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War-weary Fort Campbell is being tapped to send more than 5,000 troops back to Afghanistan. The Department of Defense has announced deployments later this year from the 101st Airborne Division.

A group opposed to a new mosque in Rutherford County has filed for an injunction to halt construction at the site.

A long-awaited land swap between Metro Nashville and HCA took a ceremonial step forward Wednesday. The Nashville-based hospital chain is building a new public health center for the city in exchange for land near an HCA hospital.

Dozens of Nashville residents turned out at a Metro Council meeting last night to voice their feelings on a proposed 53 cent increase in the property tax.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is working on a smartphone app using the traffic data it already collects. It’s tentatively set to be available later this year.

Governor Bill Haslam is slowly revealing which state lawmakers will get his help with their reelection campaigns. Rep. Debra Maggart will be one of the first.

Gates to the Bonnaroo farm in Coffee County will open Wednesday night in an effort to ease what has become an annual traffic jam. The music and arts festival begins Thursday night.

Tennessee’s oldest school of pharmacy claims to be having an easier time than others finding jobs for its graduates. On commencement day, 86 percent of students had accepted job offers or postdoctoral positions.

Following a string of businesses pulling out of Hickory Hollow Mall, owner CBL Properties is evicting some of the remaining tenants. CBL is trying to make way for what it calls an “evolution.”