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A Greeneville man has been charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

Daniel Williams, publisher of The Paris Post-Intelligencer, is the new president of the Tennessee Press Association. He succeeds Chris Vass, public editor of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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Henderson County (May 26, 2021) - RALEIGH — A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it.

05/25/2021 by Paul Mauney and Bill Moss, NC PRESS Last week, many newspapers wrapped up coverage of Sunshine Week, a time set aside to promote government accountability through public records and public meetings. In North Carolina, the idea of sunshine has been more aspirational than reality-based. Now though, there is greater cause for celebration than we have seen in a long time, thanks to the introduction on Thursday of Senate Bill 355 — The Government Transparency Act of 2021. Primary sponsors of this monumental bill, Sens. Norman Sanderson (R – Carteret,  Craven,  Pamlico); Bill R...