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Kids Count data shows improvement in health, education, but issues persist

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: June 17, 2019
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Kids Count data shows improvement in health, education, but issues persist

KIDSCOUNTTN.ORG The well-being of Tennessee children has improved in many areas in the last 30 years, acc ...

KIDSCOUNTTN.ORG The well-being of Tennessee children has improved in many areas in the last 30 years, according to information in the KIDS COUNT® Data Book released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundat ...

June 17, 2019
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Hot cars not just dangerous for kids: dogs overheat more quickly than people

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: June 13, 2019
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Hot cars not just dangerous for kids: dogs overheat more quickly than people

Did you know that on a 70-degree day, it only takes 20 minutes for the temperature inside your car to rea ...

Did you know that on a 70-degree day, it only takes 20 minutes for the temperature inside your car to reach 99 degrees? During the heat and humidity of summer days, the Tennessee Veterinary Medical As ...

June 13, 2019
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TVA agrees to a 20-year plan to relocate coal ash, remediate polluted groundwater at Gallatin site

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: June 13, 2019
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TVA agrees to a 20-year plan to relocate coal ash, remediate polluted groundwater at Gallatin site

ABOVE: The Cumberland River surrounds the TVA Gallatin Fossil Plant. // SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ...

ABOVE: The Cumberland River surrounds the TVA Gallatin Fossil Plant. // SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) must excavate roughly 12 million cubic yards of coal a ...

June 13, 2019
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Police charge woman with setting multiple fires that destroyed her fiance’s home

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: June 12, 2019
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Police charge woman with setting multiple fires that destroyed her fiance’s home

On Monday June 10, 2019 Hendersonville Police Detectives located and arrested Tiffany Hummel, 48, of Hend ...

On Monday June 10, 2019 Hendersonville Police Detectives located and arrested Tiffany Hummel, 48, of Hendersonville in Smyrna, Tennessee. Hummel was arrested as a result of a nearly two-month investig ...

June 12, 2019
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Vanderbilt Poll shows Lee as popular as Haslam; suggests increasing partisanship

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: June 06, 2019
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Vanderbilt Poll shows Lee as popular as Haslam; suggests increasing partisanship

By Stephen Elliott NashvillePost.com The latest Vanderbilt Poll, released June 6, found rising levels of ...

By Stephen Elliott NashvillePost.com The latest Vanderbilt Poll, released June 6, found rising levels of partisanship among Tennessee voters. Among the findings: Republican Gov. Bill Lee enjoys a 61 p ...

June 06, 2019
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Week-long baseball tournament at Drakes Creek Park includes movie, food trucks June 27

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: June 04, 2019
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Week-long baseball tournament at Drakes Creek Park includes movie, food trucks June 27

CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE Food trucks, inflatables, and a movie in the park will welcome participants to the ...

CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE Food trucks, inflatables, and a movie in the park will welcome participants to the Game 7 World Series Baseball tournament at Drakes Creek Park located in Hendersonville, Tennes ...

June 04, 2019
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Free Fishing Day June 8 allows anyone to fish license-free

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 31, 2019
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Free Fishing Day June 8 allows anyone to fish license-free

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY The 2019 Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 8 when anyone may fish fr ...

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY The 2019 Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 8 when anyone may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency prov ...

May 31, 2019
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FEMA, National Guard launch exercise simulating response to massive earthquake

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 31, 2019
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FEMA, National Guard launch exercise simulating response to massive earthquake

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY During the next ten days, the Tennessee Military Department will partici ...

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY During the next ten days, the Tennessee Military Department will participate in a large-scale emergency response exercise: Shaken Fury 2019. Shaken Fury is a national- ...

May 31, 2019
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Injury accidents, property damage, and 21 boating under the influence arrests over Memorial Day

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 30, 2019
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Injury accidents, property damage, and 21 boating under the influence arrests over Memorial Day

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is reporting that there were ...

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is reporting that there were no boating-related fatalities over the 2019 Memorial Day holiday weekend. It marks the fifth co ...

May 30, 2019
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TWRA arrested 10 for boating under the influence last year

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 24, 2019
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TWRA arrested 10 for boating under the influence last year

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY Last year, there were no boating-related fatalities over the Memorial ...

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY Last year, there were no boating-related fatalities over the Memorial Day holiday weekend for the fourth consecutive year. However, there were 10 boating under the ...

May 24, 2019
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"One-ring" phone scams aim to make you want to return the call

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 20, 2019
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"One-ring" phone scams aim to make you want to return the call

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) ...

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) is joining the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help alert Tennessee consumers to inc ...

May 20, 2019
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State GOP leader urges Casada to step down; Casada says he will regain trust

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 20, 2019
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State GOP leader urges Casada to step down; Casada says he will regain trust

After the Tennessee House Republican Caucus passed a no-confidence resolution against Speaker of the Hous ...

After the Tennessee House Republican Caucus passed a no-confidence resolution against Speaker of the House Glen Casada, the Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Scott Golden joined those asking Casada ...

May 20, 2019
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Low unemployment persists for third consecutive month; county numbers due next week

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 17, 2019
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Low unemployment persists for third consecutive month; county numbers due next week

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT For the third consecutive month, Tennessee’s prel ...

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT For the third consecutive month, Tennessee’s preliminary statewide unemployment rate for April 2019 remains at the all-time low of 3.2 percent, ...

May 17, 2019
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Task Force works on plan to re-draw Tennessee’s 31 Judicial Districts

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 16, 2019
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Task Force works on plan to re-draw Tennessee’s 31 Judicial Districts

TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT The Advisory Task Force on Composition of Judicial Districts will hold a public h ...

TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT The Advisory Task Force on Composition of Judicial Districts will hold a public hearing in Jackson on Monday, May 20 to receive comments from those interested in sharing their ...

May 16, 2019
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GOP concerns over Casada controversy grow

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 10, 2019
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GOP concerns over Casada controversy grow

By Stephen Elliott NashvillePost.com More and more Tennessee Republicans are calling for House Speaker Gl ...

By Stephen Elliott NashvillePost.com More and more Tennessee Republicans are calling for House Speaker Glen Casada to step down as the fallout from a controversy surrounding his now-former chief of st ...

May 10, 2019
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Senator Blackburn calls language from Speaker Casada’s former chief of staff “disgusting”

Posted by alexander.willis
|Date: May 09, 2019
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Senator Blackburn calls language from Speaker Casada’s former chief of staff “disgusting”

By ALEXANDER WILLIS In a conference call Thursday afternoon, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn briefly touche ...

By ALEXANDER WILLIS In a conference call Thursday afternoon, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn briefly touched on the ongoing scandal involving Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, calling some of the lan ...

May 09, 2019
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Hendersonville Police arrest one, seek another in Waffle House robbery, shooting

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 08, 2019
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Hendersonville Police arrest one, seek another in Waffle House robbery, shooting

HENDERSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Hendersonville Police have identified another suspect in the robbery and ...

HENDERSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Hendersonville Police have identified another suspect in the robbery and shooting that occurred at Hendersonville's West Main Street Waffle House location. Police are ...

May 08, 2019
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Social Security telephone scams are beginning to rival IRS impersonations

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: May 07, 2019
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Social Security telephone scams are beginning to rival IRS impersonations

COUNCIL ON AGING OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE Last month, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued a warnin ...

COUNCIL ON AGING OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE Last month, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued a warning that scammers were spoofing calls from the SSA’s Fraud Hotline. The impostors are telling lie ...

May 07, 2019
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Blackburn, Gillibrand, other women senators, move to commemorate 19th Amendment’s centennial

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: April 30, 2019
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Blackburn, Gillibrand, other women senators, move to commemorate 19th Amendment’s centennial

Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday introduced S.1235, the Wom ...

Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday introduced S.1235, the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passa ...

April 30, 2019
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Another victim found in Sumner County homicide site, bringing the total to 7

Posted by Mark Cook
|Date: April 28, 2019
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Another victim found in Sumner County homicide site, bringing the total to 7

TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Forensic scientists processing the scene of multiple homicides in Sumne ...

TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Forensic scientists processing the scene of multiple homicides in Sumner County located an additional victim, according to an announcement Sunday afternoon by the Ten ...

April 28, 2019
| by Mark Cook

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