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Carroll Academy will be open for another full school year thanks to community support and private funding, said Randy Hatch, senior administrator and athletic director of the academy.

Randy Hatch, senior administrator and athletic director of Carroll Academy, said private funding probably will be the best way to keep the school for troubled teens open since it lost its state funding.

State officials say administrators at an East Tennessee juvenile detention facility offered soda and candy to an inmate in exchange for making homemade knives.

Daniel G. Willams III, 18, of Springfield, has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Mario Hornsby Jr.

TWO teenage boys are believed responsible for a rock throwing attack on a train in north Sydney which injured the driver, police say.

There may be no penalty harsh enough to deter people from the "thoughtless" act of throwing rocks at vehicles, a senior police officer says.

“We now have more transportation choices than ever”

Drivers, walkers, bikers and bus and train commuters took to the streets Tuesday morning to find the fastest way to get to work. via WTVF Nashville

Wall Street finished little changed Monday as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which starts today. via Knoxville News Sentinel

Several dedicated retirees and others from East Tennessee State University work alongside a number of community volunteers in Mended Hearts, a national affiliate of the American Heart Association, whose mission ... via The East Tennessean

“He's starting to recognize words”

Stewarts Creek Elementary School mother Suzanne Arnold supports a $25 million state proposal to expand the state's pre-kindergarten program to middle-income families. via The Tennessean

“If I wasn't wearing a helmet, I'd be dead”

NASHVILLE A Vanderbilt University medical student who was injured when her bicycle got stuck in a storm grate near Church Street and 9th Ave North has settled with the Metro Nashville government for $130,000 ... via The Tennessean

A house in Hornsby was the center of a recent methamphetamine bust. Agents with the 25th Judicial District Drug Task Force arrested two men Jan. via Jacksonsun.com

“The project's done. I just wanted to put my opinion out there-just to get my point across”

Posted by Steve Haruch A recent blog post drew our attention to a new group, or at least a new website: makethefairgroundsgreen.org . In Town Nashville writes, "The folks behind this website really should ... via Nashville Scene