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B As Jubilee Day, the day slaves were officially freed in Tennessee, approaches, the Morristown Task Force on Diversity shared ways to celebrate and also announced a new digital project. Dr. Alpha Alexander, Morristown Task Force on Diversity chair, explained…

F City of Morristown Mayor Gary Chesney was recently elected to the board of directors of the Tennessee Municipal League (TML) during the League’s annual business meeting held in Nashville earlier this week. He was elected as one of eight…

A man providing a mother and infant child a ride to the airport became alarmed and came to the rescue when he contacted authorities on the child’s behalf. Michael Poindexter asked for a welfare check as the mother and child…

F The Hamblen County School’s new Safety Resource Officers trained at TCAT Morristown Monday to prepare for the upcoming school year. Early Monday principals, SROs and other school district staff gathered at TCAT to learn and discuss ways to keep…

Robert F Kennedy Jr, campaigning to be the Democratic nominee for the presidency, likes to call himself a “Kennedy Democrat”. His own siblings disagree. His uncle’s presidency, like his namesake father’s career and presidential campaign, had an aura of hope…

The huge shell-shaped roof of the newly constructed Sydney Opera House on August 1, 1967 in Sydney, Australia, rises before the city’s skyline.

F A coastal meal will serve as one of the CASA for Kids organization’s main fund-raising events in 2023. The low country boil will be held Saturday, Aug 26, from 5-7 p.m. at the Amis Mill Eatery, 127 West Bear…

F Gas prices are continuing to rise across the state, jumping 21 cents, on average, over last week. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $3.38 which is 29 cents more expensive than one month ago but 41 cents less…

B On July 24, the American Red Cross announced that they have seen a decline in blood donations this summer and are taking extra measures to get in front of the threat of a blood shortage. The Red Cross is…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make…