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KNOXVILLE — A Knoxville clothing designer whose denim jeans designs have garnered national attention was using his firm to launder money from a large-scale numbers game, court records unsealed today show.

Mercury discharges at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant have declined, apparently due — at least in part — to a Recovery Act-funded project in 2011 that cleaned out and repaired the plant’s storm sewer system.

A South Knoxville felon had drugs, guns, thousands in cash and bad timing when he came home in the midst of a police raid on his house this week, according to arrest warrants.

Oak Ridge personnel conducted a disaster response drill to a tornado touchdown, and experts gave the city high marks for its efforts.

Oliver Springs resident Mark Tinker, 45, has been identified as the man who shot himself in the face with a shotgun Tuesday night.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will not make a concerted effort to locate and kill a fourth cub that is the sole survivor of a nuisance bear family euthanized by state wildlife officers earlier this week, an agency spokesman said.

The gift is the first in a campaign to raise $50 million for park upgrades.

Around 9:45 a.m. , an unidentified man tried to enter Carpenters Elementary causing a lockdown at the school and Carpenters Middle School across the street.

State regulators on Wednesday approved changes made at the Ijams Canopy Experience after a fatal accident, and allowed the course to reopen.

Pilot Flying J executives announced Thursday a $15 million gift to Lakeshore Park, the first donation in a two-phase campaign to raise $50 million to upgrade the city’s 185-acre park.