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Submitted by Nancy Morris The man wanted in the November shooting death of Rodney Miller was arrested as he was stepping off an inbound bus. Kenneth Washington has been charged with First Degree Murder and is being held on $1,000,000 bond, the Knoxville Police Dept. announced Thursday morning. Members of KPD’s Repeat Offender Squad [...]
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Phillip Lim of Asia Café Releases Book
Posted by The Knoxville Journal on March 15th, 2013
Phillip Boon Lim, owner of the Asia Café Inc. located at 6714 B Central Avenue Pike, has announced the release of a book he co-wrote with local historian and writer, Martha Rose Woodward. Lim’s biography, “Escape to Riches”, details the lives of his Malaysian-Chinese family. The story begins in 1899 with his great-grandfather, Lim [...]
Couple Arrested for Sevier County Burglaries
Posted by The Knoxville Journal on March 8th, 2013
By Michael Williams The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office has rounded up suspects in a number of burglaries in the area in three separate arrests. A Morristown couple has been arrested and charged with burglarizing several rental cabins in Sevier County. According to Sheriff Ron Seals, on Monday Feb. 25th at app. 8:41pm Officer Jerry [...]
Mighty Samaritan
Posted by The Knoxville Journal on January 25th, 2013
The new year started with a heartwarming story from a Marine who was passing through Knoxville on New Year’s Day. On Tuesday Jan. 1, United States Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler Vandeveer was driving back to Camp Lejeune, N.C. from a weekend home in Louisville, Ky.. When he got to the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, he experienced [...]
KPD upgrades firepower
Posted by The Knoxville Journal on January 25th, 2013
The City of Knoxville, at the Jan, 22, monthly City Council Meeting, unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the Knoxville Police Department to upgrade their lethal force fire power. Patrol officers presently carry .40-caliber Glock duty weapon handguns. Over the next three months, they will upgrade to the more powerful .45-caliber Sig Sauer handgun. This will [...]
Talk of the Town – Jan. 25
Posted by The Knoxville Journal on January 25th, 2013
The YWCA Knoxville is happy to announce that they are now offering free classes to Club W members at both the Downtown Center and Phyllis Wheatley Center locations. For only $40 a year, members now have free access to an assortment of land classes such as kickboxing and stress relief & relaxation, and aquatic classes [...]
Lance Armstrong chooses Oprah Winfrey to admit to doping
Posted by The Knoxville Journal on January 25th, 2013
Why do you suppose Lance Armstrong chose Oprah Winfrey to finally confess to doping during his Tour de France races? One reason could be that he hoped she might be sympathetic to his plight. He certainly would not get that from any sportscaster that might have interviewed. Just think how it might have gone if [...]
