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Bill allowing vaccine exemption based on religious beliefs, right of conscience dies in House subcommittee Yue Stella Yu, Nashville Tennessean Following public health concerns from multiple lawmakers, a bill that would allow Tennesseans to reject vaccination based on religious beliefs or "by right of conscience" died in a House subcommittee Tuesday. HB10/SB7, sponsored by Rep. Jay Reedy, R-Erin, and Sen. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, would carve out religious exemptions from immunizati...

Marblehead students take the plunge for good cause More than $5,000 raised for Massachusetts Special Olympics If a friend told you to jump into the ocean in February, would you do it? You might if you were a Marblehead High School student or a member of the MHS All Sports Boosters or the Marblehead Rotary Club. Sunday about 40 high school students and volunteers took a Polar Plunge off Devereaux Beach to benefit Massachusetts Special Olympics and raised over $5,000 in doing so.  The Boosters h...

David Leatherwood Honored For 52 Years In The Grocery Business Thursday, February 25, 2021 - by Earl Freudenberg David Leatherwood with Food City president Steve Smith - photo by Earl Freudenberg David Leatherwood with his family - photo by Earl Freudenberg David Leatherwood being interviewed by David Carroll - photo by Earl Freudenberg David Leatherwood with State Representative Robin Smith - photo by Earl Freudenberg David Leatherwood ...

A Kamloops man, who stole $3,400 worth of laptops and iPads from St. Ann’s Academy, has been handed an 18-month jail sentence for multiple thefts and break-ins. Appearing via video conference on . . .

Chief: Officers followed law, policy in fatal shooting Oakridger Oak Ridge Police Chief Robin Smith told City Council this week that the officers who shot and killed city resident Fred Arcera acted in self defense and did not violate the law or ORPD policy. “What they did was within policy and within (the) law,” Smith said referring to Oak Ridge Police Department policy. He said the policy part was the ORPD’s to determine, while the law part was up to Anderson County District Attorney Gen...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of fans attend comic book and sci-fi conventions all over the nation in search of fellowship with like-minded dreamers who believe there’s more to life than pulling a 9-to-5 shift. Though the ongoing pandemic has made gathering in place impossible this year, that has not stopped Cerece Rennie Murphy from carving out one of the worlds first virtual conventions for Black and independent writers. As an award-winning, bestselling author and sci-fi convention fan ...

Derby Line and Stanstead share the same library. The international boundary line cuts across the building’s hardwood floors. The villages are inextricably linked and families like the Smiths live on both sides. But since March 21 of last year, the border between the US and Canada has been closed to all non-essential travel. The US has done the same with its southern border with Mexico. At first, the border was closed for 30 days, but as the months passed, the US and Canadian governments conti...

Editor’s note: Today is the third question in a series of five posed to the two Aspen mayoral candidates. Their answers (200-word limit) will be published each day through Friday. For more information on the 2021 Aspen municipal election, go to aspentimes.com/election . What do you think should be the city’s role in financially assisting local businesses during the pandemic? Torre Firstly, let us all remember that the support and relief for businesses is not about the dollars to the establi...

KTW reached out to some other regional districts for their CAOs’ credit card charges. The number of restaurant/coffee shop/food expenses charged by CAOs in various regional districts in 2019: • Sukh Gill, Thompson-Nicola Regional District: 172 times. • Robert Lapham, Capital Regional District: 17 times. • David Sewell, Regional District of North Okanagan: 6 times. • Carol Mason and Jerry Dobrovolny, Metro Vancouver Regional District: one time. TNRD board chair Ken Gillis said the boar...

Council to discuss fatal shooting, coronavirus Oakridger Oak Ridge Police Department Chief Robin Smith will talk to City Council about the fatal shooting of Oak Ridge resident Fred Arcera. It will be part of Oak Ridge City Council’s work session on Tuesday, Feb. 16, which will include briefings and discussions but no votes. The meeting is virtual and will begin at 6 p.m.  It will be streamed on the city’s website, http://oakridgetn.gov/online/streaming. A recording will be available later ...