07/14/11 Four local law enforcement agencies competed in the 2011 National Law Enforcement Challenge.
07/13/11 Congratulations to NewsChannel 9's Facebook Friend of the Day. This Wednesday we recognize David Lewis of Benton, Tennessee. David is a 1992 graduate of Polk County High School. He writes in his online profile that he and his wife Melanie just celebrated their 12th anniversary.
07/12/11 Less than a month after a watchdog group reported finding record-high pollution levels in stormwater runoff from the University of Tennessee's Sorority Village project, the state is reviewing all reports taken from its roughly 15 visits to the construction site.
07/10/11 Middle Tennessee will be under a heat advisory Monday and Tuesday, meaning the heat index could reach up to 110 degrees.
07/07/11 The staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority has negotiated an agreement to buy, subject to TVA board of directors' approval, the 968-megawatt Magnolia Combined Cycle Gas Plant in northern Mississippi from Kelson Limited Partnership, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kelson Energy Inc.
07/07/11 Kelson Energy Inc., an independent power producer, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 968 MW Magnolia Combined Cycle Gas Plant, located in Benton County near Ashland, Mississippi, to the Tennessee Valley Authority .
07/07/11 COLUMBIA, Md., -- Kelson Energy Inc., an independent power producer, today announced that it has sig...
07/07/11 The Tennessee Valley Authority announced today it is buying its biggest natural gas power plant as the federal utility continues its shift from coal to gas generation.
07/06/11 State Sen. Roy Herron announced Wednesday that 15 Tennessee counties have been designated natural disaster areas by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack due to severe flooding in April and May.
06/29/11 A just-installed parachute system got the credit from thankful family members and law enforcement officers alike Tuesday for saving the life of a prominent Mississippi attorney whose private plane crashed near Holly Springs Airport in Marshall County Monday evening.
06/29/11 Contact: David Roberts, +1-202-693-5945, roberts.david@dol.gov; Joshua Lamont, +1-202-693-4661, lamont.joshua@dol.gov
06/29/11 When Michael Phelps first started swimming, he didn't much like putting his face in the water. As an alternative, he learned to swim on his back and then made the transition to the other strokes. At the same time he learned to float, he learned about water safety.
06/27/11 The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that several counties in Tennessee have been added to the disaster declaration for Private Non-Profit Organizations . This declaration resulted from damages caused by severe storms, tornadoes, high winds and flooding that occurred on April 25-28, 2011.
06/27/11 The severe thunderstorm watch has been cancelled for the Middle Tennessee area, according to the National Weather Service.
06/26/11 Deputies in Benton County have charged a man with battery for shooting at two men who were working on a cell phone tower in his back yard
06/15/11 Jolene (Haga) Pierson, 82, of Wenatchee, WA, died Saturday, June 11, 2011. She was born on May 20, 1929. She was the third of four children born to Cecil and Louvenia Haga in Kingsport, TN.
06/15/11 Almost 3,000 Nashville Electric Service customers are without power as a result of the severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon.
06/09/11 The 22nd annual Darrell Patterson Volunteer Challenge Golf Tournament to benefit Santa For All Seasons , is coming up on Saturday, July 16 th , at Eagle Bluff.
06/05/11 A man is killed on the Ocoee River Sunday afternoon after flipping his raft.
06/02/11 Tennessee is receiving a $3.6 million National Emergency Grant for cleanup and recovery from severe storms, tornadoes and associated flooding in the state in late April and early May. | 
