Twin Tower Segment to Anchor Murfreesboro Memorial

The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department is preparing to build a memorial around a piece of the tower that took the first hit of the September 11th attacks.

As the General Assembly redraws political lines, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean is asking that the city remain primarily under one congressional district. Dean sent a letter to the Speaker of the House last month.

Hollywood has created a budding scene of Nashville artists who are building their careers around primetime placements, whether they like it or not.

It could be a profitable year for corn farmers in Tennessee. International demand from China is up, and while Texas languishes from a months-long drought, Tennessee is in relatively good shape. But some are worried higher corn prices might not be an entirely good thing.

The current system for training doctors takes far longer than it needs to, says Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper. He was speaking to medical students and doctors at Vanderbilt. Cooper says it also steers too many students into specialties, “whether they’re helping us live longer or not.”

“Stand down,” was the order for the Tennessee National Guard last night. Bags were packed and equipment loaded, but more than 2,000 troops in the state have been told they won’t be needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.

A car bomb killed a soldier from the 101st Airborne Division over the weekend in Kandahar city, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says Specialist Michael Roberts was a Military Policeman.

Former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Adolpho A. Birch, has died. Friends confirm the passed away Thursday at age 78.

Governor Bill Haslam says he doubts Tennessee departments will have to hack 30 percent from their budgets. But with less federal money expected to come to states, Haslam says it’s wise to lay out a plan now.

The CEO of Gibson Guitar says federal agents took imported hardwood and cost the company a million dollars when they raided factories in Memphis and Nashville this week.