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Tennessee’s average gas price drops 20 cents in a month

Tennessee’s state average gas price is $2.35 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is 7 cents less than a week ago, 20 cents less than one month ago and 19 cents less than one year ago, according to AAA. The national average is $2.68, which is 6 cents cheaper than last week, 17 cents less than last month and 20 cents less than the same time last year.

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Police retreat under a cloud of tear gas as protesters disperse from the scene of a standoff after Frayser community residents took to the streets in anger against the shooting of a youth by U.S. Marshals earlier in the evening, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Memphis police enforce tense calm after killing, unrest

Police enforced a tense calm on Thursday in a Memphis neighborhood where 25 officers were injured by a rock-throwing crowd following a black man's shooting death by U.S. marshals on a fugitive task force.

Jun 13, 2019 at 2:45 PM
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Tuition and fees

The cost of college in Tennessee could be rising

The Tennessee Board of Regents later this month is to consider combined tuition and fee increases at the state’s community and applied technical colleges averaging 2.45 percent at its June 21 quarterly meeting, under recommendations approved June 4 by the board’s Finance and Business Operations Committee.

Jun 6, 2019 at 1:30 PM
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Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Clifton appointed to serve on state board

Calvin Clifton, business development manager with Mattern & Craig, Inc. has been appointed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to serve a four-year term on the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations also known simply as TACIR.

Jun 6, 2019 at 7:30 AM
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Gypsy Circus Cider Company

Gypsy Circus Cider expands into Knoxville

Gypsy Circus officials said the Barrelhouse will be the largest cidery taproom in the Southeast and the first to feature on-premise barrel-aged wild yeast cider. It will host a production facility in its 4,000-square-foot taproom that will include 40 taps of Gypsy Circus’ products and local craft beer.

Jun 5, 2019 at 7:30 AM
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Tennessee gas prices 22 cents below year-ago level

Tennessee’s state average gas price is $2.48 per gallon for regular unleaded, making it the seventh lowest average in the nation, AAA reported. Monday’s average is 4 cents less than a week ago, 13 cents less than a month ago and 22 cents less than a year ago.

Jun 4, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Rising Colonial Heights Middle School seventh grader Katie Fillers got a visit May 30 from Google folks for being chosen to represent Tennessee in the Doodle for Google competition.
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Doodle for Google: Sullivan County middle schooler in national contest

Rising Colonial Heights Middle School seventh grader Katie Fillers says she’s not such a good artist. However, her art teacher, parents and Internet giant Google say otherwise. And her late uncle, Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Steve Hinkle, apparently did, too.

May 31, 2019 at 8:00 AM
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Tennessee gas prices 20 cents lower than last year

Tuesday’s state average of $2.52 per gallon for regular unleaded is the seventh lowest average in the nation, according to AAA. That price is 2 cents less than last week, 6 cents less than last month and 20 cents less than this time last year.

May 28, 2019 at 3:41 PM
Trevor Meade, a senior at Gate City High School, was recently named one of nine winners in a statewide playwriting contest called New Voices for the Theater.
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Scott County

Gate City senior wins statewide playwriting contest

Trevor Meade, a senior at Gate City High School, was recently named one of nine winners in a statewide playwriting contest called New Voices for the Theater. 

May 26, 2019 at 9:00 AM
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State Route 126

Right-of-way acquisition appraisals for SR 126 improvements begin

A right-of-way meeting is expected to be scheduled sometime in June, TDOT staff told Sullivan County commissioners earlier this month. Right-of-way and utilities are estimated to cost $23.9 million of the 4-mile, five-segment project’s total $90.1 million price tag.

May 26, 2019 at 7:30 AM
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Sullivan County Jail

Sullivan County Budget Committee reschedules meeting, jail funding proposal not yet discussed

On Friday afternoon, Sullivan County’s two jail facilities housed 947 inmates.  They were certified to hold 619. 

May 25, 2019 at 10:00 AM
Deputy Speaker Matthew Hill announced during a chamber of commerce breakfast Wednesday morning that he will seek the Republican Party's nomination for speaker of Tennessee's House of Representatives.
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Hill will run for House speaker following Casada's resignation

Matthew Hill made the announcement during a meeting of the Johnson City-Jonesborough-Washington County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday morning. He said he’s been approached by other members asking him to consider running for the role.

May 22, 2019 at 11:13 AM
CORRECTS NAME TO CASADA IN THE SECOND SENTENCE - House Speaker Glen Casada, R-Franklin, center, talks with people before a meeting of the House Republican Caucus at a hotel Monday, May 20, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. The caucus is meeting to discuss the future of Casada, who is ensnarled in a texting scandal. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AssociatedPress

Casada to resign after no confidence vote

Tennessee's embattled House Speaker Glen Casada announced Tuesday he plans to resign following a vote of no confidence by his Republican caucus amid a scandal over explicit text messages.

May 21, 2019 at 11:33 AM
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Gas prices fall ahead of Memorial Day weekend

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel in Tennessee is $2.54, the sixth lowest state average in the nation. That price is 3 cents less than a week ago, 6 cents less than a month ago and 13 cents less than a year ago, AAA reported.

May 20, 2019 at 9:00 PM
In this May 1, 2019, photo, House Speaker Glen Casada, R-Franklin, stands at the microphone during a House session in Nashville, Tenn. House Republicans have scheduled a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of Tennessee's embattled House speaker. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Civics 101

How would Tennessee House Speaker Casada be ousted from office?

According to the Associated Press, at least nine Republican lawmakers have called for Casada to step down as speaker, as well as Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups upset with a series of text message scandals.

May 20, 2019 at 12:26 PM
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