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It is a life threatening problem that affects 41000 children in Tennessee. More and more kids are being diagnosed with food allergies. There is now a growing effort to make sure children have access to medicine in schools. At The Peanut Shop in Nashville, the store’s specialty is served hot and fresh.A growing number of children will never get to sample those peanuts, a life threatening allergy keeps them away. “All in less than five minutes, boom, that happened,” says Tyler Edwards.11 year old Tyler Edwards is testifying about his own emergency. [...]
This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of one of the world’s great tragedies.More than 1500 people were killed when the Titanic sank in the icy North Atlantic.FOX 17 News traveled to Tennessee’s own Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge, and spoke to relatives of Titanic survivors.Moored at the base of the Smoky Mountains, the RMS Titanic has been replicated in Tennessee.The 1997 movie helped create a fascination with the disaster at sea, but for those closest to the tragedy, it has always been a personal memory.”She was in her state room, in her [...]
A big mystery in Bedford County after a human skull is discovered in a local river. And now the family of a missing Shelbyville man is hoping the skull provides some answers.Thursday we learned that this skull was very likely a man…It has been almost a year and a half since Bobby Smelcer disappeared, and his sisters have never given up their search.That’s why they’re so interested in a new discovery on the Duck River near Shelbyville.”I pretty much just jumped up when they told me,” says Bobby’s sister Kristy Smelcer.A fisherman [...]
Week 7 in the NFL brings some interesting lines, as the “Dream Team” Eagles continue to confuse bettors and oddsmakers, and the totals on the games have stabilized a bit. The Chicago Bears come off of their big Monday night win and go into Tampa Bay as a small favorite. The Tennessee Titans come off of their bye week as a 3-point home favorite against the banged up Houston Texans. And the Washington Redskins, a rapidly -improving team but still with somewhat-maligned Rex Grossman at QB, have a near-pick ‘em spread on [...]
Audio Provided by Tim Roszell News 88.9 SEA DOGS GET BACK IN WIN COLUMN IN A BIG WAY New faces made a major impact as the Saint John Sea Dogs cruised to an 8-2 win over the Rimouski Oceanic Saturday in Saint John. The game featured the 2011-12 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League debuts of Jonathan Huberdeau and Charles Roussel. Huberdeau was Saint John’s scoring leader and most valuable player last season, as well as the MVP of the QMJHL playoffs and the MasterCard Memorial Cup championship. The third overall 2011 NHL [...]
It has been a year of controversy for the Tennessee General Assembly, and the final days of the session are proving to be no exception.A bill requiring welfare applicants to be drug tested is one step closer to final approval. But support for the measure is far from unanimous.Alex Friedmann has a mission. He’s asking state lawmakers to submit to a drug test.It’s Something many welfare recipients in Tennessee could be required to do.”I want them to understand that they also receive state taxpayer money, and therefore they should likewise be subject to [...]
After learning (not from any public notice) that the dayton City Council had a “special called” meeting and excluded the public, once again, from this meeting, I went down to the Herald-News to purchase the back issues of every newspaper printed by them for March 2012. Sure enough, absolutely NO public notice was given concerning the March 22, 2012 special called meeting. I spoke with John Sprague, the apparent new ‘editor” and asked him about why these council meetings are being held without public notice. Sprague advised me that so long as [...]
As the number of fatal accidents continues to rise across Tennessee, there’s a warning about distracted driving. It’s coming from a group of nurses who see the horrible consequences everyday. Many of us are guilty of using our cell phones behind the wheel, but we don’t often think about the consequences of that decision. One woman and her family face those consequences everyday.It was an accident no one should have survived.”She was a distracted driver. She lived a distracted driver’s life,” says Shawn Coltharp.Hillary Coltharp crashed her car on I-24 in Kentucky. [...]
Facebook helps us connect with friends and family, and now it could be saving lives.It’s all thanks to a new feature that allows you to sign up to be an organ donor. It’s creating a surge of activity here in Tennessee. Most Tennesseans are used to signing up to be a donor when they go to the DMV. Now facebook is helping people sign up online Hundreds of Tennesseans are doing just that.Tim Magsby feels like a new man. The kidney donation he received last year changed his life. It all started [...] Tennessee state Rep. John Deberry, D-Memphis, gives an impassioned speech on the House floor in favor of the so-called “gateway sexual activity” bill that emphasizes abstinence education and punishes instructors who encourage any kind of sexual activity. He says law are meant to dictate behavior and he says that’s called for in a state with high pregnancy rates. “‘We can’t tell people what they shouldn’t do.’ Well, when we don’t tell them what they shouldn’t do, then we end up paying for what they do,” he said on the House floor on April 27, 2012. [...] Susan Watson enjoys a father and son restaurent in Mursfreebooro that specializes in BBQ chicken wings. Visit www.tennesseecrossroads.org for more information about this story and how your contributions to Nashville Public Television will keep this show on the air. The opening sequence of “We are Chattanooga Athletics” Chapter 6 of “We are Chattanooga Athletics” Chapter 5 of “We Are Chattanooga Athletics” Chapter 4 of “We Are Chattanooga Athletics” Chapter 3 of “We Are Chattanooga Athletics” Chapter 2 of “We are Chattanooga Athletics” |
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