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Tyson Foods to shut down Georgia prepared food plant, laying off 168 employees
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (183+ words) Tyson Foods is shutting down its prepared foods plant in Rome, Georgia, next month, laying off over a hundred employees as part of the closure. According to a notice posted to Georgia's WARN Act database, the company plans to close…...
British pastor charged with manslaughter after man drowns at baptism
1+ week, 2+ day ago (10+ words) WDEF...
Lou Holtz, national championship-winning Notre Dame football coach, dies at 89
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1024+ words) Lou Holtz | CBS Lou Holtz, the former Notre Dame football head coach who led the team to a national title in 1988, has died, the school and his family announced Wednesday. He was 89. Holtz died in Orlando surrounded by family, the…...
Erlanger Children's Hospital providing free firearm safety resources to new parents
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. " Erlanger Children's Hospital, in partnership with Voices for a Safer Tennessee (Safer TN), is now providing firearm safety information cards and free cable locks to every parent of babies born at the hospital. They say firearms are the…...
Notre Dame Beats Silverdale 57-33
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (274+ words) Rick Nyman grew up in Anniston, Alabama and attended the University of Alabama. His television career started at WJSU-TV in Anniston where he had the opportunity to cover SEC football with Alabama and Auburn. Anniston is just 20 minutes from the…...
Man Sent Photos Of Bear To Family From Campsite, Was Found Dead Days Later
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (73+ words) A 60-year-old Missouri man was discovered dead at Sam's Throne Campground in Arkansas Thursday following a suspected bear attack. The victim's son requested a welfare check after not hearing from his father "for a couple days." Deputies found the man's…...
Cybercriminal group at center of campus shooting hoaxes, including here in Chattanooga
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (441+ words) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) " Who called in that false shooting call one week ago Thursday that disrupted life at UTC? Cyber security experts say it's a cybercriminal group that has been causing problems across the globe. According to an intelligence report…...
Suspect in Athens homicide has criminal history as schools exercise caution amid manhunt
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (305+ words) ATHENS, Tenn. (WDEF)- A suspect is on the run in Mc Minn County after Athens Police say he shot two men last night, killing one of them. Carlos Quintana is a person of interest in a homicide that occurred Wednesday…...
Curley, Fischer Homers Not Enough as #14 Vols Drop Game One of Super Regional to #3 Arkansas
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (340+ words) Vols-No. 14 Tennessee dropped a tightly-contested battle at No. 3 Arkansas, 4-3, in game one of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional on Saturday afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium. Dean Curley'and'Andrew Fischer'both homered to drive in the Vols" three runs, but the offense struggled overall…...
Vols Use Seven Run 4th Inning to Beat Wake Forest and Advance to Super Regionals
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (273+ words) The Volunteers (46-17) travel to play No. 3 seed Arkansas (46-13) in a best-of-3 super regional with a berth in the College World Series on the line. Luke Costello had a one-out single off Tennessee starter AJ Russell in the second and Matt…...