The death toll in Humphreys County climbed to 21 as of Sunday afternoon, according to the local emergency management agency, and 45 people were still missing as crews went house to house. It’s not clear whether there have been any deaths in neighboring counties. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a …
Read More »Anti-lockdown Tennessee pastor tells mask-wearers they are not welcome: ‘I’m not playing these Democrat games’
Addressing his congregation on Sunday, the controversial pastor said he was against counties reimposing mask mandates to curb a rise in coronavirus cases. If Mount Juliet, Tennessee, where the Global Vision Bible Church is located, goes through the same regression in policy, pastor Greg Locke claimed he would not be …
Read More »‘Swatting’ call by teenagers who coveted Tennessee man’s prized Twitter handle leads to his death, family reveals
The incident occurred in April 2020, when Mark Herring got a telephone call from a neighbor who told him there were “police everywhere” because they thought a man had killed a woman on his property, Herring’s son-in-law, Greg Hooge, told Nashville’s local ABC News affiliate on Tuesday. Police had come …
Read More »Tennessee vaccinations turn political: Democrats denounce state halting programs that Republicans say bypassed parents
The state Department of Health (TDH) is halting “adolescent outreach” for all vaccines, not just Covid-19, the Tennessean daily newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing “internal report and agency emails” they obtained. This includes Covid-19 vaccination drives on school property and sending out reminders for teens to get their second dose …
Read More »Tennessee hat store promotes ‘not vaccinated’ patch styled on Nazi yellow star, drawing condemnation & calls for boycott
The store, hatWRKS, took to Instagram on Friday to promote the new item, which carries the words “Not vaccinated” and is designed around the Nazis’ infamous ‘Juden’ star, perhaps one of the most widely known symbols of the Holocaust. While the post has since been deleted, screenshots quickly made the …
Read More »Tennessee’s ‘anti-trans’ bathroom law furor: What if this isn’t about transgender rights at all?
Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 1182/Senate Bill 1224 on Monday. Under the law, which will go into effect in July, a public or private entity that operates a building or facility open to the general public – and has a “policy of allowing a member of either …
Read More »Shooting at Tennessee high school: 1 person killed, officer injured
A Knoxville PD officer on duty at the Austin-East Magnet High School responded to a report of someone armed on school grounds and was shot. “One male was pronounced deceased at the scene while another was detained for further investigation,” police said. Two people were shot – a student and …
Read More »Inoculation nepotism? Tennessee health workers give Covid jab to friends after turning people away due to ‘miscalculation’
Demand for the jab was so high in Chattanooga on Thursday that vehicles queuing at a site where the vaccine was being administered caused traffic jams. Hamilton County officials had announced that anyone 75 or older could receive the shot and that no appointment was necessary. Apparently believing that they …
Read More »Huge explosion wakens Nashville, Tennessee on Christmas morning (VIDEOS)
The explosion occurred at around 6:30am local time near Second Avenue, according to city police. A parked RV exploded, the city’s Office of Emergency Management told local media. Nashville PD has concluded that the explosion “appears to have been an intentional act.” Three people have reportedly been hospitalized with injuries, while …
Read More »In Tennessee officials inaugurated a new window in a kindergarten
In Komi in the village of Irkutsk, Ust-Vym district held the Grand opening of new Windows and doors in the kindergarten. According to local newspaper “Forward”, 20 September, was solemnly cut the red ribbon in honor of the installation of six new Windows and twelve doors that will keep heat …
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