Knoxville, Tennessee News

Early-voting numbers down
Greg Mackay, Knox County administrator of elections, says early voting is down compared to the February election, but that is typical when comparing votes in a county general election to a presidential election.
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State homicide rate shows decline
Fewer than half of Tennessee homicides over a three-year period were committed with handguns, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation study released Thursday.
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Loudon schools' budget swells
LOUDON - The Loudon County school board added $778,000 to its 2008-09 capital budget Thursday for furniture, roofing at three schools and upgraded bleachers at four schools, but the question of how to open and close those bleachers generated some protest.
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Costs mount in case vs. OR kindergarten teacher
OAK RIDGE - It has cost the Oak Ridge school system more than $105,000 to try to fire a kindergarten teacher, and the meter is still running.
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Ballard says he won't hire Whitehead
Phil Ballard, the Republican nominee for property assessor, says if elected he will not hire current Knox County Property Assessor John Whitehead as his chief deputy.
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Lawyer had child porn
A former Sevier County judge who helped set up a safe haven for abused children admitted Thursday to perusing photographs of children being sexually abused and exploited.
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Burned woman leaves hospital
A 36-year-old Alcoa woman seriously burned when three people tossed fireworks into her car was released Wednesday night from a hospital but faces more skin-graft surgeries.
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KAT route reductions denied; advertising to make a return
For the suburbanites who ride Knoxville Area Transit buses by choice and people with disabilities who ride out of necessity, Thursday brought good news.
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Customs plans Knoxville recruiting event
Recruiters from the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection will be in Knoxville Saturday looking for East Tennesseans with the right stuff to patrol the nation's 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of shoreline.
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Hospital feature may be lifesaver
OAK RIDGE - With a crowd watching, a medical helicopter touched down Thursday morning on a new feature at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
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