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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate.

"We are having this event so people don't become complacent," said Wayne Smith of Central Baptist Church of Bearden's Samaritan Ministry prior to the event.

The owner of El Charro said he may lose $40,000 if a neighborhood group moves forward with an appeal on his project.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed along Old Maynardville Pike by two vehicles, including a THP cruiser, Tuesday night.

Four people have been charged in connection with what authorities describe as a robbery conspiracy turned homicide in Claiborne County.

A Canadian firm's plans to invest $313 million and create 620 jobs in Oak Ridge have collapsed, dashing local officials' hopes to ignite an industrial renaissance in Oak Ridge.

Negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract for about 1,100 union workers at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, and a ratification vote is scheduled for Thursday.

Absentee ballots are available for the March 1, 2016, Knox County and presidential primaries.

OAK RIDGE — Neil McBride's ears were likely burning midday Tuesday, because plenty of people were talking about him then, and they all had good things to say.

Roane County Sheriff's Office Capt. Tim Hawn is credited with discovering and saving an 80-year-old woman whose car when off a curve on Sunday afternoon.