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The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption, and voter ...
Oct. 19—The Athens, Tennessee, city manager has been suspended for two weeks without pay after a special city council session investigating allegations by the police chief that the city manager ...
Jan. 21—ATHENS, Tenn. — It's a dispute that rattled the small town of Athens, Tennessee, raising questions of free speech and a man's right to publicly criticize city officials via a message ...
Along with his siblings, he owned and operated a lumber company, a natural gas company, a motor company, and a bank. He also served as a director for Citizen's National Bank in nearby Athens, Tennessee. [5] Active in the local Democratic Party, Cantrell was elected Sheriff of McMinn County in 1936. He was re-elected in 1938 and 1940.
Operation Rocky Top became public in January 1989 when W.D. "Donnie" Walker, a one-time bingo regulator in the state government who later became a lobbyist, pleaded guilty to offering McNally a $10,000 (equivalent to $27,796 in 2023) bribe in exchange for his vote on a measure to legalize horse racing.
The Athens Post was founded in 1848 as a weekly. [4] It ceased publication in 1917. [5] The Athenian was founded in 1883, [6] with an 1886 circulation of about 1,000. [7] In its early history it billed itself as a Republican newspaper published weekly on Fridays. [8]
Shifflett had been booked on a probation violation charge, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Shifflett had "some sort of medical emergencyâ according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations. Jail or Agency: Anderson County Detention Facility; State: Tennessee; Date arrested or booked: 4/13/2016; Date of death: 4/14/2016; Age at death: 58
Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States [8] and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga . [ 9 ]