 01/24/10 Free income tax help for local older residents as well as for low- or middle-income residents will begin Feb. 1 and continue through April 15, courtesy of the American Association of Retired Persons.
 01/22/10 NASHVILLE - Lawmakers on Thursday overwhelmingly passed Gov. Phil Bredesen's plan for overhauling the state's higher education system in an effort to improve Tennessee's poor college graduation rates.
 01/21/10 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed Gov. Phil Bredesen's plan for overhauling the state's higher education system to improve Tennessee's poor graduation rate at community colleges and four-year schools.
 01/21/10 The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed Gov. Phil Bredesen's plan for overhauling the state's higher education system to improve Tennessee's poor graduation rate at community colleges and four-year schools. Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle said the measure is "about taking higher education to a higher place." Tennessee's graduation rate ranks 42nd nationally. "We're starting the process of ...
 01/16/10 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's seven major gubernatorial hopefuls touted their education goals in a candidate forum at Belmont University on Thur....
 01/15/10 Tennessee's seven major gubernatorial hopefuls touted their education goals in a candidate forum at Belmont University on Thursday.
 01/08/10 Animal rescuers saved a mother dog and 10 of her puppies from Sugar Hollow Park.
 01/03/10 NEW RELEASE and USA Tour Tierra Negra and Muriel Anderson - New World Flamenco NY Concert and CD Release Tue., Jan. 5th, 8pm Highline Ballroom With special guests Danny Gottlieb and Nicki Parrott 431 West 16th Street (between 9th and 10th Ave) New York City, NY 10011 212-414-5994 Concert starts @ 8PM Doors open @ 6 PM Tickets $25.00 in advance $27.00 day of show...
01/01/10 John S. Wilder, a wily, eccentric and towering figure in Tennessee politics as lieutenant governor/Senate speaker for 36 years, died early today at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. He was 88.Wilder's son, Shelton Wilder, confirmed that his father died at 12:10 a.m. at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. John Wilder was hospitalized Monday after being airlifted to Baptist; Shelton Wilder found his ...
 01/01/10 John S. Wilder, a wily, eccentric and towering figure in Tennessee politics as lieutenant governor/Senate speaker for 36 years, died early Friday at a Memphis hospital.
12/29/09 State Senate speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey said lifting an in-session fundraising ban is no longer among his top priorities.
 12/29/09 The new year arrived last January on icy roads. According to Virginia State Police, more than 100 wrecks in Washington, Smyth and Wythe counties as a cold mist fell and froze on area roadways.
12/23/09 Republican state Senate speaker and gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey wants the state attorney general to look into whether a deal struck in Congress on health-care legislation could create an opening for Tennessee to opt out.
12/17/09 Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) today harshly criticized the Health Services and Development Agency for voting to locate a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic two-tenths of a mile from a Catholic high school and home for retired priests.
 12/17/09 The decision to suspend a state-sponsored aviation grant fund marks the second financial hit sustained by the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in recent weeks.
12/16/09 Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct its annual holiday blood drive from Dec. 16 until Jan. 2.
 12/10/09 Delane McUne, Industrial Technology Director at Clovis Community College, is one of six faculty members to receive the Outstanding Faculty of Industrial Technology Award from the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)...
12/07/09 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam has released a personal financial accounting that omits the income he gets from a well-known family business.
 12/05/09 Matt Spence, 10, (above) proudly poses with the ride that took him to the Junior Sportsman championship at Beechnut Raceway this past season. COSBY-Matt Spence was cool and calm as he was speaking to this reporter about his life, and winning his first track championship.
12/04/09 In news releases sent out this week, Chattanooga attorney Chuck Fleischmann and former Tennessee Republican Party Chairwoman Robin Smith issued statements on President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. | 
