Local Baptists, who firmly believe we are fighting to take back the world from the *heathens, are rejoicing today over the passage of Tennessee House Bill 4089.
The bill authorizes the state board of education to develop and adopt a curriculum for a state-funded elective course consisting of a nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of the Bible [...]
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Posted in Hawkins County on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Jeff Stoltz, Clinch Valley man, who was originally accused of killing up to 27 of his neighbor’s goats with a rifle earlier this year was found guilty last week on one single count of intentional killing of an animal.
Stoltz was sentenced to 60 days in jail, fined $75, and ordered to pay the owner of [...]
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Police say Ivory Black-Clark poisoned her 6-year old daughter, Sydney Black, with medications before she slit her own wrists and hanged herself with a hair-dryer cord from a ceiling fan.
Capt. Charlie Thomas with the Bristol Tennessee Police could not say what medications were with mixed with fruit juice and given to the girl, but he [...]
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Posted in Rogersville, tagged Anthony Moore, Blue Light Special - Justice Center, Highway 11W, Mount Carmel, Park Boulevard, red light cameras, Redflex, Rogersville, Rogersville Library board on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rogersville resident Richard Burdette presented the Rogersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen Tuesday with a list of safety suggestions for the intersection of Highway 11-W and Park Boulevard.
Burdette, who doesn’t claim to be a traffic engineer, but “just a guy who drives around and tries to stay out of accidents,” expressed concern over the number [...]
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