The Tennessee Senate approved legislation Thursday that would let
some teachers carry arms, and the House of Representatives approved a
bill that would give the State Board of Education final authority to
rule on charter schools.
Tennessee's cool, wet spring has prolonged the growing process. The cold
has thinned out some strawberries, but that means the remaining berries
will get more nourishment.
The city and its suburbs were locked down Friday as the manhunt
intensified for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing,
hours after one suspect was killed in a dramatic firefight with police
in nearby Watertown, authorities said.
Police say one of two suspects in the shooting of a Massachusetts
Institute of Technology police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is
underway for another, who is believed to be tied to the Boston Marathon
bombing.
At midnight Friday, the city of Niota in McMinn County shut down most city services including the police department, fire department, and garbage services.
A proposal that would allow school districts to allow people with police
training to be armed in schools is headed to the governor for his
consideration.
