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  • Trucker bumps I-5 bridge sees horror behind him

    By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER Associated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. Amazingly, nobody was killed. The ...

  • Wilson County man killed in hit-and-run

    Wilson, N.C. - The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is working to identify the car and driver that killed a moped rider early Friday morning on N.C. Highway 42 east of Wilson.Troopers found the front bumper and grill of a car that appears to be a silver Chrysler 300 or 300M sedan at the scene of the collision.Hugh Bolton Johnson, 58, of 3042 N.C. 42 East, was taken to an area hospital where ...

  • The Addams Family wraps up Broadway at the Tennessee series News Sentinel

    The creepy, kooky "Addams Family" dance their dark family dynamics into the Tennessee Theatre May 31-June 1. The musical starring Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Lurch, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandma is the last of the theater's 2012-13 Broadway at the Tennessee ...

  • THP stepping up roadway safety enforcement this weekend

    An estimated 35 million people will be traveling this Memorial Day weekend, and about 89 percent of those trips will involve a car. Law enforcement officers across Tennessee are working to make sure the fatal wreck Friday morning on Interstate 24 in Rutherford County is the last this weekend. A woman was traveling from Murfreesboro when her vehicle struck a guardrail and left the road near ...

  • TDOT addresses bridge safety in wake of I-5 bridge collapse

    Three people were injured when an Interstate 5 bridge collapsed Thursday and toppled into a chilly Washington river. It has many people wondering if a similar incident could happen on one of Middle Tennessee's bridges. The Channel 4 I-Team has learned there are 36 truss bridges across Tennessee like the one that collapsed north of Seattle. The bridges are typically older in nature and ...


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Movie Review

The Church (La Chiesa) [DVD]

The Church (La Chiesa) was the first major film from director Michele Sovai, a protégé of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento (Suspiria, Inferno). Now best known for the independently produced art-film-cum-zombie-flick Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore, 1994), actor-turned-director Sovai proved his mettle with The Church, showing tha ... ...

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  • Victims shot after drugs handed over at Tennessee pharmacy DA says

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Prosecutors say a Tennessee pharmacy owner killed during a robbery had handed over several bottles of oxycodone before he was shot to death. Grainger County District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn made the comments Friday, one day after the owner of Down Home Pharmacy in Bean Station, a town in East Tennessee, was killed during the robbery. Police say a customer was also ...

  • Families of fallen troops join governor for Memorial Day tribute

    Memorial Day weekend is the kick-off for summer and outdoor fun, but for veterans and their families, it can be a solemn occasion when memories flood back. Gov. Bill Haslam hosted a ceremony Friday to honor three Tennesseans killed in action. Staff Sgt. Chris Ward, 24, of Oak Ridge, died in April; Sgt. Jacob Schwallie, 22, of Clarksville, died in May 2012; and Glen Schoenmann, from Grundy ...

  • Driver in Music Row double fatal DUI to serve 1 year in jail

    A man accused of striking and killing two pedestrians while driving drunk near Music Row in December 2011 has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. The plea has the parents of one of the victims saying the law needs to be changed. Michael Brooksher and Tommy Allen were struck as they tried to cross Demonbreun Street near the Music Row roundabout. The driver, Trevor Bradshaw, and his ...

  • Air quality alert Saturday includes Nashville

    An air quality alert has been issued in Middle Tennessee for Saturday, as ground-level ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation said the general public is not likely to be affected, but active children and adults - and people with respiratory disease such as asthma - should limit prolonged ...

  • Fridays recipe - Aimee Fortneys coconut shark steak with peach habanero salsa

    Inexpensive and healthy, this shark steak is extremely versatile! You can grill it, cook it on the stove top or bake it, and the outcome is always ...

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