Tennessee Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

The defense department says a soldier who died last week in Afghanistan was from Greeneville, Tennessee.

Employees of Metro Government will have two hours a week of paid time off to spend volunteering in public schools. Mayor Karl Dean made the executive order Wednesday.

State education officials announced their first steps to overhaul Tennessee’s most underperforming schools Wednesday and the actions are far less dramatic than originally conceived.

January sales figures were strong for three automobile companies with local ties.

This summer, the 101st Airborne Division will be reunited in Afghanistan.

Nashville-based Central Parking announced today its current CEO is retiring. That completes a transition that began almost three years ago when a group of investment firms bought the company.

To be able to pull $200 million out of TennCare to help balance next year’s budget, Governor Phil Bredesen will have to get the approval of the federal government. One state senator questions whether the answer to that request will come as quickly as the state needs it to.

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker questions the reasoning behind stricter banking rules proposed by the Obama administration.

TennCare would take the biggest hit of any state agency under budget reductions proposed by Governor Phil Bredesen.

Small business owners are asking for stiffer enforcement of workers comp laws.