Former Grainger County Deputy Jessie Cummings, left was sentenced on Monday, June 16, 2014, in Grainger County Circuit Court in Rutledge, to two years in prison for having consensual sex with a female inmate.
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Ex-jailer sentenced for sex with inmate
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Mobile Retail: Is Knoxville Ready for Clothing Boutique Trucks?
Or at least, that's what Alisha Schuett has in mind. Now that the city has embraced the presence of food trucks downtown with a new pilot program permitting them to operate in select locations and certain times, Schuett is seeking to open the door for other mobile vendors with her Vagabond Roaming Boutique, a rolling women's ... (more)
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Grainger County man charged with shooting dad, 70, in face
A Grainger County man accused of shooting his 70-year-old father in the face Thursday was detained by neighbors until authorities arrived when he tried to force his way into a nearby home.
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Rutledge man charged with shooting father in the face
Rutledge man charged with shooting father in the face Grainger County deputies said a Rutledge man shot his father in the face early Thursday morning.
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New mobile boutique rolls into Knoxville
Just months after the city of Knoxville launched a mobile food truck pilot program, another mobile vendor is looking to find her place in the world of businesses on wheels.
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East TN counties make progress on text-to-911
The term "next generation 911" is now a reality for several East Tennessee counties.
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5 arrested in Grainger Co. prostitution bust
The Grainger County Sheriff's Office arrested five people after law enforcement busted a home in Rutledge for sex trafficking.
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Former Grainger County sheriff, mayoral candidate faces DUI, speeding, evading arrest charges
A police pursuit reaching speeds in excess of 115 mph ended when a former Grainger County sheriff and current mayoral candidate slammed into tombstones in a Rutledge graveyard.
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Tennessee News Minute
The truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay $92 million for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts.
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Former Grainger sheriff denies fleeing, DUI
Rutledge mayoral candidate and former Grainger County Sheriff Richard McElhaney said he never saw the blue lights of two agencies' vehicles chasing him before he drove off the road and into a cemetery.
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Grainger County Tomato Festival helps the community
It's that time of year again. Grainger County tomatoes are off the vine and ready to hit your dinner table.
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Man suffers medical emergency in Harrogate, dies while at the wheel
For the first time in five years a festival honoring the life of infamous moonshiner Popcorn Sutton is in Cocke County.
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Festival named for moonshiner Popcorn Sutton kicks off in Cocke County
For the first time in five years a festival honoring the life of infamous moonshiner Popcorn Sutton is in Cocke County.
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Group seeks deal on virtual school decision Parents of Tennessee...
Parents of Tennessee Virtual Academy students, Union County's school superintendent and two state legislators urged top officials of Gov. Bill Haslam's administration to rescind a move to block enrollment of 626 new students at the state's first for-profit online school.
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World's tastiest tomatoes: Grainger County Tomato Fest in Tennessee
Even in Baltimore -- where we can get tomatoes from Maryland's Eastern Shore -- Grainger County, Tennessee tomatoes are highly prized: you can buy John Mixon's Rutledge tomatoes at Fresh Market in Baltimore County .
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Aaron Roden, Charged In Rampage At Westview Elementary, Sent For...
The man charged with the destructive rampage through Westview Elementary School was scheduled for a psychiatric evaluation at Moccasin Bend after a hearing before General Sessions Court Judge Gary Starnes.
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Corker Gives Statement On U.S.-Arab Coalition Military Strikes Against ISIS In Syria
Senator Bob Corker on Tuesd ay made the following statement regarding military strikes carried out by the U.S. and a coalition of Arab nations against ISIS in Syria: "I'm encouraged by the participation of our Arab allies in this operation and hope this is the first step in building a lasting regional coalition committed to confronting ISIS."
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Ex-officer pleads guilty in drugstore killings
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Inmates Say Jailer Regularly Raped Them
A corrections officer in a small Tennessee county used his position of authority to regularly rape female inmates, three women claim in court. In a lawsuit filed in the Grainger County Circuit Court, Rebecca Burger, Tamara Parkey and Tasha Willard say that while they were prisoners at the Grainger County Detention Facility in Rutledge, Tenn., where they say they were violently raped by prison guards.
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Crews working to contain difficult fire at a Rutledge restaurant
Firefighters are working to put out flames at the Wingz and Beyond restaurant... and Angel's Ice Cream. Traffic is shut down on both sides of Crews working to contain difficult fire at a Rutledge restaurant Firefighters are working to put out flames at the Wingz and Beyond restaurant... and Angel's Ice Cream.
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