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What if a major US food or livestock supplier was attacked by terrorists? That's the subject on Live Response, a broadcast from the National Terrorism Prevention Institute. Sharon Thompson is a guest on today's program. She directs the Center for Agricultural and Food Security and Preparedness at UT's College of Veterinary Medicine. Under a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, Thompson helped develop a training course on assessing vulnerabilities in Agriculture and Food production facilities...
Paul House has been on Tennessee's Death Row for 22 years. He filed several appeals and his case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It was determined House did not receive a fair trial for the murder of a Union County woman. Yet the state of Tennessee continued to pursue the case. in April, a federal judge ordered House to be released from prison. He's scheduled to be freed tomorrow. Steven Kissinger represents House in his federal death penalty case. He tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd he believes House will finally see justice...
As the economy has slowed, the price of food has soared. Milk, eggs and bread are all more expensive. Fruits and vegetables also cost a lot more. As Matt Shafer Powell reports from member station WUOT, that's forced some people to get creative...
In 2003, WUOT listeners were introduced to an event called the "Prom of the Stars". It's an annual, formal dance in East Tennessee for developmentally disabled teenagers and adults. The popular event was conceived and organized locally by a man named Jim Riner. Last week, Riner died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 53. Riner was an Elder at Farragut Christian Church. The church's Senior Minister Jason Warden says the Prom is a great example of all that Riner did for and was to the community...
At the beginning of 2007, the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy created the Energy Fellow position. It's a partnership with the TVA and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The program's goals include stimulating discussion of our nation's energy policy, engaging international experts in the program and proposing solutions to current energy concerns. On this segment of Dialogue, host Chrissy Keuper speaks with Jerry Paul, the man appointed to that position...
There are millions of unexploded land mines, bombs and grenades buried, often forgotten, all across the world. Some date back to the earliest 20th century. Many are remnants of far more recent conflicts. Typically, military personnel are employed to clear these deadly hazards. But now civilians are being trained to detect them. There are only two places in the country to provide non-military ordnance training. One is in Oak Ridge. WUOT's Ann Lloyd has this report...
National Public Radio correspondent Susan Stamberg is in Knoxville today. She's the featured speaker at the Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council "Women of Achievement" Gala this evening. Stamberg joined NPR in 1972. She was the first woman to host a daily national news program. She tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd being a girl scout as an early step in her career as a successful journalist. But she admits the thing that first caught her child's eye was the fashionable uniform...
Just after midnight this morning, the Tennessee Department of Transportation completely closed down a one-mile section of I-40 just east of downtown Knoxville. It's the final and most critical phase of T-DOT's SmartFix 40 project. During the next 14 months, I-40 traffic between Hall of Fame Drive and the James White Parkway will be re-routed. WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell sat down with T-DOT's Travis Brickey to discuss the challenges that lay ahead...