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All safe after acid leak, battery fire force evacuations at Chattanooga business Monday
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An acid leak and battery fire forced workers at a Chattanooga business to evacuate late Monday night. Firefighters got the situation under control soon after, and no one was hurt. According to the Chattanooga Fire Department, a forklift overturned, causing the battery to leak acid and...
Parents of Ridgeland senior who died in crash keeping her dream to help children alive
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — It was Kelsey Ownby's dream to help people experiencing homeless in Chattanooga, especially children. Kelsey unexpectedly died in a crash 3 years ago, and now her family continues to keep her dream alive. We surprise the family on this week's Pay It Forward. For her...
Nashville grapples with lingering neo-Nazi presence in tourist-friendly city
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville’s famed downtown honky-tonks, a small but unsettling group has distracted locals and visitors from the neon lights lately with Nazi salutes and white supremacist rhetoric. For weeks, neo-Nazis have livestreamed antisemitic antics...
Post Malone Rocks Nashville with New Song “Yours” and Star-Studded Collaborations
On Tuesday evening, Post Malone took the stage at Marathon Music Works in downtown Nashville, performing in front of a packed house. Fans have been eagerly sharing footage of the night on social media, but one standout moment has been officially released: Malone’s performance of “Yours,” a heartfelt new track from his upcoming album “F-1 Trillion,” dedicated to his two-year-old daughter.
Inside Tennessee Titans' medical prep for 'Damar Hamlin situation' they hope to never use
The rhythmic stomp of two dozen athletic trainers and medical personnel hustling across a turf field displaced the stark silence. A football player lay flat on the turf, motionless, his upper body obscured by the semi-circle of experts jumping to his aid. Suddenly, his once-limp legs — the only part of his body visible from the sideline — begin convulsing, spasming for a solid five seconds. This was the scene at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park on...
Early Intervention Key for Dyslexic Students in Rutherford County
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Dyslexia is a common learning disorder affecting many students in both Rutherford County Schools and the Murfreesboro City School System. According to the Center for Dyslexia at MTSU, at least 100,000 students in grades K-12 statewide have dyslexia. Nationally, the National Institutes of Health estimate that 15% of the population may be dyslexic.
Weather 7-24-2024 Rain Continues
Rain is in the forecast for the foreseeable future every day. Some storms may be strong. Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. High near 85. South southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Nashville-area GOP House race and Senate primaries top Tennessee’s primary ballot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A first-term Tennessee congressman backed by former President Donald Trump will face a Republican challenger who calls the lawmaker ineffective, a contest that is among the top races in the state’s August primary election. The primary will also cement who will be the Democratic...
Trump expected to deliver potentially ‘historic’ message at Nashville Bitcoin conference
Bitcoin 2024 will take place from July 25-27 at the Music City Center and is billed as the largest Bitcoin conference in the world with more than 20,000 people expected to attend. However, despite once calling Bitcoin a "scam" in a 2021 interview, the Republican nominee for president will be speaking on Saturday and is expected to deliver a supportive speech.
Skeletal remains investigation results in homicide arrest
Nearly four years after human remains were found on C.C. Road, near the three-county border of Sequatchie, Grundy, and Marion counties, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) reports an arrest has been made. Taken into custody and charged with homicide was Jimmy Higgins, 62. For more see the July 25...
First Black woman exonerated in the state speaks to raise awareness about Tennessee Innocence Project
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn — The first Black woman to be exonerated of a crime in the state is speaking in East Tennessee this week. Joyce Watkins is the featured speaker at back-to-back events hosted by the Tennessee Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization that focuses on exonerating people who've been convicted of a crime they never committed.
Military veterans turned farmers receive new produce logo in Tennessee
"This gives them an easy way when they are out shopping wherever that be at a farmers market, and we have some members that are selling in grocery stores," Kacey Troup, TDA's Business Development Consultant, said. "When they see that they instantly know that I am supporting both a Tennessee producer and a farmer veteran."
APSU political science chair contributes to Tennessee voting rights report
CLARKSVILLE, TN − The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, appointed Phillips to its Tennessee Advisory Committee, which includes Democratic, Republican and independent members. The committee issued a report on voting rights in Tennessee this month. “The main thing you do as...
GOP Rep. Burchett calls Harris a ‘DEI hire’
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Monday doubled down on previous claims that Vice President Kamala Harris is a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hire, blasting her a day after becoming the frontrunner to replace President Biden as the Democratic nominee following his historic exit from the race. “The incompetency level is at an all-time high in…
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