Cherokee High School senior dies

The Citizen Tribune reports that a Cherokee High School senior, scheduled to graduate May 24, died Thursday evening while fishing with friends on Cherokee Lake.

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Last-Ditch Efforts at Drought Relief

How to address problems associated with weather patterns and climate change? Hmmm. Well, we could do this or we could b*tch-slap Al Gore a few times.
I’m cool with either one.

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Old Smokey finds New Home

Old Smokey, Tennessee’s infamous juiced-up restin’ spot for dead men walking, has found a new home in DC.  So, just in case any of you wanted to take Lil’ Junior to see the actual chair where 125 Tennessee inmates were electrocuted to death by the state… because you think this might be educational or would [...]

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Memphis Medical Society prefers term “Lil’ Oopsie”

Tennessee doctors didn’t get everything they wanted in the way of medical liability reform this year, but some say they got a step in the right direction.
The General Assembly passed a bill in early May that will change the term medical malpractice in Tennessee code to “health care liability action,” direct plaintiffs to give doctors [...]

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Ya’ll Get the Buckets: Clem’ll Get the Military Surplus

The AJC reports that among the mass of bills signed by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday was a directive from the Legislature, urging him to pursue negotiations with Tennessee over the 35th parallel.
The resolution directs Perdue to pursue talks with Tennessee — and authorizes the governor to take the matter to the U.S. Supreme [...]

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51 to Life in Murder of TN Trooper

Houston Chronicle reports that Texas teen, Alejandro Gauna, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder for shooting 24-year old Tennessee State Trooper Calvin Jenks in January 2007 during a traffic stop.
The sentencing hearing resumed Thursday.
After the Tipton County Jury, that convicted Gauna in first degree murder, deadlocked on whether to give him a determinate or indeterminate [...]

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Bristol Native Experiences Myanmar Cyclone And Aftermath

Brent Rowell, a native of Bristol, Tenn., currently lives in Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Myanmar. He and others knew Cyclone Nargis would hit the Southeast Asia country on May 3, but no one expected the storm to kill more than 43,000 and leave tens of thousands missing and more than a million residents homeless.

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Rowell’s [...]

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Fairness is What Justice Really Is

According to the Times-News, since April 1, the Tennessee Highway Patrol has received one warning and two actual speeding citations thanks to Mount Carmel’s new photo speed enforcement system.
The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office has received four speeding warnings from Mount Carmel.
And on Wednesday evening, Mount Carmel Police Department Officer Ken Lunsford received a speeding [...]

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