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Posted: Sunday - Nov. 8, 2009
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Women on subs: Will idea hold water?
The U.S. Navy is studying how to place female sailors on submarines, but the complications of doing so will be outweighed by the benefits, a retired commander here said.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 8, 2009
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Sailors, Marines mark 234 years
Before the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, there was a Navy and Marine Corps.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 8, 2009
Parade draws big crowd in Dade County
TRENTON, Ga. — Residents lined Main Street here Saturday morning to see veterans parade past, some in trucks some in jeeps.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
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'Why' and 'how' questions at Fort Hood
The day after tragic shootings rocked Fort Hood in Texas, local retired U.S. Army Gen. Burwell "BB" Bell said commanders at the military installation should focus on three areas.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
TBI adds slain Whitwell woman's boyfriend to 'most-wanted' list
The boyfriend of a Marion County woman who was beated and stabbed to death this week has been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's 10 most wanted list.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
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Marines begin toy drive
The Marine stood in his dress blue uniform outside Toys 'R' Us, greeting shoppers and passers-by.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
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Parolee assistance program marks 2 years
DALTON, Ga. -- A crowd of more than 60 people came to City Hall on Thursday night to celebrate two years of work in a local project to assist parolees.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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Large turnout helps raise more than 800 flags in Ringgold
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Over 39 years the downtown flag display for the annual Veterans Day tribute has grown.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
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Sheriff seeks boyfriend of slain woman
WHITWELL, Tenn. -- Detectives want to question the boyfriend of a 27-year-old woman who was beaten and stabbed to death early Tuesday.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
Veterans share stories with students
TRENTON, Ga. — Spc. Trae McCown stood in his former high school Tuesday, trying to explain what it’s like to be a soldier.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
Walker sheriff discloses illness
Within one day, more than 665 people have joined a Facebook group praying for Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 3, 2009
Whitwell woman beaten with baseball bat, stabbed to death
Marion County detectives are investigating the beating and stabbing death of a 27-year-old white female.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
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Homecoming answers family’s prayers
Barbara Hobbs has a letter written 59 years ago about her brother — the only information about what happened to him on a muddy hilltop in the Korean War.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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Service for Korea War veteran brings lost soldier home
Barbara Hobbs eyes closed when taps played this afternoon.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
D-Day veteran revisits France
On Joe Cannon’s first trip to France, he didn’t need a passport. He had a rifle and a U.S. Army-issued French phrasebook.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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After the meth bust
The bust of a meth lab can attract a lot of attention, both from law enforcement and the media.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
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Area tied to Ares rocket development
A 327-foot rocket blasting off Wednesday in Florida gave engineers in Tennessee a reason to be proud.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
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Soldiers get new training facility
A $7.1 million training facility for Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers signals an economic and morale boost for the area, Tullahoma Mayor Troy Bisby said.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
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Emergency management conference focuses on communications
When telephone poles snapped and the power grid failed for 103 Kentucky counties during a massive ice storm in January, Brig. Gen. John Heltzel called on surrounding states for help.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
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A long road home
For years, all Barbara Hobbs had left of her missing brother were fading photographs and framed medals.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 23, 2009
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Students, public hear debate on next step in Afghan war
An hour and a half wasn't enough time to hit all the complex parts of the United States' involvement in Afghanistan, but having two professors debating the topic was a good start, one viewer said Thursday.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 23, 2009
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National VFW commander visits Dalton
DALTON, Ga. — National Veterans of Foreign Wars Cmdr. Thomas Tradewell visited VFW Post 4985 on Thursday as part of a national tour to talk with veteran leaders about concerns the VFW can address.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 22, 2009
National VFW commander visits North Georgia
The national head and the Georgia state commander of the Veterans of Foreigh Wars met with area VFW leaders in Dalton this afternoon.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 22, 2009
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Charges 'abuse of power,' Miller says
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Former state Sen. Jeff Miller said being wrongly accused has made the last seven months and this week's two-day trial a hard ordeal.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
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Miller not guilty
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A jury found former state Sen. Jeff Miller not guilty on charges of official misconduct in connection with his former position as Bradley County back-tax attorney.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
Cleveland: Miller presents no defense witnesses
Former state Sen. Jeff Miller’s attorney rested the defense case this afternoon without presenting any witnesses after a judge dismissed two of the three charges against his client.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
Secretary: Miller knew work wasn't performed
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Former state Sen. Jeff Miller's secretary wept Tuesday as she testified that he knew work was not completed on some back-tax properties when he was the county's delinquent-tax attorney.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 20, 2009
Miller's secretary says she knew job went undone
 Former state Sen. Jeff Miller’s secretary wept today as she testified that he knew work was not completed on some back-tax properties when he was the county’s delinquent-tax attorney.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 20, 2009
Jeff Miller trial begins in Bradley
Former state Sen. Jeff Miller's trial on charges of official misconduct and conspiracy began this morning in front of a Bradley County jury.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 19, 2009
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Knoxville man arrested for sex charge in Catoosa County
A 41-year-old Knoxville man is in Catoosa County Jail after allegedly traveling to Georgia for sex with a minor.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
‘It could happen to anyone’
DALTON, Ga. — Kirk Bloodsworth wants people to take a second look.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 12, 2009
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Tags help nonprofits
Lynn Cobb really wants people looking at license plates.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 9, 2009
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Korean War vet’s remains return home after 59 years
Learning that the remains of Korean War casualty Sgt. 1st Class Lewis Brickwell were finally identified after nearly 60 years was “bittersweet” news his family.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 8, 2009
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Seabees return home
During his recent deployment in Iraq, Senior Chief Petty Officer William Morrison felt noticeably lighter.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 7, 2009
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Family sees Vietnam pilot’s return as a celebration
Sunglasses hid the tear-filled eyes of Renee Wells as she buried her father Tuesday.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
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Vietnam soldier killed in 1965 buried today
The family of an Army helicopter pilot killed in Vietnam buried his remains today, 43 years after his death.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
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New sex offender software makes enforcement job easier
One Walker County detective has the job of monitoring sex offenders, but with near-constant changes to state law, the job became overwhelming, the sheriff said.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 5, 2009
Military recruiters getting pickier
For those interested in joining the military, slots are becoming much more competitive.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 3, 2009
Blair to be retried on lesser charge
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- After the jury declared itself deadlocked, Judge Amy Reedy on Friday dismissed all three counts of felony murder against Twanna "Tart" Blair, the second defendant in the 1999 Valentine's Day triple slaying case in Cleveland, Tenn.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 2, 2009
Mistrial for Valentine’s murder defendant, some charges dismissed
After the jury declared itself deadlocked, Criminal Court Judge Amy Reedy late Friday afternoon dismissed three of the four charges against Twanna “Tart” Blair in the 1999 Valentine’s Day triple slaying in Cleveland.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 2, 2009
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Jury weighs Blair's fate
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Bradley County jurors this morning will resume deliberating the fate of Twanna "Tart" Blair, accused of murder in the 1999 Valentine's Day triple killing here.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 1, 2009
No murder weapon found, Valentine witness says
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The second trial in the 1999 Valentine's Day triple murder enters its fourth day today.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 30, 2009
Cleveland, Tenn.: Valentine's Day murder trial continues
A forensic expert testified this morning that no gun had been matched to the bullets found at the scene of the Valentine’s Day murders.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 30, 2009
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Blair murder trial opens in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The prosecutor in the Twanna Blair murder trial began his case Tuesday by alleging that Ms. Blair hid details of the slayings of her three roommates by changing her statements and later stopped cooperating with investigators.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 29, 2009
Twanna Blair trial begins in Cleveland
Defense attorney Lee Davis told a Bradley County jury this morning that “it just makes no sense” that his client had anything to do with the 1999 Valentine’s Day triple murders here.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 29, 2009
Local vet rides B-17 for first time since World War II
Allen Crawford remembers his 20th birthday well. It was September, 1944, and he was headed to war as a bombardier in a B-17 “Flying Fortress.”
Posted: Monday - Sept. 28, 2009
Jury chosen for second Valentine’s murder trial
Attorneys completed jury selection today for the trial of a second defendant in the 1999 Valentine’s Day slayings in Cleveland, Tenn.
Posted: Sunday - Sept. 27, 2009
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Dangerous engagement
The mountains of North Georgia and Tennessee so familiar to Spc. Timothy Garland are hardly foothills compared to the inhospitable mountain ranges he now patrols in Afghanistan.
Posted: Sunday - Sept. 27, 2009
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Two local military cadets in top of their class
Two local residents recently were ranked in the top 10 percent of military college cadets nationwide.
Posted: Saturday - Sept. 26, 2009
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Outreach brings services to veterans
When many veterans complete their military service and return home there's not a military base nearby, one place they can go to get help with the mountain of paperwork they often face.
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