Posted in Local Characters on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Volunteer firefighters Ryan Christian and Chris Sandidge, and their friend Scott Johnson, all of Mount Carmel, were being hailed as heroes by their colleagues after pulling a man out of a burning house early Sunday morning on Big Elm Road.
According to reports in the Times-News, after rescuing the man from the burning house, the heroes [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, tagged East Tennessee, John Sevier Steam Plant, North Carolina, Selective Catalytic Reduction, TVA, TVA lawsuit on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Tennessee Valley Authority is closing the access road to pedestrian traffic at the John Sevier Fossil Plant. Officials say there too much construction near the site.
A four year construction project to install air pollution control equipment should start this year. TVA will adding a flue gas desulphurization system (scrubber). The scrubber will reduce [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, Redflex, tagged Mount Carmel, speed cameras on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
According to the Kingsport Times-News, in their first 10 days of operation Mount Carmel’s speed enforcement cameras caught an average of slightly more than 23 violations per day, although not all of those would have resulted in a speeding ticket.
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As of April 10, the cameras had caught 232 speeders. However, when Mount Carmel police reviewed [...]
Posted in Iraq, tagged Military on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
His name is Sam. He’s the boy next door. He’s lived next door to me since he was a kid. Now, he’s all grown up - mostly, and he’s joined the Army National Guard.
Smartypants spotted him in uniform last week and had a hard time reconciling this proud young man in the [...]
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