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State announces $18 million in grants for highway safety

MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Around 400 grants exceeding $18 million will be distributed statewide to support local highway safety initiatives. The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security and the Tennessee Highway Safety Office announced the grants Monday. Programs in Madison County…

Food stamp work requirement to return for most of Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam is reinstating food stamp work requirements for most Tennessee counties starting Feb. 1. Haslam said Monday that Tennessee will re-establish federal work requirements in 70 counties for able-bodied adults without dependents who receive…

2016-17 high school graduation rate is highest on record

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Gov. Bill Haslam and Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced this week that the 2016-17 graduation rate is the highest on record. The statewide graduation rate, currently at 89.1 percent, is more than half a percentage higher than…

Traveling exhibition headed to two state parks in our area

NASHVILLE, Tenn. "Water/Ways," a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Museum, is coming to our area. Tennessee State Parks, in conjunction with Humanities Tennessee, will examine the role water plays on both the environment and culture as part of the exhibit,…

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