One measure will require schools and other organizations with youth
athletic programs to adopt concussion policies. It was overwhelmingly
approved 93-3 in the House and the Senate unanimously passed it 30-0.
Downtown drivers who use Clinch Avenue between Locust Street and Henley
Street will need to find an alternate route Tuesday. The Knoxville
Utilities Board has closed that portion of the street to make water main
repairs.
Police searched widely
for other explosive devices, and two law enforcement officials said no
other explosive devices had been found. The officials said that as many
as seven suspicious packages were destroyed in controlled explosions but
they were later found not to be actual bombs.
The stretch of roadway between the Tennessee state line and Cherokee, North
Carolina had been closed since January following a landslide. Officials said
the landslide was caused by heavy rain.
