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  • Tennessee sends help to Oklahoma so can you

    A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ...

  • Powerful thunderstorms may rake East Tennessee this afternoon

    KNOXVILLE -- A line of thunderstorms packing 60 mph winds with the potential for large hail is making its way across Middle Tennessee and should hit East Tennessee later this afternoon, according to the National Weather ...

  • OK Gov Still in rescue recovery after deadly tornado

    Rescuers worked all night at Plaza Towers Elementary, where they hope survivors can still be found alive after a deadly tornado destroyed the school. (Source: ...

  • New craft beer choices in Nashville A flight with Yazoo and Turtle Anarchy

    There are longtime favorites here, but some new micro-breweries are popping up in taverns everywhere. It seems quite suddenly that more than a dozen worthy craft brewers have appeared on the scene in Middle Tennessee. It feels a little like the recent cupcake store craze, only wetter. A comparison of a long-time favorite brewery and one of the new kids on the block was in order. Who is in the ...

  • Six historic Knoxville homes offer free admission for Tennessee Statehood Day

    Tennessee became the sixth state to join the union on June 1, 1796. The day marked the first time that an area known as a territory was allowed to become a state. To commemorate the occasion, ...


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The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • Protests being held outside IRS buildings

    Conservative groups across the country, including one here in Nashville, on Tuesday will protest on the IRS controversy unfolding in Washington, D.C. The Tea Party Patriots are encouraging people to protest outside their local IRS offices. This comes after the agency admitted earlier this month to targeting several conservative groups, including many with the words tea party in their name. ...

  • Nashville Zoo welcomes clouded leopard cubs lynx

    The Nashville Zoo announced Tuesday they are welcoming the recent births of a female Eurasian lynx and two female clouded leopard cubs. The leopard cubs were born on April 30 to parents Lom Choy and Luk. On May 4, a female Eurasian lynx cub was born to the Zoo's exhibit pair, Ilvy and Udo. Eurasian lynx are the largest of the lynx species and are native to Central Asian, European and ...

  • Tennessee sends search and rescue team to Oklahoma

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery. Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said that Tennessee Task Force 1 left early Tuesday from Memphis. Cooke says the 80-member team will mostly help with search and rescue efforts after powerful and deadly tornadoes struck cities in Oklahoma on Sunday and ...

  • Nashville home construction activity grows

    Home construction activity in Nashville continues to build momentum, according to a new report by research firm Metrostudy. "Builders continue to successfully sell their existing inventory and new starts. Even model homes are being sold as inventory tightens," Jason Brown, director of Metrostudy's Nashville region, said in the report. During the 12-month period that ended in March, ...

  • Tennessee City Debates Red Light Cameras

    A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens Against Photo Enforcement, said he plans to submit the petition to City Council after 1,000 people have signed it. The group complains that the city uses the cameras to ...

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