There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee, The South on May 31st, 2008
Daniel McConnell, a 30-year-old East Tennessee Army veteran, lost his arm in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Despite his life-changing injury, Daniel has one year of med school @ Quillen College under his belt and for his summer break, he’s packed up his camping gear and his dog – and set out on a [...]
First the Inn, and then the Capitol. Now, according to the Citizen Tribune, Hasson-Bryan and Bradley’s hardware demolished? A string of bad luck for preservationists or something more?
Posted in Hawkins County on May 31st, 2008
They’re spreading faster than the Hepatitis.
Posted in Blog on May 31st, 2008
This somehow strikes me as too weird.
Posted in Hawkins County, Tennessee on May 31st, 2008
Michael Silence on the race for the 1st Congressional District seat:
Four seasoned political observers who blog, Randy Neal, Joe Powell, Joe Lance and A.C. Kleinheider, kick around whether a Democrat can take that seat. I’ll offer my snap analysis: When pigs fly.
(Head over to No Silence Here for the links.)
Of course, I’m no seasoned political [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on May 30th, 2008
Joel Spears @ Rogersville Review writes:
They’re not in Kansas anymore, and if Joyce Wolf has her way she and husband Jerry won’t be — ever again. After being in the direct path of last Thursday’s tornadoes that ripped through the Plains, this former Bulls Gap couple is happy to be back in [...]
Posted in Tennessee on May 30th, 2008
University of Tennessee men’s basketball coach, Bruce Pearl will be the guest speaker at the 31st annual Morristown Parks and Recreation Hall of Fame banquet, sponsored by the Citizen Tribune. The ceremony is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 18 at ‘’Z’’ Buda Gymnasium on the campus of Walters State Community College and is [...]
The City Paper says: From Oct. 1, 2007 to March 31, special interests paid their lobbyists between $8.7 million to $18.36 million to advocate their causes in the hallways, committee meetings and back rooms on Capitol Hill.
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Away from the state Capitol, special interests turned their attention to the general public, spending between $6.1 million [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on May 30th, 2008
Hawkins County residents with a Whitesburg (37891) or Bulls Gap (37711) zip code are asked to call 911 between June 1 – June 8 to confirm that their address is correct in the computer. The same request will be issued to other communities in Hawkins County in the weeks to come.
Director Gay Murrell is asking residents [...]
Posted in Tennessee on May 29th, 2008
The historic Capitol Theatre in Greeneville faces an uncertain future.
The USDA, which loaned the Little Theatre of Greeneville $500,000 in 2002 to complete a major renovation of The Capitol, has notified the organization that it is foreclosing on the loan.
A public notice advertisement scheduled to be published in the Thursday, June 5, issue of The [...]
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