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:PREVIOUSLY:The Athens Police Department says they're investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday night.APD says the ...
A suspect is on the run in McMinn County after Athens Police say he shot two men last night, killing one of them. Carlos ...
Police said that as a precaution, both Athens City Schools and McMinn County Schools have been placed on “secure status.” ...
Mcminn County contains 9 schools and 5,225 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 10%. The student body at the schools served by Mcminn County is 84.7% white, 3.3% Black, 0.6% Asian or ...
The McMinn County Sheriff’s Office, school administrators and the district attorney general held a press conference at 5 p.m. Sunday. WATE sent a camera to livestream. This is a developing story.
MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. — Four McMinn County schools are going virtual until further notice due to current COVID-19 cases and exposures, the school system announced. Starting Nov. 30, McMinn ...
Updated: Sep 11, 2024 / 04:00 PM EDT MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A man is facing a felony charge after he was accused of making threats against schools, according to McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy.
Earlier this month, the McMinn County School District board voted to remove Maus, a Pulitzer prize-winning book on the Holocaust, from its curriculum. Some leaders are supporting the move, others ...
MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. — McMinn County Schools is warning parents to be wary of a possible scam involving a person going door-to-door asking for money to support E.K. Baker Elementary School.
The 10-member McMinn County School Board voted unanimously in a Jan. 10 meeting to remove the book from its eighth-grade curriculum, citing concerns over "rough" language and a nude drawing of a ...
Earlier this month, the McMinn County School District board voted to remove Maus, a Pulitzer prize-winning book on the Holocaust, from its curriculum. Some leaders are supporting the move, others s… ...