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Emails: Protests spur college officials to talk with players

ATLANTA (AP) - Some college and university officials are having talks with student-athletes and consulting each other amid concerns that demonstrations over racial injustice like the ones roiling pro sports will spread to college athletics. That's what athletic officials from…

Silverdale Corrections Facility To Become New County Jail

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - It would cost an estimated 100,000,000 dollars to replace the Hamilton County jail, and commissioners are reluctant to discuss that option. At a news conference this morning, Sheriff Jim Hammond announced plans to shut down…

Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to misdemeanor charge in Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Shia LaBeouf will spend the next year on probation after the "Transformers" actor pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction stemming from a public outburst in Georgia. LaBeouf appeared before a Recorder's Court judge Thursday…

Outsourcing bid at Tennessee university would cost more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bid to outsource facilities management at Tennessee colleges and universities would cost the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga a quarter-million dollars more than its current expenses in-house. Local media reports that real estate giant Jones…

Teacher resigns over 'Make America Great Again' T-shirts

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia teacher surrounded by controversy over students wearing "Make America Great Again" T-shirts has given her resignation to school officials. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Lyn Orletsky sent her resignation to the Cherokee County school board,…

Outsourcing bid at Tennessee university would cost more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bid to outsource facilities management at Tennessee colleges and universities would cost the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga a quarter-million dollars more than its current expenses in-house. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that real…

Nashville airport authority fires CEO after medical leave

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority has fired Rob Wigington as its president and CEO. The airport's board of commissioners voted unanimously to remove Wigington, citing a "a fiduciary duty to do what is best for the…

JROTC teacher receives awards for helping recruits

SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A local teacher at Sequoyah High School, has earned not one, but two big awards for helping recruit young people. Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Hamrick is the J-ROTC teacher at Sequoyah High School. During a…

Dolly Parton Announces Hurricane Relief Efforts

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Dolly Parton will assist with the ongoing relief efforts around the United States and its territories by making a contribution to the One America Appeal for Hurricane Relief to assist with immediate life sustaining needs…

DPD Awarded $20,000 Traffic Enforcement Grant

DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta. Dalton Police Department received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the…

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