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TN WMA's Now Prohibit Placement of Salt, Minerals and Other Consumable Products
Statewide WMA regulations were changed during the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission's April meeting to now prohibit the placement of salt products, minerals, and other consumable products on WMAs. Dogs must also be restrained on WMAs unless hunting or training. Additional WMA specific regulati...
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Great Smoky Mountains Synchronous Firefly Lottery Opens This Friday, April 26, 2024
The Great Smoky Mountains synchronous firefly lottery will open this Friday, April 26, 2024 at 9am Central time and closes on Monday, April 29 at 10:59pm. You can enter at www.recreation.gov. Lottery winners will be announced by Monday, May 6. Lottery applications are $1 and successful applicants...
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Gov. Bill Lees' School Voucher Bill Dead for the Year
Governor Bill Lee's statewide school voucher bill has died for the year after Tennessee lawmakers could not agree on certain stipulations of the $144 million proposal. The bill was controversial from the start with opponents fearing it would take away from public school funding. Parents of private s...
Apr 23, 2024
Tennessee Highway Safety Office Kicks Off "Slow Down Tennessee" Awareness Campaign
This week ( Monday, April 22), the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is kicking off "Slow Down Tennessee," a week-long campaign to help increase awareness and reduce speeding across Tennessee roadways. During this campaign, the THSO is offering yard signs free for public citizens to p...
Apr 23, 2024
Michigan Couple Indicted in Fentress County for Child Abuse
A Michigan couple has been indicted by a Fentress County grand jury on child abuse charges. Jason and Jessica Klimp were arrested in Fentress County in February after their 12-year-old adopted daughter became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital where it was discovered she was severely malnouris...
Apr 23, 2024
ABC News
Five big takeaways from Day 7 of Trump's hush money trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and Todd Blanche, attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, second left, at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -...
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Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist audio of principal: Police
In this Jan. 30, 2024, file photo, the sign for Pikesville High School is shown in Pikesville, Maryland. (Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via TNS via Getty Images)(BALTIMORE) -- Police arrested a Baltimore high school athletic director Thursday after they ...
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Texas sheriff conducting criminal investigation into deadly National Guard helicopter crash near border
New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Frankoski, left, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Grassia, were killed when a UH-72 Lakota helicopter they were flying crashed near, Rio Grande City, Texas, Mar. 8, 2024. (New York Army Nationa...
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Boeing crash victims' families urge DOJ to criminally prosecute company
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The families of victims who died in one of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes met with Department of Justice officials Wednesday regarding the looming decision to prosecute or dismiss charges agai...
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Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment
Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's bid for a new trial in a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The ruling upheld the jury's $83.3 million damage aw...
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