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Nashville, Tennessee — The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) will be out in force this Labor Day weekend, cracking down on drivers who break the law.   The Labor Day holiday weekend begins Friday, August 29, at 6 p.m., and ends Monday, September 1, at 11:59 p.m.
More than 80 sobriety and driver license checkpoints are scheduled across […]

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation that led to the indictment and subsequent guilty plea of Robert Victor Diefenbach on four counts of sales tax evasion. On August 26, 2008, Diefenbach, owner of M & R Auto, 2903 Newport Highway in Sevierville, was granted judicial diversion and […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue will hold its next free bimonthly new business workshop on Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the department’s Murfreesboro Road office, located at 1321 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville. The workshop will be held on the eighth floor.
This free workshop is designed to assist those […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -The Department of Correction has been awarded a $540,000 federal grant to help offenders find employment upon release from prison. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Justice, will allow the TDOC to provide transitional employment servies to offenders released to the Davidson County area as part of a new program called Nashville […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Governor Phil Bredesen and state Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens today announced a $25,000 grant to the Knox County MPC and city of Knoxville to assist with urban forestry resource conservation planning and management.
“Our urban forests are an important resource and, managed properly, can help reduce heat buildup, control storm water and improve […]

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Fisheries Division presented its proposed 2009 sportfishing regulation changes during committee meetings at the August meeting of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency that was held at Pickwick Landing State Park.
In addition at the meeting, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission announced that they will revise the commercial fishing proclamation to allow […]

Nashville, Tennessee — The Tennessee Highway Patrol is teaming with the Georgia State Police to send a strong message that officers from both states will be on the look-out for impaired drivers this week.  The agencies will hold a Hands Across the Border sobriety checkpoint Wednesday evening on Rossville Boulevard at the Georgia/Tennessee state line. […]

Nashville, Tennessee — Tennessee Department of Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell has requested additional assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) in regards to the investigation surrounding Lieutenant Ronnie Shirley’s alleged unauthorized access to the Integrated Criminal Justice Web Portal (ICJSC).
Commissioner Mitchell has asked the TBI to conduct forensic examinations on the state-issued computers and […]

Nashville, Tennessee — The Tennessee Highway Patrol and law enforcement authorities from several counties are searching in Dekalb County for the two suspects who were involved in a pursuit this morning and fled on foot after crashing the stolen vehicle they were riding in. These are believed to be the same suspects who were involved […]

Nashville, Tennessee — Two women, one a convicted felon, were arrested after a Tennessee State Trooper stopped their vehicle Wednesday evening in Lewis County and discovered a cache of drugs and money.
Trooper Jeremy Miller was patrolling Highway 99 in Lewis County just after 6:15 p.m., when he noticed that the occupants of a 1996 Dodge […]

Nashville, Tennessee — The Tennessee Highway Patrol and law enforcement authorities in White County are searching for a Missouri felon who, after fleeing from a Trooper and wrecking a pick-up truck he was in, escaped on foot.  Investigators believe he may be en route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in a stolen gold 1997 Toyota […]

Nashville, Tennessee — A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) will arrive August 24, 2008, to examine all aspects of the Tennessee Department of Safety’s (TDOS) policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, announced TDOS Commissioner Dave Mitchell.
“Verification by the CALEA team is part of a […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that EnergySolutions-Bear Creek Operations (BCO) in Oak Ridge was chosen to receive the Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award.
“EnergySolutions shows a continued dedication to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace,” said Deputy Commissioner Bob Henningsen, who presented the Volunteer […]

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley have awarded $50,000 to B&W Y-12, LLC in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Fifty participants will receive training in the following programs: air conditioning and refrigeration, boilermaker, blacksmith, carpentry, electrical, insulation, iron work and rigging, pipefitters, painters and welding.
“It is vital […]

PICKWICK DAM, Tenn.  — Tennessee’s 2008-09 waterfowl hunting seasons were established by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission during its August meeting at Pickwick Landing State Park on Thursday, August 21, 2008. The TWRC serves as the governing body for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
TWRC sets the state’s waterfowl seasons each year within the framework determined […]

Waterfowl hunters will have their first shot of the year at hunting birds when an early Canada goose season opens a half-hour before sunrise on September 1, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
The early goose season will allow hunters to bag as many as five Canada geese a day between September 1 and September […]

With the opening of dove season at noon on September 1, 2008, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is reminding hunters to check their hunting area to make sure it is not baited.
“It is the responsibility of every hunter to be certain that he or she is not hunting over a baited area,” said Sonny […]

NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is offering a clarification to the dog training guidelines listed under the Small Game Hunting section of the 2008 Hunting and Trapping Guide (hard copy).
Under the heading of Dog Training on page 15 of the “hard copy” (page 17 on the Web site hunting guide), the sentence should […]

NASHVILLE — Changes have been made for the 2008-09 waterfowl hunting season at the Bogota Wildlife Management Area, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced.
Public hunting will be open during the statewide season at the WMA and will be allowed on pools 1, 2, and 3. Hunting will be available on a first come, first […]

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced that all of the 2008 deer hunts scheduled for the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant located near Chattanooga have been canceled. The cancellation is a result of the impending construction activities associated with the new Volkswagen manufacturing plant being built on the VAAP.
It was announced on July 15 that […]