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 sporadic roundup of thought-worthy morsels scoured from its depths.
Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam is fighting a judge’s ruling that would force him to testify in court for the first time in a civil case related to a rebate scheme run through the company. The disposition came exactly three years after the FBI raided the company’s Knoxville headquarters.
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A historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains National park burned in a fire on Tuesday. It’s okay though. It was already scheduled to be demolished.
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Tennessee’s House of Representatives made a Biblical effort, but failed to overturn a veto from Gov. Bill Haslam stopping the Bible from becoming the state’s official book.
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State Rep. Gerald McCormick says companies are blackmailing lawmakers by taking a stand against a controversial transgender bathroom bill being considered by legislators– and he wants to make them pay.
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Harriet Tubman may be replacing former president and long-time Tennessee resident Andrew Jackson as the new face on the U.S. $20 bill. At least that’s what an anonymous source in the Treasury has told the New York Times (an official announcement is expected later today).
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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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