Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey

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Three years with a pretty cool gal.

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It looks like Jeremy Pruitt has a new gig as a non-coaching analyst at Jacksonville State.

NCAA: Jacksonville State can hire former UT Coach Jeremy Pruitt as analyst >> https://tinyurl.com/mr5hsju2 

Evidently it is the policy of the Claiborne County Sheriff's Office to answer phones, then hang up immediately when a journalist introduces themself.

Assistant professor Tamar Shirinian sues UT, claims firing over Charlie Kirk comments violated free speech Dr. Tamar Shirinian has filed a lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, saying her potential firing has violated her First Amendment rights.

New-- Tamar Shirinian, who faces firing from UT over comments she made about Charlie Kirk in the aftermath of his death, is suing the university.

This is what she has to say:

Tennessee will not use billions of reserve dollars to cover SNAP if government shutdown continues The state of Tennessee will not use any of its over $2 billion “Rainy Day Fund” to pay out Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November.

State data shows nearly 700,000 people in Tennessee rely on SNAP. Gov. Bill Lee's office has confirmed-- if the government continues next month, the state won't be using its more than $2 billion to cover SNAP costs.

‘Not a sad day, it’s a proud day’ | What’s next for Tennessee baseball after the Tony Vitello era? After bringing Tennessee two SEC regular season titles, two SEC tournament championships and a national title, Tony Vitello is preparing to manage the Giants in San Francisco.

NEW: Tony Vitello is headed to San Francisco, and Danny White has named a fan (and former player) favorite as a possible replacement. MORE:

Tony Vitello leaving Tennessee to manage San Fransisco Giants, UT sources say Vitello spent eight seasons as Vols head coach, winning a national title in 2024

BREAKING: Sources at UT tell us Vitello is out. Headed to San Fran.

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Scarlett / Violet is better than ZA

‘I like to take control’ | Former ORNL director sent instructions for filming explicit video to minor, criminal complaint says Andrew Worrall, a former director at Oak Ridge National Labs, has been charged with child sex crimes, according to federal court documents obtained by WVLT.

Andrew Worrall, a former director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been charged with child sex crimes, according to federal court documents I got a hold of.

They said he sent a 17 y/o instructions for filming herself in the shower.

More here:

Out-of-town firefighter hit off-duty Knoxville officer downtown, report says The Knoxville Police Department has opened an internal investigation after a fight broke out between an off-duty officer and an out-of-town firefighter.

Update-- A police report I pulled claims it was cop vs. firefighter in a fight that broke out downtown early yesterday morning. The Knoxville Police Department has opened an internal investigation:

AKIN shared some photos of Lozano with us.
We've also heard updates from ICE and Rep. Tim Burchett,
a longtime proponent of immigration crackdowns: tinyurl.com/5ex6vdhs

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New-- a state audit says THOUSANDS of complaints — even some at the “immediate jeopardy” level — are being investigated late, if they've been investigated at all.

Thousands of nursing home complaints are going uninvestigated in Tennessee, audit finds: https://tinyurl.com/ycynwhja 

Knoxville immigrant advocacy group calls for undocumented member’s release from ICE custody In a release sent to media outlets, AKIN said the 32-year-old undocumented immigrant had been active in the Knoxville community, which he has lived in for more than 20 years.

Allies of Knoxville’s Immigrant Neighbors, an immigrant and refugee advocacy group also known as AKIN, has called for the release of Alejandro Guizar Lozano from police custody.

The group said he's an AKIN member detained by ICE in Putnam County.

Knoxville sales tax increase opposition, advocates at odds ahead of early voting Mayor Indya Kincannon has proposed a half-percent increase — from 2.25% to 2.75% — for Knoxville’s sales tax.

Betsy Henderson, who’s running to be the next mayor of Knox County, thinks the City of Knoxville needs to tighten its budget, not raise taxes to fund priority projects.

It’s a sentiment even those who support the tax increase agree with.

CG and I got baseball gloves to touch grass (pictured: amazing throw) and a neighbor came out to join. We’re friends now. Perfect evening.

To the tune of Creep:

I'm an unc. I'm Ohio.

Knoxville city council member says she wants to delay Chilhowee Park sale vote again At-large Knoxville City Council Member Debbie Helsley plans to propose postponing a vote to approve selling portions of Chilhowee Park to the Emerald Youth Foundation yet again.

Knoxville City Council Member Debbie Helsley says she plans to propose delaying the Chilhowee Park sale vote, again. If approved, city council will push the decision down the road past election day.

Letters between UT Chancellor Donde Plowman, Tamar Shirinian outline assistant professor’s firing over Charlie Kirk comment Shirinian has argued in a letter to Plowman that her firing violated her free speech rights and called out the university's response to another UT professor's alleged 2016 comments calling for violence against African American rights activists.

In letters I requested from UT, Chancellor Donde Plowman and Tamar Shirinian, a prof who was fired over a comment on Charlie Kirk, go back and forth about freedom of speech and more.

Shirinian also says she may take UT to court over her firing.

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Just in-- the City of Knoxville and Emerald Youth have released an updated plan for the Chilhowee Park sale after big pushback from East Knox.

The city also wants to make an East Knoxville Advisory Group, like the one for the South Waterfront project. https://tinyurl.com/2yhtytzf 

Knoxville mayor says Chilhowee Park sale pushback surprised her, changes coming to plan Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon told WVLT News she should have made more of an effort to hear from the community about the sale of Chilhowee Park.

This is new. We spoke to Kincannon this morning-- she said the pushback on the Chilhowee Park sale surprised her. Also said she needed to hear from more of the community.

City council is expected to discuss it at the end of the month.

First-of-its-kind Nightflight Expedition marks Dollywood’s most expensive ride yet Dollywood revealed Nightflight Expedition Wednesday, the latest ride being billed as the “single most ambitious adventure” to come to Dolly Parton’s theme park.

As a longtime Blazing Fury enthusiast, I like the idea of a gassed-up dark ride.

Statement from UT:

UT investigating after assistant professor accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death It comes after U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) said he had gotten involved in complaints over an assistant professor’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.

UT System Pres. Randy Boyd says the university is looking into someone "celebrating or advocating violence." He hasn't said it outright, but yesterday an assistant professor was accused of bashing Charlie Kirk and his wife.

“It’s more Italian-American than Italian. Just like the pope” - that Arbys commercial

Every week UCLA has more Tennessee fans watching than actually UCLA fans lol

Trump says ‘with a high degree of certainty’ that suspect in Charlie Kirk killing has been caught President Donald Trump said Friday that the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing has been captured.

Trump says the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect is in custody:

Trump is saying he’s died.

Charlie Kirk shot at university event, reports say Charlie Kirk, a well-known right-wing political activist, was reportedly shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Political commentator Charlie Kirk was just shot at an event at Utah Valley University, reports are saying.

I know ESPN didn’t just do that to Tennessee

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Taking the wife to the ER Subway vending machine for date night