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Top 5 Restaurants in Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge Tennessee

Staff Reporter Taylor Moore

• Crocketts Breakfast Camp
• The Apple Barn
• JT Hannahs Kitchen
• Paula Deens Family Kitchen
• Cherokee Grill & Steakhouse

Top 10 Christmas Light Displays in Indiana

Staff Reporter Cassidy Lawrence

1. Charlestown Christmas City, Charlestown
2. Sharpsville Lights, Sharpsville
3. Washington Park Festival of Lights, Michigan City
4. Pleasant Grove Farm Light Show, Lyons
5. City of Lights, Kokomo
6. Reynolds Light Show, Noblesville
7. Santa Claus Land of Lights, Santa Claus
8. Frankfort Lights, Frankfort
9. Night of Lights, Fort Wayne
10. Winterland Holiday Light Show, Danville

Fidel Castro Passes Away

Staff Reporter Bre Tharp

Cuba’s former leader, Fidel Castro died on Friday, November 25, 2016. Castro was born on August 13, 1926 and he was 90 years old when he passed. He overthrew a dictator in 1959 and had power over Cuba for 47 years. An illness forced Castro to resign as president and his brother took over in 2008. Fidel Castro will always be remembered for the revolutionary mark that he left on Cuba.

Cheer Team Mannequin Challenge

Top 10 Christmas Movies

Staff Reporter Amber Schalk

10. Bad Santa

9. Miracle on 34th Street

8. The Best Man Holiday

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas

6. Elf

5. Home Alone

4. A Christmas Story

3. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

2.,1. Scrooge and Scrooged

Films centering on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" make the list not once but  twice. Travers says "it's a tie because the two actors in this were the best people who ever played Ebenezer Scrooge."

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St. Louis Police Kills Gunman Who Ambushed Officer

Staff Reporter Brayden Thomas

St. Louis Police have killed a gunman they say ambushed an officer in a shooting on Sunday, November 20.

Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday night, a gunman pulled up in a silver car next to a marked Chevy Tahoe and opened fire, St. Louis Police Department Police Chief Sam Dotson told reporters. The shooting happened hours after a Texas cop was ambushed in a fatal shooting. Police there are still searching for a suspect.

One officer, a 46-year-old sergeant and 20-year veteran of the force, was shot twice in the head but is expected to survive.

Top Ten Most Dangerous Insects

Staff Reporter Joe Seals

10. Hemiptera

9. Giant Japanese Hornet

8. Siafu

7. Wasps

6. Locusts

5. Fire Ants

4. TseTse

3.Honey Bees

2. Fleas

1. Anopheles Mosquito

Top 10 Rebounders in N.B.A. History

Staff Reporter Zach Cottrell

1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Elvin Hayes
5. Moses Malone
6. Tim Duncan
7. Karl Malone
8. Robert Parish
9. Kevin Garnett
10. Nate Thurmond

Top Ten Most Poisonous Fish in the World

Staff Reporter Luke Smith

1. Vandellia Cirrhosa
2. The Stonefish
3. The Lionfish
4. The Viperfish
5. The Stingray
6. The Boxfish
7. The Scorpionfish
8. The Pufferfish
9. The Surgeonfish
10. Crown of Thorns Fish

Airline Worker Killed at Oklahoma City Airport

Student Reporter Allen Balay, taken from Fox NEWS

A gunman murdered a Southwest Airlines employee, then killed himself Tuesday at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in what police described as a premeditated attack.

Michael Winchester, 52, was shot while walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. The unidentified suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in public parking garage overlooking the scene. Police said the suspect appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said the shooter apparently knew the victim's schedule and routine.

"This individual went there and waited for the employee to either be coming or going to take this opportunity," Balderrama said. He wouldn't say conclusively that it was a "sniper-type" attack.

A LinkedIn page with Winchester's name described him as a ramp supervisor for Southwest and said he was from Washington, Okla., about 35 miles south of the airport. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said in a statement that the airline would cancel all flights scheduled to depart Oklahoma City for the remainder of the day Tuesday.

The 1 p.m. shooting set off a scramble at the airport, with police immediately closing the sprawling complex and asking passengers inside to seek cover.

Top 10 1980’s movies

Staff Reporter Linsey McCloud

1. Blue Velvet
2. Blade Runner
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
4. The Shining
5. Ghostbusters
6. Aliens
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. Raging Bull
10. The Breakfast Club

Crazy Good Crèpes

Staff Reporter Becca Matias

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon white sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

3 eggs

2 cups milk

2 tablespoons melted butter

1. Stir together flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl beat together eggs and milk then add flour and mix until smooth. Next stir in melted butter to complete batter
2. Heat a lightly oiled frying pan or griddle over medium-high heat. Pour or scoop batter into pan, about 2 tablespoons per crepe, then tilt and rotate pan to spread batter as thinly as possible. Brown both sides before serving
3. Top, stuff or roll crepes with chocolate, fruit, cream cheese, powdered sugar or anything else you would like and enjoy.

Pumpkin Bars

Staff Reporter Paige Pearson

·         4 large eggs

·         1-2/3 cups sugar

·         1 cup canola oil

·         1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin

·         2 cups all-purpose flour

·         2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

·         2 teaspoons baking powder

·         1 teaspoon baking soda

·         1 teaspoon salt

·         ICING:

·         6 ounces cream cheese, softened

·         2 cups confectioners' sugar

·         1/4 cup butter, softened

·         1 teaspoon vanilla extract

·         1 to 2 tablespoons milk

1.      In a bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until well blended. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Pour into an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until set. Cool completely. 

2.      For icing, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter and vanilla in a small bowl. Add enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Spread over bars. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 2 dozen.

NFL Star Sits During Anthem in Protest of President-Elect Donald Trump

Staff Reporter Brayden Thomas

"I'm not going to stand for something I don't believe in." So said Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Mike Evans, as he became the latest high-profile NFL star to protest during the pre-game US national anthem.

Prior to his team's 36-10 home win against the Chicago Bears, the wide receiver sat as the Star Spangled Banner played -- later saying "America's not right" in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

Top Ten Movies of All Time

Staff Reporter Ariana DeLong

1. The Godfather
2. Forrest Gump
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
8. Titanic
9. Fight Club
10. Saving Private Ryan

Perfect Turkey

Staff Reporter Amber Schalk

24 servings

Ingredients

1 (18 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed

• 2 cups kosher salt
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 large onions, peeled and chopped
• 4 carrots, peeled and chopped

• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup dry white wine

Directions

Time: 17 hours

1. Rub the turkey inside and out with the kosher salt. Place the bird in a large stock pot, and cover with cold water. Place in the refrigerator, and allow the turkey to soak in the salt and water mixture 12 hours, or overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Thoroughly rinse the turkey, and discard the brine mixture.
3. Brush the turkey with 1/2 the melted butter. Place breast side down on a roasting rack in a shallow roasting pan. Stuff the turkey cavity with 1 onion, 1/2 the carrots, 1/2 the celery, 1 sprig of thyme, and the bay leaf. Scatter the remaining vegetables and thyme around the bottom of the roasting pan, and cover with the white wine.
4. Roast uncovered 3 1/2 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Carefully turn the turkey breast side up about 2/3 through the roasting time, and brush with the remaining butter. Allow the bird to stand about 30 minutes before carving.

What’s on My Playlist?

Staff Reporter Taylor Moore (November 2016)

Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

Modern Girl - Meat Loaf

My Tennessee Mountain Home - Dolly Parton

Creep - Radiohead

In The Night - The Weeknd

What It’s Like - Everlast

Valerie - Amy Winehouse

Desperado - Eagles

Helena Beat - Foster the People