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Tennessee politician arrested for habit of masturbating out car window at 90 mph
Three women testified last week in the trial of former Mount Carmel, Tennessee Vice-Mayor William Blakely, who is charged with exposing himself to multiple women while driving over the course of years. According to Johnson City’s WJHL News Channel 11, Blakely repeatedly harassed women while driving, even going so far…
Memphis cops wary of ‘powder kegs’ during Ku Klux Klan rally
A large portion of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, will be locked down Saturday to avoid hostilities during a rally organized by the Ku Klux Klan. WMC-TV reported on Friday that pedestrian, commercial and auto traffic will be diverted around the area surrounding the Shelby County courthouse, where the rally is scheduled…
Tennessee 3-year-old shoots self with handgun left out
A 3-year-old boy from Manchester, Tennessee was left in critical condition over the weekend after being shot while handling a small gun that an adult left sitting on a nearby counter-top. Police told NBC affiliate WSMV-TV in Nashville that the child’s aunt set her .380 handgun down to tend to…
Tennessee lawmaker sponsors ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in state House
A Tennessee lawmaker has sponsored the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill in the state House, according to the website The New Civil Rights Movement — the same bill that was introduced in the state Senate a few weeks ago. Rep. John Ragan (R) filed HB1332 on Thursday. A few weeks…
Kentucky pastor calls on Tennessee to return his venomous snakes
A Kentucky pastor says that the state of Tennessee was wrong to confiscate five poisonous snakes that were intended for worship services and he wants them back. Pastor Gregory Coots, who goes by the name Jamie, told WYMT that he was on his way back from purchasing the snakes in…
Tennessee Senate works to loosen gun restrictions with passage of ‘guns-in-trunks’ bill
While New York recently passed some of the strictest gun control measures in the country, states like Tennessee are focusing on relaxing restrictions on carrying firearms. Tennessee’s state Senate passed a “guns-in-trunks” bill on Tuesday, which would allow employees to keeps firearms in their cars while at work, reported The…
Study: Moles sniff in stereo to locate food underground
Moles need both nostrils to locate food underground, in the way that humans see and hear in stereo, according to research reported on Tuesday. The common mole (Scalopus aquaticus) has tiny eyes tucked between fur and skin and is nearly blind, with small ears attuned only to low frequency sounds.…
Court records: Anti-abortion rep. pushed for wife’s abortions, slept with patients and coworkers
A tea party-backed, “pro-life values” Republican congressman from Tennessee in 2001 testified that he encouraged his ex-wife to have two abortions and had affairs with patients, co-workers and others. Last month, The Huffington Post reported that Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) had an affair with a patient that resulted in the…
Tennessee man arrested for repeatedly drunk dialing 911
A Columbia, Tennessee man was arrested last weekend and charged with misusing 911 after he dialed emergency dispatchers nine times in a single day, including one call in particular wherein he asked if they could send a car to take him on a beer run. Allen Troy Brooks, 67, was…
Rep. Blackburn: ‘Congresswoman’ a politically correct misnomer
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the first woman to be elected to Congress from Tennessee’s 7th District, explained Monday that she officially refers to herself as a congressman — not a congresswoman. “Doesn’t sound very politically correct, does it?” she said in a video produced by FreedomWorks. Blackburn said that while…
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