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They Tried to Flee the Kroger Gunman. He Followed Them

'He kept on shooting, shooting, shooting,' a cashier says after shooting in Collierville, Tenn.

(Newser) - One person is dead and 14 are injured after what's believed to be at least the third supermarket shooting in the US this year. Now more details are trickling out, including the identity of the person fatally shot Thursday at a Kroger in Collierville, Tenn., Thursday. Relatives have IDed...

Police: Two Dead, 12 Injured at Tennessee Supermarket

Shooter is among the dead at Kroger

(Newser) - Police in Collierville, Tennessee, say a gunman opened fire at a Kroger supermarket Thursday. At least two people are dead—including the shooter—and another 12 people are injured, reports USA Today and CNN . The shooter is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot, per the AP . The town...

Hit-and-Run Crash Kills Newlywed on Way to Honeymoon

Police are looking for driver

(Newser) - Christopher Coffey had just married his partner of more than a decade, and the newlyweds were driving to their honeymoon in Florida the following day when the unimaginable occurred: A white Dodge Charger hit their truck, killing the Tennesse man, WBIR reports. Coffey was married Sept. 11 and the accident...

Adults Heckle Teen Talking About Grandma&#39;s COVID Death
Adults Heckle Teen Talking
About Grandma's COVID Death
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Sep 12, 2021 4:30 PM CDT

Adults Heckle Teen Talking About Grandma's COVID Death

Grady Knox was addressing school board meeting in Tennessee

(Newser) - In Rutherford County, Tennessee, the issue of school mask mandates has split the community so badly that some adults were unable to remain civil when a teenager talked about his dead grandmother at a school board meeting. Grady Knox, a junior at a Murfreesboro high school, was heckled and laughed...

Bonnaroo Canceled—But Not Because of Why You'd Think

Ida's heavy rains in Tennessee make festival grounds unsafe

(Newser) - Heavy rains from Hurricane Ida have forced Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee to cancel as organizers say the waterlogged festival grounds are unsafe for driving or camping. The annual festival was scheduled to start Thursday on the site of a former farm in Manchester, about an hour southeast...

Lone Helicopter Pilot Saved 17 in Floods

'I don't want to lie,' says Joel Byers of Tennessee. 'It was almost a little fun for me'

(Newser) - Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished helping his fiancee earn her pilot's license on Saturday morning, and they were heading home to celebrate, when he received a frantic call from a woman in Pennsylvania. Her brother's home in the small city of Waverly, Tennessee, was underwater...

Before She Was Swept Away, She Went Live on Facebook

Linda Almond's body was recovered Sunday after home caved in

(Newser) - One of at least 22 victims killed in Tennessee flooding described her terror in a Facebook Live video moments before she was swept away. "We're being flooded right now," Linda Almond announced in a 70-second video filmed from her son's home in Waverly just before 10:...

Infant Twins Swept Out of Father's Arms to Their Deaths

Death toll in Tennessee flooding now above 20

(Newser) - The death toll in Tennessee's devastating floods is at least 22, authorities said Sunday, with about 20 others confirmed to be missing. The victims range in age from just months old to elderly in the Humphreys County tragedy. Among the dead is Wayne Spears, the longtime foreman of the...

Tennessee Towns Left Gutted by Catastrophic Flash Flood

At least 10 dead and dozens missing

(Newser) - Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least ten people dead and dozens missing Saturday as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes and rural roads, authorities said. Business owner Kansas Klein watched in horror from a bridge Saturday morning as cars and entire houses were swept down a road in...

Tens of Thousands of Students Are in Quarantine
As School Gets Underway,
Sobering Numbers
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 19, 2021 10:05 AM CDT

As School Gets Underway, Sobering Numbers

Tens of thousands of students already quarantined across the US, including 20K in Mississippi

(Newser) - More than 20,000 students in Mississippi—about 4.5% of the state's public-school population—were quarantined over the last two weeks due to coronavirus exposures, per USA Today . Almost 6,000 students in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, and two have...

Governor Slams 'Wrong Approach' on Masks, Issues Exec Order

Tennessee's Bill Lee signs executive order allowing parents to opt out of mask mandates in schools

(Newser) - Tennessee's governor calls it "frustrating" and "disheartening" that this school year is starting once more mired in talk of COVID—but he's relying on the "character" of Tennesseans to carry the state through. What Bill Lee isn't relying on: face masks in schools, signing...

Probe: Muzzle Sent to Vaccine Official Is Traced Back to Her

But Michelle Fiscus denies being involved in purchase

(Newser) - The former top vaccination official in Tennessee, who says she was fired because Republican state lawmakers didn't like her vaccine outreach to teens , also said she was mailed a dog muzzle by someone who wanted to threaten her, shortly before her firing. But an investigation by the Tennessee Department...

Loud Music Allegedly Led to Black Man's Death

Unlicensed gas station security guard charged with shooting Alvin Motley Jr. in Memphis

(Newser) - A Black man who traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to visit with his niece and nephew ended up dead at a Kroger gas station where he was allegedly shot by a security guard upset about his loud music. That's according to an affidavit claiming 54-year-old Gregory Livingston, who is white,...

Children's Hospitals Will Fill: State

Respiratory illnesses, along with delta variant, could strain Tennessee system

(Newser) - Tennessee's health commissioner was clear about which children's hospitals in the state will, at this rate, have no room for new patients by the end of next week. "All of them," Dr. Lisa Piercey said Thursday. Children are showing symptoms more quickly now as the delta...

Titanic Museum's Iceberg Wall Comes Crashing Down

3 injured in Tennessee incident

(Newser) - The "iceberg wall" display at Tennessee's Titanic Museum collapsed Monday, sending three guests to the hospital, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports. The Pigeon Forge museum, which contains 400 artifacts from the tragic ship, was closed after the incident but reopened Tuesday with the iceberg wall area closed off, likely...

Pastor: Wear a Mask, and 'I Will Ask You to Leave'

Tennessee church has opposed vaccinations throughout the pandemic

(Newser) - Pastor Greg Locke has told his congregation that coronavirus restrictions have no place in his church. His stand, announced Sunday, apparently was sparked by federal health officials' reconsideration of mask recommendations and mandates as coronavirus cases jump. "If they go through round two and you start showing up (with)...

Teen Pleads Guilty After Grandfather Dies in 'Swatting'

Mark Herring, 60, was being pressured to give up his Twitter handle

(Newser) - A teenager wanted a Twitter handle, and now a 60-year-old grandfather is dead. Federal prosecutors say Shane Sonderman pressured Mark Herring to give up @Tennessee, which Herring had been using since 2008. Herring’s family say they were harassed for hours with messages, unasked-for pizza deliveries, and false reports of...

4th Child's Death Blamed on TikTok Challenge

Latest is a 12-year-old boy in Oklahoma

(Newser) - A 12-year-old boy has died in Oklahoma after reportedly taking part in a TikTok challenge in which participants choke themselves until they pass out. Police officers were called just before midnight Monday to an apartment building in Bethany, where they found the boy unconscious and not breathing, with ligature marks...

Bust of KKK Leader to Lose Its Home at Tennessee Capitol

Statue of Confederate general, slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest headed to museum

(Newser) - A bust of Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is coming down at the Tennessee Capitol. The State Building Commission gave a 5-2 approval Thursday to relocate the bust of the slave trader , installed in 1978, to the Tennessee State Museum, reports the Tennessean . Several attempts...

Tennessee Stops All Youth Vaccine Outreach After GOP Backlash

This applies to all routine vaccines, not just COVID-19 vaccines

(Newser) - Internal documents show the Tennessee Department of Health has ended all vaccine outreach to minors—not just related to COVID-19. This comes days after the state's top vaccination official said she was fired to appease Republican state lawmakers upset by a department memo mentioning a long-standing doctrine that allows...

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