Satan is Real – A Country Classic Returns

The 1959 LP by the Louvin Brothers is one of the most unusual albums ever released by a mainstream country artist, but its appeal goes far beyond its eccentric cover.

Most workplaces don’t like it when their employees text or use their smartphones on the job. But if you’re looking for work, Target is hiring holiday employees through text messaging.

This week we’re bringing you tales of Thanksgiving bloopers, mishaps, and downright disasters. Today, the story of what hubris tastes like when it’s ladled into a Thanksgiving Day apple pie.

Workers at Middle Tennessee’s largest private employer have gotten a small but significant raise according to “living wage” advocates. The union representing laborers at Vanderbilt University says base pay is now above the poverty line.

GM is spending around $60 million at its Spring Hill plant to build the popular Equinox SUV. The setup cost is a relative steal as these things go. That discount is thanks to hundreds of millions GM invested in the plant earlier, before idling it for two years.

The state’s Department of Children’s Services is threatening to close one of its five facilities for juvenile offenders as a way to meet a reduced budget. Governor Bill Haslam has asked for department heads to consider the impact of a five percent cut.

Several times during a budget hearing Tuesday, Tennessee’s Education Commissioner came back to the point that one-time funds are paying for ongoing needs. The programs in question provide what he considers “core services.”

Brentwood-based LifePoint Hospitals is getting the fanfare of a corporate relocation for moving three miles down the road. Tuesday Mayor Karl Dean announced at a press conference the hospital chain will consolidate its three Williamson County offices into one building just inside the Nashville city limits.

This week we’re bringing you tales of Thanksgiving bloopers, mishaps, and downright disasters. Today, the story of a glorious feast that had guests running to the rescue.

Investment markets around the world are showing signs of strain from the debt crisis in Europe. Those ripple effects potentially stretch all the way to the state of Tennessee’s pension fund. But officials don’t seem too worried.