The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced Thursday that the Tullahoma Regional Airport is one of seven state airports that will receive aeronautics grants totaling $316,650. The $14,250 TDOT grant to the Tullahoma Airport will be matched by a $750 grant by the city and will be used for runway tree clearing, according to TDOT. …
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According to a report in the Chattanooga Times Free-Press a Tracy City, Tenn., group was awarded funds for training by the state Department of Economic and Community Development as it seeks to establish attractions downtown that would draw tourism dollars to the southern Grundy County town. The group is a five-member steering committee formed to …
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So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else. A message early Thursday on the multistate lottery’s website said the jackpot has soared to $475 million after none of the tickets sold matched all the winning numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing: 2, 11, 26, 34, 41 and a Powerball …
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Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools. The measure passed the House 82-15 and was approved 27-6 in the Senate. It allows schools to hire retired law enforcement officers after they meet certain requirements, such as completing a 40-hour school security …
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A federal recommendation to lower the definition of drunk driving from .08 to .05 of blood alcohol content will likely have no shortage of sponsors in Tennessee’s Capitol Hill. The lawmakers were asked about proposal in the wake of a National Transportation Safety Board staff’s recommendation Tuesday that said the United State is too intolerant …
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Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Acting Commissioner Burns Phillips announced Thursday Tennessee’s unemployment rate for April was 8.0 percent, which increased two tenths of one percentage point from the March revised rate of 7.8 percent. The national unemployment rate for April 2013 was 7.5 percent, decreasing by one tenth of one percentage point from the …
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Copperweld Arena, located in Nisbett Center on the Motlow College Moore County campus, was blessed on May 11 with the energy, excitement and pride of a record 758 graduates whose hard work was rewarded as their names were called and they walked across the stage to receive degrees and certificates. Energy, excitement and pride were …
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The Region 3-AAA softball championship belongs to the Lady Raiders of Coffee County. The Lady Raiders had one big inning and that’s all it took as Coffee County defeated Soddy Daisy 5-0 to move into the Sectional end of the state playoffs Saturday night at 7pm versus Riverdale at home. The Lady Raiders scored all …
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