsom share a moment of silence as they look at the demolished Chipman Street house where their children were killed in a brutal double murder in January of 2007. Waste Connections destroyed the Chipman Street house where Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom were raped and tortured. (J. MILES CARY/KNOXVILLE NEWS ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214661874/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:43:14 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214661874/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 KNOXVILLE (AP) - Another 40 jobs are coming to Knox County as Gerdau expands its steel reinforcement bar plant. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development says the new facility to apply finishing services to rebar now made at the company's Lonsdale mill. TDEC Commissioner Bill Hagerty and Gerdau officials announced the expansion on Monday, saying the new facility will ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214660542/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:42:42 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214660542/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 KINGSTON -- Three out of the four county jails in his judicial district are overcrowded, 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson said, and a big part of the problem is a growing population of women being locked up for pain pill-related ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214659337/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:25:35 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214659337/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A new street to be built by the city of Knoxville is being named for Juanita Cannon, a retired longtime educator who later chaired the board of directors of Knoxville's Community Development ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214659335/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:25:34 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214659335/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The bill, which goes into effect in July, reduces the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. The legislation helps all Tennesseans, Haslam ... http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214658489/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:25:32 -0400 http://www.tennesseedaily.com/index.php/sid/214658489/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8