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FCE’s Cultural Arts Day Event
Family and Community Education (FCE) is sponsored by The University of Tennessee Extension Agency. FCE is a group of members with a shared common interest in building stronger families and communities. Leadership development is the focus of FCE through shared opportunities. Helpful skills can be learned in bringing growth to the community, church, local government, and family. FCE offers learning opportunities as officers, program leaders, and service stewards. An example of leadership service is the long history of teaching 4-H youth.
Police pursuit leads to arrest of Tennessee man
OWENSBORO, Ky. – A Tennessee man was apprehended after a police pursuit Tuesday. Kentucky State Police received a call to a reckless and speeding motor vehicle operator on I-165, south of Owensboro. The caller described the vehicle as a blue Dodge pickup truck. Police say a trooper on I-165...
WEATHER 7-25-2024 Rains Taper Off
More pop-ups as we get into the weekend than widespread. Sunday we will see rain chances on the rise again. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tennessee’s record-high tourism: How visitor spending impacts your taxes
Tennessee tourism hit a high note last year, not just bouncing back, but beating pre-pandemic levels with a record $30.6 billion in direct visitor spending, which in turn, put cash back in Tennesseans' pockets.
Tennessee lawmakers denounce racism after neo-Nazis harass child musicians downtown
Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, are calling for stronger action from Tennessee officials to rebuke the rising neo-Nazi presence in Nashville after five young boys were harassed by a group of white supremacists while busking downtown over the weekend. “White nationalists verbally attacked and tried to intimidate these brilliant, beautiful, powerful young black boys who were simply trying to play drums, and simply try to enjoy their summer break like any other child,”...
Experience Your Smokies Tennessee Introduces 2024 Class
TOWNSEND - The class of 2024 Experience Your Smokies Tennessee was introduced Saturday, July 13 at the Lily Barn in Townsend, Tennessee. Board members were eager to welcome the new class and introduce them to the program. Twenty-five class members, along with alumni, guests, and Experience Your Smokies board members, enjoyed the kick-off event with special evening remarks from Great Smoky Mountains National Park representatives Stephanie Kyriazis - Chief of Resource Education (Superintendents Office), Lisa Nagurny, Supervisory Park Ranger (Cades Cove), and Experience Your Smokies Tennessee Chair Brent Musick (Class of 2019).
Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest
NEW YORK (AP) — A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020. Bevelyn Beatty Williams was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan federal court to three years and five months behind bars. As she announced the sentence, Judge Jennifer L. Rochon noted that Williams organized the June 2020 protest and livestreamed it, bragging about it afterward. The judge cited seven other criminal convictions for Williams as a factor in the sentence. Williams tearfully requested leniency.
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