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Knoxville, Tennessee · KnoxvilleTAZEWELL, Tenn. (WATE) — The Claiborne County man accused of killing his wife was back in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. Benjamin Hopson is charged with criminal homicide. He is accused of stabbing his wife Lori Hopson earlier this month. According to arrest warrants, he violently attacked her when they were in the car on Barren Creek Road. The arrest warrant went on to allege that he cut her throat after the car went down an embankme…See the Story
Witness testifies to seeing Claiborne Co. murder suspect covered in blood
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Tennessee Politics · TennesseeThe Tennessee bill will allow school staffers to carry only handguns, and only in schools whose top administrators have agreed. Teachers who wish to do so would be required to have gun permits, undergo a background check and mental health evaluation, and take 40 hours of training annually.See the Story
Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns, a year after mass shooting
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Knoxville, Tennessee · KnoxvilleKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It has taken a year for a mix-up on a death certificate to be corrected and now a Knoxville woman finally has closure. Patty Graybeal brought the error to the state's attention within weeks after her stepson died in early April 202 and WATE contacted the state in late March about the issue. A death certificate is an official document issued by the state government, which declares the cause of death and personal informat…See the Story
Death certificate mistake fixed months after Knoxville woman’s attempt to correct it
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Knoxville, Tennessee · KnoxvilleGATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Rainbow Trout may be a little harder to come by on the Little Pigeon River while the City of Gatlinburg renovates the state's only municipal trout farm. A total renovation of the Gatlinburg Trout Facility is now underway at Herbert Holt Park. Demolition of the trout raceways, which were in place when the City began its trout program in 1981, started last week.
Bologna eating contest pits Knox County mayor against …See the Story
Trout stocking of Little Pigeon River paused for renovations to Gatlinburg Trout Facility
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Knoxville, Tennessee · KnoxvilleKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A 16-year-old has been charged after reportedly threatening a student at Fulton High School, according to the Knoxville Police Department. KPD shared that School Resource Officers responded to Fulton High at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday after a male reportedly called the school and threatened to harm a student due to a personal conflict. The suspect who reportedly made the threat was identified as a 16-year-old male who is no…See the Story
Knoxville Police: Teen charged after threat against Fulton High student
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Knoxville, Tennessee · KnoxvilleWASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that's simplified and color-coded for a warming wor…See the Story
What’s hotter than red-hot? New federal heat risk tool sets ‘magenta’ as most dangerous level
Starbucks · NashvilleCoffee chain brings challenge after being told to rehire seven workers at Tennessee store who pursued effort to unionizeUS supreme court justices on Tuesday appeared to agree with Starbucks in the coffee chain’s challenge to a judicial order requiring it to rehire seven employees at a Tennessee cafe who were fired as they pursued efforts to unionize.The justices heard arguments in the company’s appeal of a lower court’s approval of an injunction…See the Story
Supreme court appears to side with Starbucks in fight over fired employees
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Elizabethton · ElizabethtonThe world lost a force on Thursday, April 18, 2024, when Nancy Greer Grindstaff Fleming died peacefully in her home, surrounded by family. She was 100 years old. She remained, to the end, sharp-witted and feisty. Nancy graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1942 as the class Salutatorian. She graduated from Whitney Business College and pursued a career in an era when it was unusual for women to do so. In 1946, Nancy married John Edwin Flemin…See the Story