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Nashville, TN – Education Commissioner Lana Seivers announced today the appointment of Dr. Timothy […]

Nashville , TN – Tennessee Executive Director of School Safety and Support Services Mike Herrmann has begun serving on the national Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee, created to provide advice to the U.S. Secretary of Education on federal, state and local programs. Herrmann is the only state education agency representative on […]

SMYRNA, Tenn.– Dozens of young men and women with significant disabilities donned cap and gown today and proudly walked or rolled their wheelchairs across the stage at the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center (TRC) in Smyrna. The students come from every corner of the state, but all are filled with the same determination and drive to enter […]

Tennessee’s deer hunting seasons may be closing soon but hunters should remember that they still have about eight weeks of small game hunting seasons left, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).
Some of […]

With the close of bear hunting seasons, harvest records for black bear indicate this year’s harvest may reach a second all-time high, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).
“With a few tags still […]

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will halt all interstate and major road construction during the busy Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel period. TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely instructed contractors to end all construction related lane closures Thursday, December 21, 2006 at midnight. Construction will resume Tuesday, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., — Safe travel for motorists is the goal of the Tennessee Highway Patrol during this weekend’s Christmas holiday, Friday, December 22nd through Monday, December 25th.  In 2005, six people died in six separate single vehicle crashes on Tennessee roads during the Christmas travel period.  Two of the fatalities last year occurred in alcohol-related […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., — The Department of Safety has opened a new Driver License Station at 1420 South First Street in Union City.  The station is one of seven new driver license stations being opened in Tennessee to provide more convenient service to citizens across the state.   The other locations are in Shelby, Fayette, Fentress, Hamilton, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Today John C. Littles, former owner of Potpourri Furniture Liquidators located at 3933 Park Ave. in Memphis, was arrested by deputies of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on charges of state sales tax evasion and theft of property. The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that […]

Pilot Program Unveils Logo and Tagline
NASHVILLE – Retirees looking to call Tennessee home now have an online resource to discover the Tennessee good life. Today the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) launched the Retire Tennessee Web Site at www.retiretennessee.org and unveiled the program’s logo and tagline – The good life […]

Company To Create Between 50-100 New Manufacturing Jobs
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, along with Pulaski and Giles County officials, today announced that Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd., of which Clarage is the heavy-duty division, will bring a new manufacturing plant to Pulaski.
The company will open its new […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee now has more than 1,000 persons trained and registered to give aid to animals during times of emergencies. Animal health officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced that the state reached the milestone in November.
The initiative is expected to help state and local emergency officials to be more […]

Nashville , TN The Tennessee Department of Education will distribute $15,315,586.25 in software vouchers to local school systems as a result of a settlement in a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. The class action suit alleged Microsoft used unlawful trade practices to maintain a monopoly and overcharge Tennessee consumers.
We are pleased that the outcome will allow […]

Nashville, Tennessee – Tennessee roadways are some of the best in the nation according to a national magazine representing the industry that uses the roads the most – truck drivers. This is the eighth year in a row Overdrive Magazine has named Tennessee’s highways among the top five in the nation, […]

Traffic Can Now Travel From Summit Hill Drive to Broadway
Knoxville, Tenn. – Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) officials and local leaders cut the ribbon on the new Hall of Fame Drive Thursday, December 14 officially opening the roadway to traffic. The 1.2 mile stretch of road between Summit Hill Drive and Broadway […]

Knoxville, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced today that James White Parkway will close to traffic on Sunday, December 17. James White Parkway is scheduled to reopen in September 2007. During this timeframe, several existing bridges and ramps will be demolished and six new bridges and four new […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., — The Department of Safety has opened a new Driver License Station at 2714 Union Avenue Extended, in midtown Memphis.  The station is in an office building at the corner of Union Avenue Extended and Poplar Avenue.  It began serving customers this morning.  It is one of seven new stations that are opening […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., — The Department of Safety has opened a new Driver License Reinstatement Office Station at 306 Home Avenue in Maryville.  The Reinstatement Office, which began serving customers on Monday, December 11th, is one of three across the state and is the first office dedicated to reinstatement in eastern Tennessee.  The two other locations […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., — The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) encourages motorists to participate in Lights on for Life Day on Friday, December 15th.
“On the rush hour commute and throughout the day Friday, we urge motorists to keep their head lights on to show their support for saving lives and reducing impaired driving,” said Department of […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - William Gregory Richards, former owner of Redline Performance Center, pled guilty today to one count of felony sales tax fraud, a violation of Tenn. Code Ann. Section 67-1-1440(g). Special agents of the Tennessee Department of Revenue, in cooperation with the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office, conducted the investigation leading to today’s […]