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Police say a 20-year-old Harrison man plotted to kill his father.

Thomas Bedford Claxton told deputies his dad wanted to force him out of the house if he didn’t get a job or start college.

Police say Claxton knew he was an heir who would benefit financially from his dad’s death.

He’s being held on a $60,000 dollar bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.

A woman was shot in the face during an auction in East Tennessee.

Officials say the freak accident happened near Greeneville.

A man in the crowd wanted to take a closer look at the gun and it went off.

The 63-year-old victim was taken to a hospital. Officials aren’t sure if charges will be filed.

An arrest has been made in the killing of a Henagar, Alabama, man.

48-year-old Kenneth DeWayne Shaw was shot to death Saturday night.

Now deputies have arrested 39-year-old Casey Adam Jones of Rosalie.

The investigation is ongoing.

A new development in the case of the 13-year-old who was shot in the face in Harrison last month.

Police have arrested 19-year-old Thomas Quarrel Holder and charged him with reckless endangerment.

Initial reports indicated the child was shot while posing for photos with illegally obtained firearms. The victim survived.

The Hamilton County School Board is being urged to make school campuses completely tobacco-free.

A decade-old policy still allows smoking on campus after school hours.

Now the local health department is lobbying for things to change.