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Round 1
Carter County 911 put out a notice, because the city of Elizabethton will be smoke-testing the sewer system this week, starting yesterday.
If you live north of West Elk Avenue, between North Lynn Avenue and Overmountain Drive, you might see smoke coming out of your sewer vents, your manholes — or your plumbing fixtures.
Don't worry… your house is not on fire.
They're pumping smoke through the pipes to find cracks and leaks.
But the comments, of course, already did their thing. One commenter said, "Or that dayum Taco Bell got to everyone!"
And honestly, if the smoke coming out of your toilet smells like a Crunchwrap, that's not the city — that's a you problem.
If you see smoke eminating from your neighborhood manhole cover this week, don't panic. It's supposed to be there.
Carter County, what did y'all eat last night?
Round 2
Yesterday, all three Blackman schools in Murfreesboro went on lockdown — Blackman High, Blackman Middle, and Blackman Elementary — after a threatening phone call came into Blackman High.
The sheriff's office was quick to say this was NOT an active shooter situation.
Deputies spent the day clearing the buildings. Parents were told to stay away from the campuses — a staging area was set up at 316 Fortress Boulevard, Murfreesboro Missionary Baptist Church.
By afternoon the lockdown was lifted and parents picked their kids up on campus. The district says it looks like a swatting call — a fake threat to trigger a police response — but they take every one seriously until they have the facts.
One phone call locked down three schools.
No word on who is responsible yet, but if you know who made that call, say something. A fake threat to a school isn't a prank. It's a crime — and it terrorizes kids who did nothing wrong
That's two rounds down and one to go…
Round 3
In Hamilton County, a deputy spotted a car going the wrong way down Standifer Gap Road, and, as any self-respecting officer would do in this situation, he attempted to pull it over.
And, as any self-respecting driver would do in the situation, he ran away.
The pursuit ended the way these things usually end, with the driver running straight into a wooden telephone pole on.
I guess he really wanted to make a collect call. (Kids, ask your parents)
Inside, deputies found passenger Jamaal Parker with a backpack holding four pounds of concentrated THC — individually packaged, worth more than thirteen thousand dollars — and two loaded pew pews.
Parker was arrested on drug and gun charges.
I hope he'll still be able to make his one phone call.
At the time of this recording, the other passengers are still under investigation.
Oh, and and the telephone pole is pressing charges too.
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