The annual Pat Summitt Golf Tournament benefiting the Helen Ross McNabb Center will be held Monday, May 7 at Cherokee Country Club. Joining Summitt as host is Voice of the Lady Vols, Mickey Dearstone. Summit's past tournaments have raised...
April 24, 2007 6:09 pm / no comments
Cover Tennessee, Governor Phil Bredesen's multi-pronged initiative that extends health insurance options to uninsured individuals in Tennessee, is making health insurance coverage a reality for many Tennesseans. Since Bredesen signed Cover...
April 24, 2007 6:06 pm / no comments
There is a buzz among the nation's beekeepers, but it's not the result of the annual spring awakening of their bee colonies.
Beekeepers in 22 states have reported the collapse of large numbers of honey bee colonies as warmer temperatures...
April 24, 2007 5:47 pm / no comments
Hickory, NC (April 24, 2007) – Hickory Furniture Mart, the nation's leading home furnishings resource, is having North Carolina's largest After Market Sale now through April 29.
The Mart is open to the public Monday through Saturday...
April 24, 2007 5:42 pm / no comments
Burbank (CA) – Executives of Big River Pictures and Cinemarr Entertainment announced today that their first joint feature film, BELL WITCH: The Movie, will be released to home video via HD DVD, Blu-Ray and Internet on September 1, 2007.
The...
April 24, 2007 4:51 pm / no comments
Athens, TN-Spring is here and the East Tennessee Lawn Mower Racing Association (ETLMRA) is ready to rock and mow.
"The sun is out, winter is over and it's time to mow…I mean race!" said ETLMRA President Rodney Peeler "My...
April 24, 2007 2:43 pm / no comments
Nashville, Tenn. ? In recognition of National Air Quality Awareness Week, April 30 ? May 4, 2007, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation encourages all Tennesseans to take steps to improve air quality. Air Quality Awareness...
April 24, 2007 12:42 pm / no comments
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (April 23, 2007) – The American Humane Association's 93rd annual "Be Kind to Animals" Week begins Sunday, May 6 and offers a great opportunity to remind people about the important role animals play in our...
April 24, 2007 11:14 am / no comments
Cure Finders, a Sevier County based non-profit organization benefitting cystic fibrosis research, host this annual event. According to Sporting Clay Magazine this is the largest Sporting Clay Event in the southeast and one of the top ten in...
April 24, 2007 11:02 am / no comments
The recent shooting at Virginia Tech was horrible, and it should never happen again. But every week more than three times the number of young victims who perished there are killed in car crashes — more than 5,000 a year. ...
April 24, 2007 10:39 am / no comments
EMPORIA, KANSAS – Tennessee teacher Edna Loveday Rogers will take her place among the best teachers in America during a three-day induction into The National Teachers Hall of Fame June 14 – 16 in Emporia, Kan.
A 33-year veteran of...
April 24, 2007 10:32 am / no comments
Baseball and softball players, coaches and fans are invited to attend or participate in the Fifth Annual Nancy Hayes Memorial Baseball Tournament Thursday, May 3 through Sunday, May 6 at the Powell-Levi Fields in Powell. Tournament play...
April 23, 2007 10:41 am / no comments
Carmine looks to be very bored with the whole picture taking business but he's really a very active and playful kitty. Carmine is a 4 month old black domestic short hair mix and he can be adopted at our Little Friends Adoption Center...
April 23, 2007 10:06 am / no comments
The second consecutive day of bomb scares culminated in the arrest of a Seymour High School (SHS) astudent Friday April 20.
The student, age 15, was charged with possessing a hoax bomb made from trash found in the stands of the football stadium....
April 20, 2007 5:50 pm / no comments
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today declared Friday, April 20, 2007, a statewide Day of Mourning for victims of the Virginia Tech shootings, joining Tennessee with other states expressing sorrow and support for the families and friends...
April 19, 2007 4:37 pm / no comments
It's been a few days now since a weird, sick psychopathic piece of human garbage walked through Virginia Tech killing innocent people at random. By early, Tuesday the "experts", newsreaders, pundits, politicians and even people...
April 19, 2007 4:30 pm / no comments
This is such an unusual story that we decided to let the writer tell the story;
I (Dick Arnold) own a Log Cabin & Equestrian Resort in the Gatlinburg I had 5 uninvited guests arrive.
Our guests are quite peaceful but as they came across...
April 19, 2007 3:02 pm / no comments
The King's Academy is combining three major school events into one full day as its traditional Alumni Day coincides this year with its popular Spring Carnival and unique International Food Fest. These three events will become Festival at...
April 19, 2007 1:40 pm / no comments
Fire managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park plan to begin conducting a series of controlled burn of fields in the interior of Cades Cove on Thursday, April 19 if weather conditions permit. Park managers...
April 18, 2007 4:30 pm / no comments
Yep, it's a well-known fact that blondes get a man's attention quickly. What isn't so well-known is that has been the case for more than 10,000 years. This preference goes all the way back to the Ice Age.
Times were tough for the...
April 18, 2007 12:00 pm / no comments