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Wednesday Feb 1 | The Tennessean

Baker Donelson buys second Houston firm

The Tennessee-based Baker Donelson law firm has merged with the Houston-based firm Drucker, Rutledge & Smith, marking their third merger in recent months.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012

Knoxville News Sentinel

State cites Premium Coal for water quality permit violation

The state on Monday issued a water quality permit violation notice to the coal company that discharged more than 1.4 million gallons of black water into the New River earlier this month.

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WTVF Nashville

Man convicted of Tenn. killings gets Ala. trial

A man who is serving five life sentences for the 2009 murders of his estranged wife and four other people in Tennessee will go on trial in Alabama in March on charges he killed also a Huntsville man.

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Wed Jan 11, 2012

Knoxville News Sentinel

Former Scott County chief deputy pleads guilty to DUI

HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. - A former Scott County lawman found responsible in the shooting death of his partner during a 2003 drug raid pleaded guilty today to driving under the influence in a 2011 case, authorities said.

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Mon Jan 09, 2012

Knoxville News Sentinel

State, feds probe coal plant discharge into New River

A coal company violated state and federal water quality permits by releasing shale and rock shavings into Anderson County's New River for 12 hours last week and not reporting the discharge, an official said.

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