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1. Utility poles left in middle of repaved Old Weisgarber Road

Contractors put down the first base layer of asphalt on Old Weisgarber Road this week.  The construction site painted a strange picture as old utility poles remain in the middle of the widened road.

2. Update: Seven injured in single vehicle accident on I-75N

Seven people were sent to the hospital after a single vehicle rolled over seven times in an early morning accident on I-75N in Loudon County near mile marker 79.

3. Local Weather Forecast

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    Not much rain yet, but our chances for rain will increase the next two days, followed by a cooling trend into the weekend.  All the latest details are just a click away...

4. Franklin man arraigned in slaying of wife at I-40 rest stop

A Franklin man was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he waited for his estranged wife to show up at an Interstate 40 rest stop just west of the Tennessee River, then shot and stabbed her to death.

5. Update: Fire at fuel depot extinguished; Middlebrook reopens

A fire at the fuel depot on Middlebrook Pike has been extinguished. The detour was removed, and the road reopened just before noon.

6. Knox assistant DA to be suspended a week over DUI arrest

District Attorney General Randy Nichols has announced a Knox County prosecutor will be suspended a week without pay over a drunk driving arrest in Anderson County.

7. Tennessean: Vols make most of bad situation

Since the incident where four players were arrested last year, everybody has been pulling in the same direction. Team unity grew. They proved they could grind out key victories.

8. Sarah Palin expected to testify at Knoxville trial

Former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin is expected to be a witness at a University of Tennessee student's internet fraud trial next month.

9. Tell us what you think: Sex Education

President Obama's new budget would eliminate most money for abstinence-only sex education and shift it to teen pregnancy prevention - a U-turn in what has been more than a decade of sex education policy in the USA.

10. Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request

A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring a same-sex date to the event.