NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has limited the ability for now for the nonprofit running Oak Ridge National Laboratory to place employees on unpaid leave who receive exemptions to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement. U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley in Knoxville issued the temporary restraining order Friday barring UT-Battelle from placing employees on indefinite unpaid leave or firing them…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants. According to an Oct. 14 letter obtained by the Knoxville News Sentinel, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor John Zomchick offered Anming Hu…
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton has been released from the Southern California hospital where he had been treated for an infection. The 75-year-old former president left University of California Irvine Medical Center on Sunday morning. Officials say he was admitted to the hospital southeast of Los Angeles on Tuesday with an infection unrelated to COVID-19. They say he plans…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Flea had a funky birthday. So did the music school he co-founded that has become a Los Angeles institution. As the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist turned 59 on Saturday, his Silverlake Conservatory of Music turned 20. They celebrated with a joint party in the school’s parking lot. Flea led a band assembled for the occasion…
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station. The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth’s atmosphere, landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on schedule at 0435 GMT Sunday with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko aboard….
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of 17 missionaries including children has been kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organization with direct knowledge of the incident. The message from Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said the missionaries were on their way home from building an orphanage. The…
JACKSON, Tenn. — October 16 kicks of the 61st Concert Pop Series for the Jackson Symphony. This is the October concert for the Jackson Symphony and the Spooktacular. Guests got to enjoy a wide range of spooky themed music, like music from ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’ The next pop concert will be December 4 and tickets are always…
HENDERSON, Tenn. — This weekend is Frontier Days at Chickasaw State Park and there are several events for you and the family to enjoy. “So we’re highlighting kind of pre-modern life out here at the park, before the park was settled. That type of thing,” said Park Manager, Ron Elder. Guests were able to enjoy a number of events like…
Weather Update – Saturday, October 16 – 5:30 PM TODAY: The passing cold front yesterday brought some showers and cooler temperatures but today we’ve seen some pretty sunny skies. Highs reached into the upper 60’s giving it some real fall-like conditions to match up with the calendar. Clear conditions should be lasting into the evening as lows drop into the…
JACKSON, Tenn. — It was all creepy and crawly with the Jackson Symphony Saturday afternoon. The symphony performed an interactive show for kids with classic songs from the most iconic Halloween movies. And attendees were asked to come dressed as their favorite character. Children that attended were able to try their hand at conducting the symphony, and even helping them…
