The family of Tad Cummins, who was arrested Wednesday for the alleged kidnapping his student Elizabeth Thomas, said Friday they have no comment or opinion on the fate of the ex-teacher. Cummins is facing federal charges in Elizabeth’s monthlong disappearance. Cummins’ wife Jill and daughters Erica and Ashlee issued a…
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Report: Taxpayers Subsidize Thousands Of Federal Workers Conducting Union Business
Thousands of federal employees are likely spending 100 percent of their time performing union activities instead of the work they were hired to do, according to a report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). Federal employees are allowed to use work hours for collective bargaining, impasse proceedings and additional union-related…
Read MoreCollege Lecturer Who Tweeted ‘Trump Must Hang’ Takes Paid Leave of Absence
The professor who tweeted “Trump must hang” and that two Republicans should be executed for each immigrant deported is taking a paid leave of absence for the rest of the spring semester. Professor Lars Maischak of California State University, Fresno agreed upon the leave of absence with the university, according…
Read MoreFormer Memphis Area Transit Authority CEO Makes Plea Deal In Prostitution Case
Facing charges of patronizing prostitution, the former chief executive officer of the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) made a plea deal Friday. Ronald Garrison, 60, entered an Alford plea, which is a guilty plea on the record but without an admission of guilt, according to a news release issued by…
Read MoreLedell Lee Put to Death in First Arkansas Execution Since 2005
Convicted murderer Ledell Lee was executed shortly before midnight Thursday in Arkansas, making him the first prisoner to die under an expedited timetable before a key lethal-injection drug expires at the end of the month. Lee, 51, who had long maintained his innocence in the 1993 murder of 26-year-old Debra…
Read MoreCommentary: Paris Terror Shows Marine Le Pen, Like Trump, Is Right
A terror attack in Paris – now there’s a phrase we’ve been seeing quite a bit of in recent times – could be the final straw for France citizens, the one that drives Marine Le Pen across the finish line. You know about Le Pen – she’s the presidential’s contender…
Read MoreBill Sponsored by Sen. Nicely Would Aid Fugitive Couple in Property Rights Fight Against Dunlap City
By David Tulis / Noogaradio 1240 AM 92.7 FM A bill sliding through the Tennessee General Assembly offers unexpected aid to Thomas and Carol Gaddy, the homeowners from Sequatchie County who are in hiding while a judge demands permission for Dunlap city officials to search their house. The bill…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Saturday, April 22
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing April 22, Saturday Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.
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