News Hole [ˈnüz ˈhōl] — The vast media chasm that devours and records bits of timely information from around East Tennessee and beyond. This is a roundup of thought-worthy morsels scoured from its depths.
A woman jumped from the Henley Street Bridge and lived to tell the tale, if just barely.
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Local millionaires rejoice! These million-dollar condos overlooking World’s Fair Park are just about ready for you to move in.
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A state Senator from Morristown says he’s not giving up on making the Bible Tennessee’s official state book, constitutions be damned.
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A different state Senator would like to know what Gov. Bill Haslam plans to do with $30 million earmarked for a secret economic development project. The governor is also all for handing over $12 million in subsidies to keep two private companies filming TV shows in the state.
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Militias in Syria backed by the CIA are now fighting militias backed by the Pentagon… Wait, what?
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While most Knoxville City Councilors are against a state deannexation bill that would allow some residents to vote on leaving the city, some Knox County Commissioners are all for it. The Senate may finally vote on that bill later this week, or maybe not after more changes were made.
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Pro tip: Don’t call in bomb threats to your high school unless you’re trying to graduate with a rap sheet.
Photo: Gov. Bill Haslam gives a speech in Knoxville in Oct. 2015. Clay Duda/File
Former Mercury staff reporter Clay Duda has covered gangs in New York, housing busts in Atlanta, and wildfires in Northern California. And lots of stuff about Knoxville.
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