As if the town of Knoxville, Tennessee and the state’s flagship university’s football program haven’t been shamed enough, what with the arrest this morning of three players in a Prius robbing a man in a Hyundai Elantra with a damn pellet gun, it’s now being reported that the local Republican congressman, Stacey Campfield, was kicked out of a recent home football game for wearing a “Luchador’s (Mexican wrestler’s) full head mask” and sneaking into a section closer to the football field he didn’t have a ticket to be in. Read more »
As any northern city slicker knows, it ain’t too swift a move to hightail it through any locale south of the Mason-Dixon line. Sheriff Buford just might make an example of you, pretty boy, and put you on the chain gang for a spell. After watching this spot, I know I won’t be speeding through, or even visiting, Tennessee anytime ever. Apparently, summertime in the Volunteer State is a big ol’ drunk-drive-a-thon, and, well, the local fuzz have had enough. As part of a program called “100 days of summer heat,” the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO) recently started running this here piece of police porn statewide. Read more »
Just hours after authorities in Crossville, Tennessee posted a $5000 reward to catch the person behind their graffiti problem, a woman called to turn in her depressed and lonely son. If convicted, he faces up to a year in jail while his mother collects the loot. Apparently, blood is not thicker than cash. |USA Today|
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