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	Fire destroys garage apartment in North Knoxville KNOXVILLE – The Knoxville Fire Department was dispatched to a reported detached garage on fire in the 4303 block of Tazewell Pike in Fountain City.
	Fire damages home in Lonsdale community KNOXVILLE - The Knoxville Fire Department was alerted to a house filled with smoke by a neighbor of 2621 Bragg Street. The unidentified neighbor drove up to Fire Station 7 in the Lonsdale community. The male advised a house was possibly on fire on Bragg Street.
	Sean McNally debuts today as new on-air host, Afternoon Drive KNOXVILLE – Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) has appointed Sean “Mac” McNally as On-Air Host, Afternoon Drive, for legendary Knoxville Country station WIVK-FM 107.7.
	Dogwood Arts commissions seven new murals in downtown Knoxville KNOXVILLE — Strong Alley in Downtown Knoxville is getting a ‘summer refresh’ with the addition of seven new murals commissioned by Dogwood Arts.
	EPA Award recognizes EM’s Work to transform ETTP OAK RIDGE, TN – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR for successful cleanup of the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
	Four apartments burn in morning fire KNOXVILLE - At 11:00 am Sunday morning Knox County 911 Communications received a call about an apartment on fire at 806 Flanders Lane. When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from the attic from one end to the other and heavy fire coming from the rear of the building.

New funding for nuclear education in Tennessee

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STATE NEWS

TN Department of Children’s Services hosts ‘Stop the Bleed’

SOMERVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS), in collaboration with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, hosted ‘Stop the Bleed’ training at Wilder Youth Development Center recently. Youth who participated in the event are now equipped with a unique set of skills to save lives.

AG Skrmetti warns financial institutions to fully comply with the Tennessee Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

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Helmet, and maybe a chiropractor, required for a pounding ride on Hatfield-McCoy Trails	UT Gardens Plant of the Month

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No student loan bailouts for campus criminals

Sen. Oliver, Rep. Behn announce bill to make preschool free for every 4-year-old

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NATIONAL / WORLD NEWS

Records show CIA deployed bomb techs, dog teams to DC on January 6

U.S. bases in Europe go to higher state of alert

Tropical fish are invading Australian ocean water

• Rocky Top Ford at war with Sevier County Ogles and Whaleys, et. al
• Council approves grant funding to support improvements at Birdhouse, botanical garden
• Rocky Top Ford at war with Sevier County Ogles and Whaleys, et. al
• Tennessee’s 5th Baby Box blessed in Clinton
• How the UT Institute of Agriculture is making a difference
• 325.5 million visits to national parks in 2023
• City releases strategy to meet housing challenges
• The Future of Ijams Nature Center features new campus master plan
• Knoxville named in Beacon Center 2023 Pork Report
• Tennessee’s 1st Baby Box is blessed
• New projects will improve forest health and wildlife habitat
• Department of the Interior celebrates recovery of the snail darter
• Follow Me to Tennessee: Tennessee Migration Report
• National Park receives $31 million to repair Foothills Parkway West
• National Park Service acquires 60 acres of land
• TVA approves Asian carp fish barriers at seven dams
• New sidewalks to be built in Lonsdale
• $2 million committed to Burlington streetscape project
• New East Knoxville greenway to connect parks, botanical garden
• City investing $1.6 million to build sidewalks along Old Broadway
• Service proposes listing for the rare sickle darter fish

Another Knox County lawyer suspended
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Whooping cough on the move in Knox County
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Commentaries

Voting for the Lesser Evil?
By Robert Kohler
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Principles of Real Estate and Murder: a Frank Merchant Mystery

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Retiring from the Knox County Sheriff's office after decades of service, former Detective Frank Merchant was no stranger to crime scenes or blood. Still, after an existential crisis about "next steps" the widower decides that real estate might be a fun new "second career." He didn't expect more blood, but when his first client, a Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Lab, ends up dead, he struggles to sort out his old life from his new! Who is trying to keep him from getting to the truth? Shadowy enemies of the State, the demands of the new career and some gun-wielding ex-cons all seem to be determined to stop him one way or the other. Order your copy

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