TN Progressive

• Alcoa Safe Streets Plan Survey (BlountViews)
• WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
• Report on Blount County, TN, No Kings event (BlountViews)
• America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
• A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
• The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
• Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
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• Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
• Alcoa, Hall Rd. Corridor Study meeting, July 30, 2024 (BlountViews)
• My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
• July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)

TN Politics

• US Supreme Court in defeat for Trump blocks deployment of National Guard in Chicago (TN Lookout)
• Audit identifies flaws in state child care center investigations (TN Lookout)
• House GOP to push forward Memphis school takeover plan with ‘teeth’ (TN Lookout)
• Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release (TN Lookout)
• John Cole’s Tennessee: Plink! (TN Lookout)
• Gov. Bill Lee stays mum as a deadline looms to opt into a summer food program for kids (TN Lookout)

Knox TN Today

• Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from your Library (Knox TN Today)
• The Book Whisperer’s ‘Best Audiobook of 2025’ (Knox TN Today)
• Young Reader’s Shelf: Jólabókaflóðið (Knox TN Today)
• Hammer’s Hardwood Classic results from weekend (Knox TN Today)
• Grace Christian’s mindset could produce big second half of season (Knox TN Today)
• PSCC graduates 780+ in fall commencement (Knox TN Today)
• HEADLINES: World & national news to state & local news, events (Knox TN Today)
• Lady Vols close 2025 with win (Knox TN Today)
• Reynolds Ramsey: His winter provision of flour (Knox TN Today)
• A happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night (Knox TN Today)
• Gary Doyle + Kelley Harris + Shannon Bolden + Jessica Schaeffer ++ (Knox TN Today)
• Witherspoon Lecture Series to focus on Southern Appalachia’s role in the nation’s founding (Knox TN Today)

Local TV News

• Woman dead after Knox County officers fire shots (WATE)
• Public asked for tips after illegal deer poaching in Cades Cove (WATE)
• Trainers emphasize consistency and community in achieving fitness goals (WATE)
• 'A little bit more me': Legendary high school coach returns to take over Webb football (WATE)
• Last-minute Christmas shoppers flock to Tanger Outlets in Sevierville (WATE)
• Morristown church partners with Tennessee Food on Foot to fight food insecurity (WATE)

News Sentinel

State News

• Southside Chattanooga townhome project resumes following lawsuit and foreclosure sale - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• The Michelin effect: How the awards impacted Chattanooga area businesses - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Homegrown developer works to bring affordable housing to East Chattanooga - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Debate over state law heightens Red Bank certified tax rate arguments - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Wire Reports

• Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts record close: Live updates - CNBC (Business)
• At least 2 dead in 'catastrophic' explosion at nursing home in Pennsylvania: Officials - ABC News (US News)
• BP sells stake in motor oil arm Castrol in $6bn deal - BBC (Business)
• It’s boom times for Trump’s economy. Especially if you’re rich. - Politico (Business)
• Fourth largest Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.7 billion as Christmas rolls around the corner - CNN (Business)
• U.S. bars Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online - NPR (US News)
• More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care - AP News (US News)
• Waymo Released a Revealing Postmortem on Its San Francisco Blackout Meltdown - Gizmodo (Business)
• Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered - The New York Times (US News)
• 9-year-old who vanished during road trip found dead in Utah - KSL.com (US News)
• Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports - The New York Times (US News)
• Supreme Court keeps block on Trump's National Guard deployment in the Chicago area, for now - PBS (US News)
• Justice Department Reaches Proposed Consent Decree with LivCor, One of America’s Largest Landlords, to Resolve Information Sharing and Algorithmic Coordination Claims - Department of Justice (.gov) (Business)
• U.S. regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss - NPR (Business)
• FCC bans new Chinese-made drones, citing security risks - ABC News (Business)