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Feds Warn North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Residents About Doxing and Swatting Incidents
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing a warning to parents: be on alert for potential doxing and swatting incidents involving their children, particularly those who are active in online gaming communities. Just recently the FBI took to X (formerly Twitter) To warn about this growing issue. While anyone...
Beacon launches interactive map showing impact of zoning on West Tennessee housing costs
The Beacon Center has released part two of the Tennessee Zoning Atlas, focusing on West Tennessee. This iteration of the atlas covers eight West Tennessee counties in the Memphis and Jackson areas. The counties included are Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Madison, and Haywood County (home of the future Blue Oval City Ford assembly plant).
Crews responding to brush fire after lightning hits tree, Seymour Volunteer Fire says
SEYMOUR, Tenn. (WVLT) - Crews with the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department responded to a brush fire on Boyd’s Creek Highway Friday. Officials told WVLT News that lightning hit a tree and sparked the fire. Crews with the department were also responding to a power line down on West John...
Leaders cut ribbon on new tiny home community to help people recovering from addiction and who were formerly homeless
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Leaders gathered Wednesday afternoon in Knox County to cut the ribbon on a community of five tiny homes, helping people recovering from addiction and who were homeless get a place to call their own. "I always wanted one, but obviously, I would choose everything else and...
Zoo Knoxville announces new CEO
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville has a new CEO. Bill Street, who most recently served as the Senior Vice President at the Indianapolis Zoo, was selected as Zoo Knoxville's new Chief Executive Officer. Street has over 30 years of experience in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. While at Indianapolis,...
Staffing Company for John Deere, Yamaha Supplier Placed Children in Dangerous Jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment in a Tennessee federal court that requires a Kingsport staffing agency to stop employing children illegally and forbids them from future violations of federal child labor laws. The action comes after federal investigators uncovered oppressive child labor at a Morristown manufacturing...
In Powell Saturday: Dogs, kids, cars
The Powell Business & Professional Association has a big day planned for Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Powell High School and Powell Station Park. Dog Show sponsored by Ryan Nichols State Farm will start at 11 a.m. in the grassy area in the middle of the vendors. Start time is 11 a.m. Entry is $10 per dog. Numerous ways to win. Great prizes galore. Can pay through Venmo. Contact Jeanette Barnes for information at Jeanettebarnes@gmail.com.
Hot air balloons to dot Townsend sky on Saturday during Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival
TOWNSEND, Tenn. — People in Townsend may spot some bright, floating balloons floating through the sky on Saturday. It's part of the Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival. Some of the proceeds of the event will go to Townsend Elementary School and the Townsend Volunteer Fire Department, organizers...
Covenant Health snags Springbrook Farm spot for $12.6 million
Knoxville-based health care nonprofit Covenant Health purchased roughly a dozen acres along Hall Road last month. An asking price of $12.6 million earned the group a spot in Alcoa’s Springbrook Park development, further rounding the offerings of the future city center. The land, which runs along North Hall Road across from Food City on Tesla Boulevard, was previously owned by TN Alcoa Primary LLC, the group that owns the Springbrook Farm development site. Deed information obtained by The Daily Times shows the property changed hands...
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