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KNICKS N 5!!!!!!

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ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY: The 2026 FIFA World Cup games are set to kick off in Atlanta and 7 lucky students from Covenant college will get the chance to participate in those games

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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: An arrest affidavit reveal’s Nadar Rahab, a pharmacist at A+ Pharmacy, is now face charges for convincing customers to commit sexual acts in exchange for prescription drugs.

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ROBLOX UNDER FIRE: I’m diving deeper into a online gaming platform at the center of lawsuits.
Tennessee’s Attorney General Jonathan Skermetti alleges in a new lawsuit that Roblox is luring children into an environment they know isn’t safe.

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‘I’LL NEVER FORGET THIS’A Pikeville police officer helped deliver a baby girl, Addeylnn Grace, in the middle of the night, all before an ambulance even arrived.
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TENNESSEE MOTHER MURDERED: A new arrest report reveals shocking details in the killing of a mother in Sequatchie County.
Her husband and 18 year old son are charged with her death and with abusing her corpse.
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“WE WILL IF WE HAVE TO”

After more than a year of contract negotiations with Volkswagen, the UAW is voting on giving the union the authorization to strike.
One labor economics experts tells me, votes like these are more common than you think.

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“I WAS WRONG” A judge has sentenced former Hixson state representative Robin Smith to serve 8 months in prison, followed by 1 year of probation, for her role in a state lawmaker scheme.

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TDEC is now requiring water utilities to test sewage sludge for PFAS chemicals before using them as fertilizer on farmland.

They can be found in everything from non-stick cooking spray to waterproof clothing. PFAS is often linked to cancer.

What do you think?

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Hamilton County officials say they plan to preserve a majority of McDonald farm in Sale Creek.

Stating about 13 hundred acres of land will be protected, while 500 plus acres at Enterprise south will be opened for industrial use.

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OVERTURNED:

Despite a vote from UTC’s Student Government against the idea, UTC officials say they have approved the conservative political group Turning Point USA for setting up a chapter on campus

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Police in Collegedale are reminding drivers to slow down and stay off their phones.

That’s after Collegdale police say they cited 134 driver in the first 4 weeks of school alone.

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NEW:
Police in Collegedale are reminding drivers to slow down and stay off their phones.

That’s after Collegdale police say they cited 70 drivers in schools zones for speeding in just the first 4 weeks of school.

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NEW: An investigation is underway, on a person who was shot in Brainerd yesterday. Not much is known at the moment, but law enforcement tells us they are currently investigating and will have more information for us soon.
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NEW:”It’s a horrible that this has to happen. But the thing that’s so sad about it is it’s very preventable “

A Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper is on administrative duties after his son allegedly was involved in a deadly drunk-driving accident
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NEW:
"Be very mindful of sleeping in the bed with a child,"
data from the Tennessee Department of Health shows a high percentage of infant deaths are actually caused by sharing a bed with your baby
Read more: https://t.co/EFjtPtx0tZ

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UPDATE: "It really just does come down to an issue of state law. So the city does not really have an option,"
Some changes are on the horizon for an alcohol ordinance in Dalton that's gone untouched for two decades.
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NEW:
A Marion County man has filed a lawsuit against county officials, claiming his civil rights was violated.
The lawsuit says a similar chain of events unfolded on June 24 in which he was pointed at, 'talked down to,' and removed
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NEW: "That's the kind of thing that firefighters do every day on duty. We just happened to be off duty.”
Those are just some of the words of fire Captain Justin McCommon had to say after saving a truck driver
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