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And it has a strong tie to Elizabethton. Mark Cooter, a retired Air Force colonel, is a 1981 graduate of Elizabethton High School and a 1985 graduate of East Tennessee State University. He is co-author of “Never Mind, We’ll Do It Ourselves, The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution,” by Skyhorse Publishers. As the book explains, the Predator program was a joint project of the Air Force and the Central Inte...

SWLA Arrest Report - Jan. 20, 2021 (Source: KPLC) By Patrick Deaville | January 21, 2021 at 8:34 AM CST - Updated January 21 at 8:34 AM LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Jan. 20, 2021. Lucas Percy Langley, 47, Westlake: Monetary instrument abuse; first offense possession of marijuana (14 grams or less); monetary instrument abuse; possession of drug paraphernalia. Alex Arlandus Richard, 47, Ville Platte: Burglary of an inhabited dwelling; mischief...

Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices. White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows...

Speeding, cut-through traffic on Medford streets continues to be problematic Neil Zolot / medford@wickedlocal.com Support local journalism by subscribing at https://cm.wickedlocal.com/subscriberguide, and subscribe to the Medford Transcript newsletter here. City officials are continuing to advocate for traffic calming measures in East Medford. “The issue I’m still hearing is speeding and cut-through traffic,” Councilor Michael Marks said at the Jan. 12 City Council meeting. “I’m heari...

Alex Martinez looked over his Air Force dress blues, the uniform he wore when he graduated from boot camp. He touched his insignia – a circle with a star in

Suicide rate is highest among younger military veterans Younger veterans face growing risks of suicide, though there are programs that can help. (Source: US Army) By Chase Hunter, Helena Wegner, and Lilia Stene | January 8, 2021 at 1:41 PM MST - Updated January 8 at 1:41 PM Alex Martinez looked over his Air Force dress blues, the uniform he wore when he graduated from boot camp. He touched his insignia – a circle with a star in the center and a striped wing flaring from either side – ...

Dive Brief: Modular manufacturer and prefab construction company Katerra announced a recapitalization that will eliminate a significant amount of its debt and provide $200 million of new funding, the majority of which will come from SoftBank Vision Fund 1. Softbanks investment is in addition to $2 billion the Japanese fund previously sunk into the Katerra; it gives it a majority stake in the company and allows Katerra to avoid bankruptcy, according to The Wall Street Journal. In an email to em...

Neil Zolot / Correspondant 2020 was a year unlike any other in living memory. The COVID-19 pandemic affected daily life across the country and around the world. Medford was not immune. Politics and education, among other things, were affected by the coronavirus directly or indirectly. The year seemed to show great promise. In late 2019, a new mayor was elected as were two young, progressive city councilors, indicating the city was moving out of its 20th century working class past into a more di...

Javascript is disabled in your web browser. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Please Allow Javascript and reload this page. SoftBank bails out Katerra with $200M cash injection Deal makes Japanese firm majority stakeholder in construction startup National / TRD Staff Katerra CEO; SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Katerra CEO Paal Kibsgaard (Photos via Katerra; Getty; iStock) Once bitten, twice shy? Not so for Japanese investment firm Sof...

Share Neil Stone, a consultant at the University College London Hospitals Trust, tweeted: A very happy Christmas to everyone and especially all the #NHS workers - in particular our fantastic ID team (including Dr Michael Marks and Professor Chris Whitty) who will be on the wards so the rest of us can have a bit of time off! Next year will be better! Professor Whitty was also said to have been spotted hard at work on the festive weekend by another source, The Independent reports. The face of Pr...