Thursday, March 24, 2011
IRS offers help as deadline nears
The Nashville office of the Internal Revenue Service will be open Saturday to help answer questions.
Free tax preparation is available at many other sites. The deadline to file federal taxes is April 18.
Nearly 100 IRS offices will be open across the country on Saturday. The centers offer help to anyone who has federal tax account issues or questions and offers free tax preparation and e-filing to most people whose 2010 household income was $49,000 or less.
Nashville's center at 801 Broadway will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Also, free tax preparation and e-filing are offered at about 180 volunteer-staffed sites in 56 Tennessee counties. These sites are for filers whose household income was $49,000 or less last year or who are 60 or older.
Filers can call the IRS toll-free at 1-800-906-9887 to find the closest free help site.
IRS Free File at www.IRS.gov offers free online use of brand-name tax software to filers whose 2010 income was $58,000 or less.
Free File includes a Fillable Forms option that is free for all filers, regardless of income.
Generally, returns prepared manually on paper have an error rate of almost 20 percent, while returns prepared using tax software have an error rate of less than 1 percent.
— JENNY UPCHURCH
THE TENNESSEAN
Thursday's crime log
Tennessean
Man found shot to death
A man was found fatally shot in a vehicle overnight at an apartment complex in the Nashboro Village area, Metro Police said.
Officers received a shots-fired call just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Metro Police Capt. Ken Walburn. When officers investigated, they were told by a resident that a car had crashed, and officers found a deceased body in the driver’s seat, slumped over, with the seat belt still on. The car had crashed into an area of shrubbery, Walburn said.
No motive has been established, nor have any witnesses to the shooting been located. Police were still on the scene early this morning, Walburn said.
The man, whose identity is being held until next of kin is notified, did not live at the complex, according to the initial investigation. But police said the victim was at the complex earlier in the day grilling out.
It hasn’t been determined whether the man was shot while driving the vehicle or beforehand, Walburn said.
“It’s a wide-open case, we don’t know if it was a robbery or a drug deal,’’ Walburn said.
The call came from Village Green Drive, according to dispatch.
Anyone with information is asked to call 74-CRIME.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Breaking News - Tennessee Fures Coach Bruce Pearl
Channel 5 News
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 2:04 PM CDT
Updated: Mar 21, 2011 2:24 PM CDT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A person with knowledge of the decision says Tennessee has fired Bruce Pearl after a season that saw the coach charged with unethical conduct for lying to NCAA investigators during a probe into recruiting.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the university has not announced the firing.
Sources within UT athletics have also confirmed to our sister station WVLT-TV in Knoxville that the the university and Bruce Pearl have decided to part ways. A formal announcement is expected Monday afternoon.
In six seasons, the 51-year-old Pearl led the Volunteers to their first No. 1 ranking and first NCAA tournament regional finals appearance, missing out on a trip to the 2010 Final Four by a single point.
Pearl acknowledged in a tearful press conference on September 10 that he had given investigators false information when asked about a cookout at his home attended by high school juniors.
The NCAA has since charged the Tennessee basketball and football programs with a dozen violations.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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