September Norman developed a life-changing allergy about two and a half year ago. She woke up in the middle of the night with a severe reaction. “My whole body had giant hives all over it at that point. My husband…
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Locals Express Gratitude to Texas Judge for Protecting Children
Conservatives in Tennessee praised a Texas judge’s decision Monday to block the Obama administration’s controversial directive that requires public schools to allow transgender students to use the restroom of their chosen gender identify. “I applaud the court’s decision to temporarily…
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Feds Waste Tax Dollars Promoting Low Quality Mongolian Artwork
Almost $1 million U.S. tax dollars funding art in Mongolia. Those “art” pieces range from plastic bags filled with air to animal bones and blank CDs. All for sale on our dime. Since 2010, the U.S. State Department gives grants…
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From Prison to Public Defender’s Office
Keeda Haynes had spent a few nights in Alderson, W. Va., when it really hit her. “I am in fucking federal prison.” Just weeks earlier, in December 2002, she had graduated from Tennessee State University, where she’d studied criminal justice…
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What Color Is Your Urine?
While we don’t tend to talk about our pee too often – even to our physicians – it’s actually part of an incredible system to which we owe much of our health. Our kidneys work round the clock to filter…
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More Scandals Plague Local Educators
An audit of the Achievement School District (ASD) revealed that the district misspent tax payer dollars on “unreasonable expenses,” and even alcohol. One lawmaker called the findings of the audit, which was released Wednesday, “alarming.” The money spent was supposed…
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Goodlettsville Team Wins First Game of Little League World Series
The Goodlettsville All-Stars won their first game in the Little League World Series Thursday night. A missed fly ball cost them two runs in the third inning, but thanks to a walk-off double from Robert Carroll in the bottom of…
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Shock: Sumner County Jail Let Inmate Die
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of a Sumner County jail inmate who died earlier this month. The investigation comes after a new state law requires an outside agency to review the deaths of inmates. Keith Baskerville,…
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Disappointment: TN Produces Just One Olympic Medal
The Olympics are a friendly battle for pride between rival nations — but for Americans they can be a battle for state pride as well. So far in the games, American medal winners have come from 34 different states, plus…
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Having a Baby In the US Is More Dangerous Than Ever
Having a baby in the United States is more dangerous than you may think. It’s hard to understand how the United States is now one of only eight countries, including Afghanistan and South Sudan, where the number of women dying…
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