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Enforcement Blitz Buckled Down on Those Not Buckled Up
Nashville, TN - Millions of travelers will hit the highways this summer and the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office is reminding drivers to Click It or Ticket.  In 2006, 983 people in Tennessee died in traffic crashes and 56 percent of those killed were not buckled up at the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the arrest and subsequent guilty plea of Zaidoun M. Nofal, also known as “Zack Nofal,” on sales tax evasion charges. On May 28, 2008, Nofal, former owner of Main Street Citgo located at 500 Main Street […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Department of Revenue is reminding professional groups required to file professional privilege taxes of the convenience of filing online. With the June 1 filing deadline just around the corner, professional privilege taxes can be filed in minutes at www.Tennessee.gov/revenue. Many payment options are also available online.
“The Department of Revenue’s e-filing […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigation Section conducted the investigation that led to the indictment and subsequent nolo contendre plea of Kenny C. Owen on 10 counts of sales tax evasion. On May 22, 2008, Owen, owner of Micko’s, 5210 Shubert Road, Knoxville, Tenn., was granted judicial diversion and sentenced to […]

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley have awarded a $299,310 federal grant to Dyersburg State Community College.  The grant money will be used to train 20 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to become Registered Nurses (RNs) at the Dyersburg State Community College Jimmy Naifeh Center, in […]

The Tennessee Department of Health announces that the suspension of admissions at Hillcrest-West has been lifted effective May 22, 2008. The facility is a 194-bed licensed nursing home located at 6801 Middlebrook Pike in Knoxville. The Department confirmed the facility has returned to substantial compliance for state licensing purposes, and the deficient practices and conditions […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -An inmate who escaped from the Department of Correction in 1994 is back in prison. Floyd J. Swayney was captured Wednesday, May 28 at a residence in Knoxville. Swayney was taken into custody without incident by TDOC Internal Affairs Agents.
Special Agent Richard Metcalfe located Swayney at a home on Highland View Drive where […]

NASHVILLE - - The Tennessee Arts Commission will hold its next quarterly meeting Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. (EST). The meeting will be held at the historic Tennessee Theatre, located at 604 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.According to Ed Gerace, chair of the Commission, a full agenda is […]

The Tennessee Department of Health announces that the suspension of admissions at Shelby Woods Residential Home has been lifted effective May 16, 2008. The facility is an 11-bed licensed home for the aged located at 795 West Shelby Drive in Memphis. The Department confirmed the facility has returned to substantial compliance for state licensing purposes, […]

Nashville, Tennessee — Motorists can expect to see plenty of State Troopers on the road this Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be out in force looking for drivers who are breaking the law.  More than 85 sobriety and driver license checkpoints are scheduled throughout the long holiday weekend in an effort to […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation that led to the indictment of Samir “Sam” Z. Elekaili, age 35, former manager of Glenrose Phillips 66 located at 201 Glenrose Avenue in Nashville, Tenn.  Elekaili surrendered himself to officials at the Metro-Nashville Police Department yesterday on charges of sales […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2008 was released last week at 5.4 percent, 0.1 percent lower than the March revised rate of 5.5 percent.  The United States unemployment rate for the month of April was 5.0 percent.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for April 2008, released today, show that 93 counties […]

The Tennessee Department of Health announces that the suspension of admissions at Claiborne County Nursing Home has been lifted effective May 19, 2008. The facility is a 100-bed licensed nursing home located at 1850 Old Knoxville Road in Tazewell. The Department confirmed the facility has returned to substantial compliance for state licensing purposes, and the […]

MARTIN, Tenn. – Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture Ken Givens joined University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Tom Rakes and other state and local officials today to dedicate the new West Tennessee Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory on the UT Martin campus. The facility will provide a variety of services in support of animal disease diagnosis […]

May is the start of West Nile Virus season in Tennessee, and the Department of Health will once again monitor test results from mosquito pools across the state.
This year, Tennesseans have a new tool in the arsenal of repellents approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent mosquito borne illnesses.  IR3535 was […]

Nashville, Tennessee — Three wreaths were placed near the lasting memorial at Department of Safety Headquarters Friday, May 16th in observation of National Police Week.  Governor Phil Bredesen joined Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) Commissioner Dave Mitchell, Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Mike Walker, THP’s Command Staff, […]

Nashville, Tennessee —The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) is pleased to announce that more than one million Tennesseans have signed up as organ and tissue donors on the state-authorized Donate Life Tennessee Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.  The milestone follows last month’s public awareness campaign focused on donor registration at TDOS Driver License Service Centers […]

Nashville, Tennessee — May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.  The Tennessee Department of Safety, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Motorcycle Awareness Foundation of Tennessee encourage motorcycle riders and drivers to “Share the Road” and hosted a Motorcycle Awareness Day event at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for April was 5.4 percent, down 0.1 percentage point from the March revised rate of 5.5.  In 2007 the April unemployment rate was 4.5 percent.  The national unemployment rate for April 2008 was 5.0 percent, down from the March […]

Tennessee Department of Health announces that the suspension of admissions at Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation for Ardmore nursing home has been lifted effective May 7, 2008. The facility is a 79-bed licensed nursing home located at 25385 Main Street in Ardmore. The Department confirmed the facility has returned to substantial compliance for state licensing purposes, […]