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Cumberland County Records One of the Highest January Unemployment Rates in Tennessee As Holiday Jobs End
Cumberland County recorded one of the highest unemployment rates in Tennessee for January as holiday jobs came to an end with the start of the new year. Cumberland County's January jobless rate was 5.2 percent, up from 4.2 percent in December. Meigs, Perry, and Cocke counties each had Tennessee's hi...
Mar 08, 2024
Don't Forget to "Spring Forward" This Weekend, Daylight Saving Time Begins 2am Sunday, March 10, 2024, Set Clocks Ahead by 1 Hour
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am on Sunday, March 10 so don't forget to "spring forward". Set your clocks ahead by 1 hour before going to bed Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time will end on Sunday, November 3, 2024.
Mar 08, 2024
Middle TN Jury Convicts FBI Employee on Child Exploitation Charges
A jury in Middle Tennessee has convicted an FBI electronics technician of multiple child exploitation charges. According to a press release issued Wednesday by the Department of Justice, evidence presented at trial shows that between June 2020 and April 27, 2021, Justin Carroll engaged in sexually e...
Mar 08, 2024
Resident Opens Door to Find Suspicious Man Near Porch on Lee June Street, Dog Injured While Protecting Home
Crossville Police were dispatched to an attempted burglary in progress Tuesday night on Lee June Street. The resident told police that about 8:30pm their dog was barking like crazy so they opened the door to check on the dog and saw a man standing by the front porch. The resident quickly shut the d...
Mar 07, 2024
TN Lawmakers Push Bill to Ban Emotional Support Animals in Restaurants
The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill banning untrained service animals and emotional support animals from restaurants. SB 1595 "As introduced, prohibits emotional support animals that are not trained, or being trained, to perform tasks or work for a person with a disability from indoor areas ...
Mar 07, 2024
ABC News
Judge rules 'Access Hollywood' tape admissible in Trump hush money trial
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal prosecution in New York has denied Trump's attempts to exclude the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape and testimony from key witnesses from his up...
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EPA bans remaining uses of cancer-causing asbestos in the US
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a United States ban on the ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos -- a carcinogen that the agency estimates is linked to more than 40,000 U.S. deaths each year.T...
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Capitol Police wearing body cameras in pilot program to build public trust
USCP(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Capitol Police on Monday started wearing body-worn cameras as part of its pilot program to protect its officers and members of Congress as well as enhance public trust, its chief said.Seventy Capitol Police officers will we...
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Trump, some co-defendants in Fulton County begin appeals process of disqualification ruling
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump and some of his co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case on Monday kicked off the process to appeal the judge's disqualification ruling that ultimately kept Distr...
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New video shows missing student Riley Strain briefly speak with police on night he vanished in Nashville
Metro Nashville PD(NASHVILLE, Tn.)-- Newly released video shows missing college student Riley Strain briefly speak with a police officer on the night he vanished in Nashville, Tennessee.Officer Reginald Young came across Strain, 22, while responding to...
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