The jail is built to hold 619 inmates. On Monday it held 897 inmates.The jail has been under scrutiny by the Tennessee Corrections Institute for more than four years. Committee’s year-old recommendation possibly nearing action.
Sunday's state average of $2.17 per gallon is 7 cents less than last week, 34 cents less than last month and 9 cents less than this time last year, AAA reported. The state average has declined the last 59 days for a total discount of 52 cents.
Tennessee Department of Education awarded $8.9 Million for 218 summer of 2019 programs to serve 8,910 students statewide.
AAA recommends consumers speak with their insurance agent to determine if the item needs to be scheduled on their home, condo or renters policy. According to a recent AAA Consumer Pulse survey, less than one-third of Tennessee home insurance policyholders have scheduled personal property coverage.
Four local systems, Sullivan County, Kingsport, Hawkins County and Rogersville, each had areas in which they excelled and areas that need improvement.
The GOP’s State Executive Committee approved a resolution Saturday asking the Republican-controlled Tennessee General Assembly to require residents register by party affiliation. Currently, Tennessee law allows registered voters to request the partisan primary ballot they wish to mark on election day.
Gas prices in Tennessee have declined 45 cents over the last seven weeks, according to AAA. Sunday’s state average of $2.24 is 10 cents less than a week ago, while the national average of $2.47 is 9 cents less than last week and 2 cents less than the previous 2018 low.
WGU Chancellor Kimberly Estep was in the Model City recently to talk about the annual launch of the Tenn-K Scholarship. The non-profit, online and competency-based scholarship program will award up to 10 scholarships of $10,000 in 2019
Sullivan County lacks 64 mentor, Greene 40, Carter 19 and Washington 17, while Johnson, Hawkins and Hanock have met their recruitment goals and tnAchieves does not serve Unicoi, said Tyler Ford, outreach coordinator of tnAchieves.
The audit covered fiscal 2015-16 and 2016-17, the later of which ended June 30, 2017, at the same time former President Janice Gilliam left.
Gas prices in Tennessee averaged $2.34 per gallon on Sunday after dropping 8 cents last week, AAA reported. The average price in Tennessee has declined the last 45 days for a total discount of 35 cents. The lowest average price so far this year was $2.26 on Jan. 1.
For the eighth year, the park system is sponsoring #OptOutside, a campaign that encourages people to forego indoor activities, such as shopping on Black Friday, and “opt outside” instead.
My recent column on Tennessee Medal of Honor winners from World War I left me wondering, who were the first Medal of Honor winners from the state? The Medal of Honor, as we know it today, came into being during the Civil War, so I didn’t think any Tennesseans would have been awarded one from that time.
Thanksgiving gas prices in Tennessee will be slightly higher than last year. By Thanksgiving Day, AAA predicts the state average will drop to $2.38, which is only 8 cents more than last year's holiday ($2.30).
AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase over last year. The Thanksgiving holiday period is defined as Wednesday, Nov. 21, to Sunday, Nov. 25.
