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Local Student Wins Young Science Lab Award
3M and Discovery Education recently announced the state merit winners of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition. Among the top winners list was Shrey Arora, student at West Collierville Middle School, who took home the Tennessee State Merit Award, alongside many other honorable recipients.
The key to talking about mental health: ‘Make sure people feel comfortable.’
Chris Hopper said his leadership in mental health education began in 2018, when a colleague gave a moving speech at an event about losing his father to suicide. Knowing that the construction industry has a high rate of suicide, Hopper, executive vice president and general manager of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee for Skanska USA, partnered with the Lindner Center of Hope. The Ohio-based mental health facility helped Hopper implement the Start the Conversation program, in an attempt to remove the stigma from sensitive topics on the jobsite.
Rec League Notes: It's Christmas in July at Rogersville City Park
ROGERSVILLE — It’s Christmas in July for the last movie night of the summer at Rogersville City Park on Saturday, July 20. The featured movie will be the holiday favorite, “Elf!” The Summer of Fun event is free. However, community members are invited to bring a new toy or game to be donated to Sheldon Livesay and Of One Accord Ministry’s Christmas Toy Drive, which benefits and brightens the holidays for local children in need. ...
UCHS graduate Carter Edwards wins national award
Rubber bands are good for a great many things, but who knew they could power model aircraft? One local student used that knowledge to fly his way to a national award. Carter Edwards, a 2024 graduate of Unicoi County High School and the son of Russell "Rusty" and Katrina Edwards, won an award in Orlando, Florida at the 2024 National Technology Student Association Conference.
KPD: Man charged after one person shot in Knoxville gas station parking lot
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE: A man has been charged in connection to a shooting at a Knoxville gas station on Saturday, according to the Knoxville Police Department. 23-year-old Dereke Upton was charged with aggravated assault in connection to the shooting. KPD said one person was shot in the parking...
Morgan Wallen announces 2nd hometown show
“One Night At A Time” just became two nights at a time. Morgan Wallen just announced a 2nd show at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville after the first one sold out almost immediately. After vanishing off of Instagram for a short period of time, Morgan reappeared this week with the...
Oak Ridge environmental management, UCOR finishing largest soil remediation project
The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have completed the largest soil remediation project at the East Tennessee Technology Park. The three-year-long project removed more than 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil, which equates to nearly 8,500 dump truck loads, from the...
Political analyst weighs in on VP-nominee J.D. Vance’s visit to Southwest Virginia
SOUTHWEST, Va. – All eyes are on Southwest Virginia ahead of Ohio Senator - and Republican Vice Presidential pick - JD Vance’s visit to Radford University on Monday. Political Analyst Dr. Ed Lynch says Republicans are hoping to flip the Commonwealth red. “Virginia is in play for the...
Suspect in THP trooper shooting caught in Kentucky
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - One of the suspects wanted for shooting a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been arrested. The Tennessee Highway Patrol announced Braze Rucker, who had been placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted list, was arrested Sunday morning in Princeton, Kentucky. Rucker and an...
Final week for early voting
The early voting period for the August 1 state primary and Cocke County general election wraps up on Saturday, July 27. Early voting began on July 12 for Cocke County at the early voting poll location in Western Plaza in Newport. Cocke Administrator of Elections Josh Blanchard reports that through Friday, July 19, there have been 696 voters that have cast early voting or absentee ballots. Early voting hours for...
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