KNOXVILLE – Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam said today the raid Monday on his company was part of a federal criminal investigation into claims of failure to pay rebates to trucking customers. “It does not involve any tax issues,” he said during a short press conference this afternoon at the company’s headquarters in West […]
KNOXVILLE – Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam addressed the media about the search warrants executed at Pilot Flying J the past two days. Haslam said the situation does not involve any kind of tax issues. He said he is unsure why the IRS is involved. The investigation of Pilot by the FBI and IRS apparently […]
CLEVELAND – RTA said a suspicious duffel bag found at the RTA Rapid station located at East 55th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland Tuesday morning contained no device and posed no threat. The City of Cleveland said the bag contained personal items. A suspicious package was reported around 9:30 a.m. The Cleveland […]
NEW UPDATES: Two dead in bomb blasts near finish line of Boston Marathon, Boston police say. Area hospitals say 90+ injured. Two explosions happened at about 2:50 p.m., more than two hours after the first of the race’s nearly 27,000 runners had crossed the finish line. Third blast later reported at JFK Library about 5 […]
KNOXVILLE – The FBI has Cleveland Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam’s Pilot Flying J headquarters on lockdown Monday afternoon. Neither the FBI nor a Pilot spokesman was immediately available for comment. Media were barred from the Pilot campus and the entrance was blocked. Pilot employees were be escorting off the corporate campus on Lonas Road. Knoxville-based […]
Two explosions happened near the finish line of the Boston Marathon at about 2:50 p.m. ET Monday. UPDATE: 2 killed, 23 injured in blasts near Boston Marathon finish line, details still emerging… Two dead in bomb blasts near finish line of Boston Marathon, Boston police say. Area hospitals say at least 49, and as many as 51, […]
An explosion has gone off near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A number of users on Twitter have tweeted photos showing smoke and people with serious injuries. Other photos show people fleeing from the Copley Square area in downtown Boston. The headquarters of the race is currently on lockdown, Reuters is reporting. A […]
Dear cable news hosts (and pundits, and reporters, and politicians): Can we talk? We’ve been noticing over the last couple of days how several of you have been, shall we say, “trying your hand” at rapping. This has been prompted by Jay-Z’s recent track “Open Letter,” in which he mentions President Obama by name. Apparently, […]
Jackee Harry has joined the “Girl Meets World” cast. Disney confirmed to The Huffington Post that the “Sister, Sister” and “227” veteran filmed a role in the pilot. No other details about her role have been revealed. “Girl Meets World” checks back in with Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel) from the ABC series […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News learned of more trouble for RTA with a large crowd and a brawl at a busy rapid stop. A woman and three juvenile girls have been charged. A big fight broke out last month one afternoon inside the Westpark Rapid Station on Cleveland’s west side. A report shows trouble started on a […]
Comedic film and TV actor Jonathan Winters has died at the age of 87, reports TMZ. According to the website, Winters died on April 11 of natural causes, surrounded by friends and family. The actor appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows over his nearly 60 year career, and was perhaps best known […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police say a student brought a gun to Cleveland Central Catholic High School. Police were called to the school on Baxter Avenue around 11 a.m. Friday. A 15-year-old boy was found with an unloaded handgun. He was placed under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon and criminal activity on school […]