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A community group has been created in Ryton near Dorrington with the aim of purchasing the village's local pub which closed last year.

Even if you don't know his name, you know the work of Chris Diamantopoulos, a chameleonic actor if there ever was one.

Once reliably red, Knox County has been shifting blue the past 10 years. Many local Republicans think the expulsion votes in the House did the GOP no favors.

The Knoxville Democrat said any legislative changes must have "teeth."

On Thursday, a group of almost entirely white Republicans in the Tennessee State House expelled Reps. Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones, two young Black men, for breaking with decorum

All but one member of the Knox County delegation voted to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson (D - Knoxville). They were divided along party lines.

Tennessee’s school voucher program, currently limited to eligible students in Memphis and Nashville, would expand to all four of the state’s urban districts under new legislation.

Democrats and even a prominent Knox County Republican are against vouchers, which give taxpayer money to eligible families for private school tuition.

Vice mayor hopes legislation in the General Assembly that would change how city elections are held will be stopped.

The mountain rescue team said the operation, using a dry ski slope outside Edinburgh, was "unique".