TVA upgrading Sequoyah nuclear plant sirens

SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is upgrading its emergency siren system at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in East Tennessee to extend its range.

TVA said contractors will begin work this week to replace 108 sirens and add four more in its nuclear plant emergency zone in Bradley and Hamilton counties.

Each siren will be tested

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Court hearing in West Tenn. abduction-slaying

BOLIVAR, Tenn. (AP) - A court hearing has been scheduled for a woman charged with being involved in the deaths of a West Tennessee woman and her 14-year-old daughter.

Teresa Mayes is expected to appear before a judge Monday on murder charges in the deaths of Jo Ann Bain and her daughter Adrienne.

Prosecutors say Teresa Mayes drove their bodies from

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Miss. Blues Trail to honor Rufus Thomas

BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) - Memphis music pioneer and Mississippi native Rufus Thomas will be honored Monday with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail during a ceremony in Byhalia.

Thomas, a native of Cayce, Miss., and who died at age 84 in 2001, was 1 of Memphis' most colorful and well-known entertainers.

Early in his career he was a radio disc jockey

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Corn Mazes open as harvest season celebrated

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - It's time to get lost in the cornfield.

The Tennessee Institute of Agriculture says there are corn mazes across the state.

Among those advised by University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture in East Tennessee Fender's Farm in Washington County and Old McDonald's Farm in Hamilton County.

Those in Middle Tennessee

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MPD officer arrested for assaulting teens

MPD officer arrested for assaulting teens
MPD officer arrested for assaulting teens
MPD officer arrested for assaulting teens
MPD officer arrested for assaulting teens
MPD officer arrested for assaulting teens
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

A Memphis police officer is behind bars after threatening three juveniles Saturday night.

Memphis police say officers were flagged down in the are of Tutwiler and Snowden in regards to an assault involving off-duty officer Margaret Taylor, 55. Officers were told that Taylor engaged in a verbal confrontation with

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