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Band Perry christens new Ryman Auditorium stage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The young voices of The Band Perry soared in the space where pioneers of country music had been heard, but their boots were the first to tap time…
East TN Railroad Museum Gets Back on Track
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Plans for an Oak Ridge railroad museum are back on track after being delayed for a decade due to security concerns and fundraising problems. The $1…
Civil War’s 150th stirs a trove of memories
RICHMOND, Va. - From New England to the South, state archivists are using the sesquicentennial of the Civil War to collect a trove of wartime letters, diaries and mementoes that…
State Museum to Display Emancipation Proclamation
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced on Monday that the Tennessee State Museum will be the only stop in the Southeast of an unprecedented tour and display of the Emancipation Proclamation,…
NTSB recommends ban on driver cell phone use
WASHINGTON, D.C. – States should ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, the National Transportation Board said Tuesday. The recommendation, unanimously agreed…
TN Comptroller Wants School Funding Formula Fix
Tennessee Comptroller Justin Wilson says Tennessee’s school funding formula is fraught with complexity and a lack of transparency that could lead to either inadvertent or intentional errors in distributing state…
Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
WASHINGTON – Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40…
Unemployment rate drops to lowest since 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The unemployment rate, which has refused to budge from the 9 percent neighborhood for two and a half frustrating years, fell sharply in November, driven in part…
MUSIC: Swift & Minaj get Billboard honor, talk Grammy nods
NEW YORK – Taylor Swift doesn’t think the Recording Academy is mean. Though she won the Grammy for album of the year in 2010, she’s not sad her latest multiplatinum…
Stitchin’ Sisters Quilt Guild of Marion County invite you to join them
Did you know about the Stitchin’ Sisters Quilt Guild of Marion County? If not, here’s your invitation! The Stitchin’ Sisters Quilt Guild of Marion County meet the first Thursday of each…
