MOUNT WHITNEY, Calif – Each summer, scores of runners from around the world compete in a grueling 200 kilometer race in scorching temperatures across [the western U.S. state of] California. Nearly 90 competitors begin in Death Valley, nearly 90 meters below sea level. Over a period of one, two or even three days, they run [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, the youngest brother of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy and one of the most most influential lawmakers in U.S. history, has died at the age of 77. Kennedy’s family says he died late Tuesday at his home in the small Massachusetts town of Hyannis Port. The [...]
William F. “Sonny” Price, 79, of Seymour, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Mr. Price was retired from the United States Navy after serving 30 years as an Aviation Electronic Chief. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. Preceded in death by parents; and brother, Walter Lee Price. Survivors include wife, Leona Rucker Price; daughters, [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – Monday marked the final day of the U.S. government’s Car Allowance Rebate System also know as Cash for Clunkers, a term for old cars that consume too much gasoline. The aim of the program is to stimulate the auto industry by offering rebates to owners who trade in their old cars [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – Major stock indexes are at their highest levels for the year following the Federal Reserve’s improved economic outlook last week and a national report showing a big bump in home sales. The National Association of Realtors says sales of existing homes surged seven percent in July – the biggest monthly increase in [...]
U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, was the last of the Kennedy sons born to Rose and Joseph Kennedy. He followed the trail blazed by his brothers, President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General and Senator Robert Kennedy, both assassinated in the 1960s. Ted Kennedy was known as the “Lion of the Senate” and was respected [...]
Featured on billboards across region, including Tennessee KNOXVILLE – This afternoon electronic billboards located throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama will begin featuring an individual suspected in at least ten bank robberies. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous and anyone with information should contact the Johnson City, [...]
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) Fisheries Division has announced its proposed 2010 sportfishing regulation changes that will be presented to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission at its October meeting. The TWRA made its initial proposals for 2010 at the August meeting of the TWRC which was held at Paris Landing State Park. [...]
MARYVILLE –Blount County Sheriff James Berrong said today that a Rockford duo was arrested on drug-related charges during a traffic stop and subsequent K-9 alert that occurred Sunday evening. Tenia Vallery Smith, 44, Andy Harris Road, Rockford, and Jarrod Thomas Idle, 24, also of Rockford, were taken into custody by investigators with the Fifth Judicial [...]