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Great Smoky Mountains Synchronous Firefly Lottery Opens This Friday, April 26, 2024
The Great Smoky Mountains synchronous firefly lottery will open this Friday, April 26, 2024 at 9am Central time and closes on Monday, April 29 at 10:59pm. You can enter at www.recreation.gov. Lottery winners will be announced by Monday, May 6. Lottery applications are $1 and successful applicants...
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SMHS Congratulates CTE Students of the Month
Stone Memorial High Schools is congratulating their CTE Students of the Month. They include Brayden Houston, Sam Ferrell, Eder Torres, Case Music, Amelia Jones, Hayley George, Cesar Diaz, Ellie Strong, Brayden Patterson, Shayna Richards, and Jessica Maciewjewski, London Howard and Melia Bumbalough. ...
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Driver Uninjured After Vehicle Overturns on Lantana Road Wednesday Morning in Cumberland County
A driver escaped injury after his vehicle overturned on Lantana Road Wednesday morning (4/24/24). It happened shortly before 10am in the 8500 block of State Route 101 near Southwood Drive. According to the THP, 19-year-old Hayden Cole Gore was driving a 2005 Honda Element north on State Route 101...
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Rebecca Foster, Wife of County Mayor, Passes Away
Rebecca Foster, wife of Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster, has passed away. Foster graduated from Clarkrange High School in Fentress County. She was an alumna of Tennessee Technological University, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing Informatics. She worked a...
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Tennessee Baseball & Softball Results
According to Tennessee Baseball, A two-homer night from Billy Amick and an impressive effort from the bullpen paced #3 Tennessee to a 12-4 victory over Western Carolina on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Amick had a career night for the Vols, going 3-for-5 while driving in seven of the team...
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ABC News
Dozens dead as floods wreak havoc across Kenya
Getty Images - STOCK(LONDON) -- Days of torrential rain have triggered widespread flooding across parts of Kenya, turning roads into raging rivers and claiming dozens of lives.Half of Kenya's 47 counties have been affected by the flooding, which has ki...
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Gotham Whale, a New York City-based nonprofit, allows citizen scientists to assist in conservation efforts
Artie Raslich/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A whale-watching excursion that embarks straight from New York City offers passengers an opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle and assist in a much-needed conservation efforts for the marine mammal.Gotham W...
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Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned in New York
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 4, 2022. (ETIENNE LAURENT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The rape conviction of movie producer Har...
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