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 The South on Jul 31st, 2008
While Anthony Hopkins was leading a revival in a small church on the outskirts of Jackson, Ala., on Monday night, the body of a woman, presumed to be his wife, was stuffed in a freezer at his house in Mobile, waiting to be discovered by police. (h/t Don Fenley)
Police believe Anthony Hopkins murdered his wife [...]
Posted in politics on Jul 31st, 2008
Bill Hobbs has his own snail-mail troll: and it is none other than Rev. George Brooks of Murfreesboro.
Brooks gained notoriety earlier this year for circulating fliers claiming that “Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen and the Jews Hate Jesus.” (Brooks is a Tinker supporter, although he doesn’t actually live in the district.) Brooks’ family in [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on Jul 30th, 2008
According to the Times-News, David F. Henegar of Rogersville came home from church last Sunday and discovered his Chevy truck had been stolen, his 4-wheeler was gone, his guns were missing and his house has been ransacked. Furthermore, the thieves busted the glass in the door to gain entry to his house.
It seems the only [...]
Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on Jul 29th, 2008
Retired U.S. District Judge Thomas Hull of Greeneville, who spent 23 years on the federal bench, died Tuesday. He was 82.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Asbury United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at the church. Interment will be at Greenelawn Memorial Gardens.
More here.
Posted in Tennessee on Jul 29th, 2008
The House of Prayer, a small, non-denominational church located along Milligan Highway, routinely holds yard sales to make money for charity. Overseer Gary Barnett says the sales bring in anywhere from $100 to $300.
“We’ve helped people on their power bills,” Barnett said. “We’ve helped people that have lost somebody in their family.”
Last week, the [...]
Posted in Crime Court and things involving lawyers category on Jul 29th, 2008
“Birdman” appeared in Kingsport today – to sign autographs and face charges of drug possession stemming from November 2007 traffic stop… or as Scott Draper reports: Hip Hop Rapper In Kingsport For Preliminary Hearing.
Unfortunately, several of the Cash Money Records representatives who were charged along with Bird were no-shows. Others appeared without having [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on Jul 29th, 2008
Today, the Tennessee Department of Education released the NCLB Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Results.
According to the report, the Hawkins County system and most of its schools are in good standing. However, two schools within the system have been identified as “High Priority” (which means the school has missed one or more of the [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on Jul 28th, 2008
Apparently, at the June 23, 2008 meeting of the county commission, a local politician jumped on a stump to do a lil’ campaigning. (If I’m not mistaken it was State Rep. candidate Richard Gabriel.)
Consequently, the Hawkins County Legislative Board of Commissioners has decided the meetings can no longer be used as a political forum. [...]
Posted in Local Characters, The Funnies on Jul 27th, 2008
J. Todd Foster, editor of the Bristol Herald Courier, takes this month’s “Best of the Net” award because his op/ed column always makes me laugh.
Excerpt of Foster’s column:
“But I can’t just walk away from my hunt for this elusive congressman.”
“Go for it, Ahab,” the publisher said.
I had actually begun the search for the Great White [...]
Posted in community on Jul 27th, 2008
I just surfed over to CNN to catch up on the news and was rather shocked by a report that seven people were shot and critically wounded at a Unitarian church in Knoxville, Tennessee today.
KAG is following the story at WBIR. Go there.
UPDATE: The suspect in this morning’s shooting has now been identified as [...]
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