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Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced plans for an October trade mission to Japan and China.

More than $700,000 in federal funding will help pay for four economic development projects in Haywood County.

Brownsville police on Monday identified a homicide victim shot and killed in his car early Sunday morning.

A murder this past weekend in Haywood County has Brownsville Police still looking for a killer.

State and local officials expect to see progress soon on a solar farm that'll be the first development at the Haywood County megasite.

Tornado warning for central Crockett County and northeastern Haywood County until 4 p.m. At 3:27 p.m. National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado near Belle Eagle, or 9 miles north of Brownsville, moving east at 5 mph.

Art and history have dovetailed at the hand of a Byrns Darden Elementary teacher.

Gov. Phil Bredesen on Thursday derided parts of Senate Republicans' budget cut proposals as "stupid." The GOP proposal, first released late the previous day, includes the removal of funding for the state to acquire land for a West Tennessee megasite that would be used to attract large manufacturers and more jobs to the state.

Here is a look at a series of budget cuts Senate Republicans are proposing on top of reductions proposed by Democratic Gov.

Law enforcement officers in West Tennessee have found one way to cope with the tough issues they face in their line of work.

Three men accused of shooting the Haywood County sheriff's son last summer pleaded guilty this week in Lauderdale County Circuit Court.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in effect for Anderson County , Blount County , Knox County .

TINA Turner is the most successful female rock artiste of all time and the undisputed Queen of Rock and Roll with album sales of 170million worldwide.

Jackson-Madison County Schools Superintendent Nancy Zambito announced this afternoon that Doris Battle will be the system's new deputy superintendent for the 2009-10 school year.

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A state trooper is recovering today after a three-vehicle crash in Haywood County sent him to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday, according to Capt.

Gov. Phil Bredesen is announcing plans for Tennessee to spend $62 million in federal stimulus money on a solar power generation facility near Brownsville and his proposed solar research institute at Oak Ridge.

Governor Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday a solar power initiative billed as a comprehensive solar-energy and economic-development program that will use up to $62.5 million in federal stimulus money, according to a release from the governor's Communications office.

Headlines in Friday's edition of The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: Cover of Thursday's Junior Floats Parade.

Terry Hollister, general counsel for Cleveland, Ohio-based MTD Consumer Products, said Wednesday it will permanently shutter the plant in July.