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.
A Florida lottery winner says he plans to give $20,000 to the family of Jujuan Latham, the 12-year-old killed in the crossfire of what police say was a gang-related shooting in Mechanicsville.
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Should Nikia Bowens be charged with burglary for allegedly stealing three DVDs from Walmart? Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen started tacking on felony burglary charges to some shoplifting cases more than a year ago, and ultimately it’ll be up to a jury to decide.
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Gov. Bill Haslam on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill that allows counselors to refuse patients on the grounds of religious or personal beliefs, a move critics say is discriminatory against LGBT people.
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After a botched round of testings, Knox County Schools has cancelled its contract Measurement, Inc., the company it tasked with administering its TNReady assessments. The school system also just pulled chicken from its lunch menu over a recall “due to contamination by metal and wood.”
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New downtown trolley routes start in May!
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Photo: Clay Duda/Mercury 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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