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Gov. Lee, First Lady Visit Tennessee National Guard Task Force Deployed in Middle East
This week, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee traveled to the Middle East to visit more than 700 Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard's 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment currently serving a year-long deployment in Kuwait. Gov. Lee and the First Lady thanked the soldiers fo...
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CORRECTION! Cumberland County BOE Special Called Meeting Monday, May 19, 2025 at 4:30 pm
The Cumberland County Board of Education will have a special called meeting on Monday, May 19, 2025 at 4:30 pm in the boardroom at Central office, immediately following the Budget Meeting at 4 pm.
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Illegal Dumping Investigation Underway in Rhea County
The Rhea County Sheriff's Department along with Tennessee State Park Rangers, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and the Tennessee 12th Judicial District Attorney's office are actively and aggressively investigating the illegal dumping of waste on the Soak Creek River section ...
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Fall Creek Falls Utility District Customers Under Boil Water Notice, Some Without Water for 5 Days
Updated 5/16/2025 at 9:45am Fall Creek Falls Utility District remained under a Boil Water Notice on Friday due to several major leaks and customers were asked to conserve water. Some areas in Bledsoe County reported they had been without water for over 5 days and counting. The water company said Th...
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More than 33,000 Apply for School Vouchers in Tennessee
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) received more than 33,000 applications for school vouchers within hours of the program's launch on Thursday. For the 2025-26 school year, 20,000 scholarships will be awarded to be used at more than 200 participating private schools. Interested families ar...
May 15, 2025
ABC News

'No more Nottoway': Historic Louisiana plantation house destroyed in massive fire
UIG via Getty Images, FILE(WHITE CASTLE, La.) -- A devastating fire destroyed the Louisiana's historic Nottoway Resort, the largest antebellum mansion in the South, officials confirmed Friday."The fire has been contained now, but there's no more Nottow...
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Over 70 million Americans on alert for severe weather, tornadoes
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Destructive, long-track tornadoes are possible from Arkansas to Ohio on Friday as over 70 million Americans prepare for potential severe weather.Strong tornadoes, destructive winds in excess of 75 mph and very large hail the size ...
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10 men at large after escape from New Orleans jail, considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff's office
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW ORLEANS) -- Ten men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday, possibly with help from officials at the jail, and should be considered armed and dangerous, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office wa...
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