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Train strikes tractor-trailer stuck on tracks; driver OK
Updated 02/07/2012 at 6:12 p.m.
The driver of a flatbed tractor-trailer escaped injury Tuesday when his vehicle got stuck on railroad tracks and was struck by a 33-car CSX Corp. freight train on Jackson Road near Amherst Road in West Knoxville.
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Maryville man charged in son's shooting
Published 02/06/2012 at 2:52 p.m.
A Maryville man is accused of shooting his adult son in the chest during a Sunday night argument.
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Holston River search for drowning victims finds only 'fuzzy memories'
Updated 02/06/2012 at 5:36 p.m.
BLAINE — After scouring the shorelines of the Holston River for two people reported to be still missing by a couple who escaped from a submerged SUV today, Grainger County authorities now think the story might only be in the ...
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2 charged with buying votes in Tellico Plains election
Published 02/03/2012 at 1:56 p.m.
The TBI said today it has arrested two men for bribing voters during a Tellico Plains municipal election.
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Blount expands anonymous 'Text-a-Tip' program to middle schools
Published 02/03/2012 at 12:04 p.m.
The Blount County Sheriff's Office "Text-a-Tip" program has been extended into all of the county's middle schools, beginning today.
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Knox County sheriff reveals 'puppy mill' raid
Updated 02/02/2012 at 6:52 p.m.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office on Thursday released information about a Jan. 20 raid on what it describes as a puppy mill operation.
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Work begins on I-40 rockslide cleanup near TN-NC border
Published 02/02/2012 at 12:04 p.m.
Crews began work this morning to clear up the rockslide that has closed Interstate 40 westbound near the North Carolina state line.
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Judge: No diversion for accused Hawkins County prosecutor
Updated 01/31/2012 at 5:50 p.m.
Judge: No diversion for accused Hawkins County prosecutor
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I-40 westbound near TN-NC border may be reopened in 2 weeks after rockslide
Updated 01/31/2012 at 8:52 p.m.
HARTFORD, Tenn. — Hours after a rock slide left a 1,500-ton boulder hanging precariously over Interstate 40 in Cocke County near the North Carolina border Tuesday, tables at the nearby Pigeon River Smokehouse restaurant sat empty.
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'Bad drug deal' tied to Sunday arson fire; burn victim 'critical but stable'
Updated 01/30/2012 at 6:44 p.m.
Arson investigators say "a drug deal gone bad" was behind a fire that destroyed a North Knoxville town house and left one woman critically burned Sunday.
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