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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:56 pm

Oak Ridge News

Local news for Oak Ridge, TN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

15 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

49 shots fired on night deputy, friend were slain

A breakdown of the Roane County shoot-out, based on testimony so far: 8 shots by Clifford Leon Houston from a .45-caliber Glock pistol 22 shots by Rocky Joe Houston from a 7.62 mm Maadi semi-automatic rifle 15 ...

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Related Topix: Kingston, TN, Roane County, TN

Thu Jul 17, 2008

WATE-TV Knoxville

Damaging testimony from co-worker in deputy shooting trial

A former co-worker of Leon Houston testified Thursday about a discussion he had with Leon several months before the shootout that took the life of a Roane County deputy and his friend.

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Related Topix: Roane County, TN, Violent Crime

Tue Jul 15, 2008

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Poison Ivy and the people you love

Local pediatrician Dr. Cliff James of Kids Central Pediatrics in Oak Ridge discusses the remedies and myths of this nasty plant.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

Nuclear Waste on way to Storage to Travel Through Arkansas

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Motorists across the South, including Arkansas, could soon be sharing the highway with nuclear waste generated decades ago in developing the first atomic bomb.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy

WTKR-TV Norfolk

Oak Ridge, TN, site evacuated after smoke spotted

The announcement of Anheuser-Busch's takeover by a giant Belgian brewer is raising questions over the fate of its Virginia properties, including the Busch Gardens theme park.

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Related Topix: Tennessee State University, Department of Energy, Knoxville College

KXMD-TV Williston

Oak Ridge, TN, site evacuated after smoke spotted

Workers have been evacuated from a former uranium enrichment plant in Tennessee after yellow smoke was seen coming out of a ventilation stack.

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Related Topix: Tennessee State University, Department of Energy, Knoxville College, University of Tennessee System, Knoxville (University of Tennessee System)

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Speedy-trial motion aims to boot Moncier from case

The U.S. Attorney's Office is turning to legal dynamite to try to blast a suspended Knoxville attorney out of the case of a former Oak Ridge janitor accused of selling uranium-enrichment equipment to the French ...

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Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, Knoxville Metro, Chattanooga, TN, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Jul 11, 2008

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Caving is cool in Oak Ridge

The Cherokee Caverns in Oak Ridge were once a hot tourist attraction, but they are now closed following several acts of vandalism and a fire.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Spelunking, Knox County, TN

Thu Jul 10, 2008

WATE-TV Knoxville

Councilman Hall recovering from motorcycle crash injuries

Family members tell 6 News that Knoxville City Councilman Steve Hall is recovering, but still in a "lot of pain." Hall was injured after a motorcycle accident in Anderson County Friday night.

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Related Topix: Anderson County, TN, Knoxville Metro, Knoxville, TN, Chattanooga, TN

Tue Jul 08, 2008

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Oak Ridge building added to sick worker claims list

A new ruling includes the Office of Scientific and Technical Information building in Oak Ridge on the list of "covered" facilities for the sick nuclear workers compensation program.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment

The Knoxville News Sentinel

2nd annual ET veterans business conference set

The East Tennessee Veterans Business Conference will once again be held this year in Oak Ridge.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Knoxville Metro, Knoxville, TN, Sports

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Bizjournals

Local tech firm to add 15 jobs

Planar Energy Devices’ Scott Faris holds a block of eight film batteries in the company’s Michigan Avenue offices.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy

Sat Jul 05, 2008

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Oak Ridge fireworks back with a bang

It's the icing on the Fourth of July many can't imagine the holiday without. "It's like apple pie and baseball, it's just so ingrained in our culture," Rachel Elwell of Oak Ridge said.

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Related Topix: Anderson County, TN

Thu Jul 03, 2008

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Oak Ridge Police dozen business break-ins

Investigators in Oak Ridge want to know who broke into more than a dozen businesses overnight.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Habitat neighborhoods grow

Festivities marked the success Thursday of a fund-raising effort and the start of an ambitious subdivision for Anderson County's low-income families.

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Related Topix: Anderson County, TN, Clinton, TN, Sports

Knoxville News Sentinel

14 businesses burglarized in Oak Ridge building

Fourteen of 15 businesses in an Oak Ridge office building were forcibly entered sometime Wednesday night or early this morning, Officer Mike Swigert said.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Jackson Sun

Oak Ridge processing waste for disposal

Radioactive waste resulting from decades of research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is being prepared for shipment to Utah for long-term storage.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Oak Ridge reps win awards at small biz conf.

Keith Joy, the small business program manager at ORNL, won M&O program manager of the year at the Dept.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Department of Energy

Knoxville News Sentinel

Insider: Oak Ridge talent finds 'Factory' in backyard

Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse, David Pasquesi and Michael Coleman play four workers in the new sitcom"Factory." The show premiers Sunday on Spike TV.

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Related Topix: Jay Leggett, David Pasquesi, Mitch Rouse, Comedy Movies, Strangers with Candy, Employee of the Month, Drama

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Oak Ridge is a great getaway

'A man told me, 'They have the smartest people in the world out there in Oak Ridge, but there's not a one of them who knows what it is that they're doing.'' One of Tennessee's best-kept secrets is the aptly ...

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee is located in Anderson County and is part of the Knoxville Metro Area. Zip codes in Oak Ridge include 37830, and 37831.

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