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Chicken, beef tossed during health inspection at Tellico Plains restaurant Original

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By Don Dare Verified, Hannah Moore Verified
| WATE-TV (Knoxville, TN) Verified
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The restaurant in Tellico Plains just barely passed its inspection. Half a dozen critical violations were marked down. The grade is a 70 at La Loteria Mexican Restaurant on Main Street in Tellico Plains. 70 is a passing score. A grade of 69 and below is considered failing. To begin with, food temperatures were off. In the cooler, raw beef and chicken were at 50 degrees, and the manager told the inspector they had been there overnight.
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Chicken, beef tossed during health inspection at Tellico Plains restaurant

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By Don Dare Verified
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Chicken, beef tossed during health inspection at Tellico Plains restaurant KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The restaurant in Tellico Plains just barely passed its inspection. Half a dozen critical violations were marked down. The grade is a 70 at La Loteria Mexican Restaurant on Main Street in Tellico Plains. 70 is a passing score. A grade of 69 and below is considered failing.
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VA overpayment dispute resolved after disabled veteran told he owed $42,000 Original

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By Don Dare Verified, Hannah Moore Verified
| WATE-TV (Knoxville, TN) Verified
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A disabled veteran was told he owes the government more than $42,000 in overpayments, and he doesn’t know why. It turns out that Veterans’ Affairs was missing a report regarding Ron Higgs’ wife, who died last year. Higgs is rated as a 100 percent, permanent, and totally disabled veteran. The P&T designation means his service-connected conditions are not expected to improve. The retired medical doctor has been disabled since having a stroke seven years ago.
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