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TN tornadoes likely this year
The Tennessean
Already, two twisters have struck the state this year: one in West and one in Middle Tennessee. There were no fatalities. Last year, tornadoes were responsible for 34 deaths in the state. The large number of tornadoes in 2011 topped every year since ...
Record number of tornadoes hit Tennessee in 2011DeSoto Appeal

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TN students, parents weigh their school options
The Tennessean
Melony Weber, left, not pictured, picks up her eighth-grade daughter, Meagan, on Friday at West End Middle School. Meagan has been accepted into Nashville School of the Arts starting her freshman year. / Sanford Myers / The Tennessean All four of Greg ...

West Melbourne councilman says relocation claims 'lies'
Florida Today
6, 2012 WEST MELBOURNE — Past city leaders and other residents are questioning whether a West Melbourne councilman critical of the police department actually lives in the city. They claim that Councilman Michael Hazlett actually lives in Tennessee and ...

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Celebrate Heart Health Month with West Tennessee Healthcare
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Jackson, Tennessee…) West Tennessee Healthcare invites you to recognize February as Heart Health Month. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. In fact, one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke.

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MMA fighter and Marine Dustin West works with Wounded Warrior Project
Pro MMA Now
Dustin West has quietly built a reputation as a knockout artist and a fan favorite in the Southeast. Having ended numerous fights in under a minute, the heavy handed Tennessee native will take his KO road show to Knoxville, TN this Friday night to face ...

TDOT: I-40W Rockslide Cleanup in Cocke County Partially Complete
Business Clarksville
By Turner McCullough, Jr. | February 6, 2012 | TDOT has reopened one lane of traffice near Mile Marker 451 on I-40 West in Cocke County. One lane of traffic reopens near the Tennessee/North Carolina border. A rockslide at Mile Marker 7 in North ...

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Washington's new-look staff is best one of offseason
SportingNews.com
Coach Steve Sarkisian also convinced Tosh Lupoi (defensive line/Cal), the best recruiter on the West Coast, to leave two weeks before signing day, and Peter Sirmon (linebackers/Tennessee)—who had quickly developed into the Vols' best recruiter—to ...

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2 accused in contract killings on trial in Memphis
Houston Chronicle
ADRIAN SAINZ, AP MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jury selection opened Monday in the West Tennessee case of two men charged with serving as contract killers for a violent organization accused of moving cocaine from Mexico into several US states.
Trial begins in Memphis for 2 accused of being contract killers for drug ...Washington Post

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I-40 Westbound Open After 2 Rock Slides, 1 Lane To Remain Closed Through Feb.
News Channel 7
The NC Department of Transportation announced that I-40 West from exit 20 to the Tennessee state line opened back up Sunday after a rockslide. An interstate closed after two rockslides will reopen earlier than expected.
Rockslide cleanup on I-40 West partially completeWRCB-TV
NC DOT opens I-40 west in North CarolinaMountain Xpress
Interstate 40 west reopens Sunday morningWBTV
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Arkansas funeral planned for Tennessee woman as police continue to investigate ...
The Republic
AP DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A funeral is planned in Arkansas for a West Tennessee mother whose body was found last year as police continue to investigate her death. The funeral for Karen Swift, who went missing last October, is planned for Saturday in ...

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Staying close to power
The Tennessean
Represented a West Tennessee district for eight years, then left Congress after losing a Republican Senate primary to Lamar Alexander in 2002. Went to work as a lobbyist for Baker Donelson, lost another Senate primary to Bob Corker in 2006, ...

Ranked midmajor teams tumble
Columbia Daily Tribune
Luke Martinez added 15 points — all on 3-pointers — and Adam Waddell scored 14 for Wyoming (18-5, 4-3 Mountain West). The win snapped a four-game losing streak against UNLV (21-4, 5-2) and was Wyoming's first victory against a Top 25 team since ...

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A battle for control of the waterways
SunHerald.com
Donelson chose a location on bluffs just south of the Kentucky border in Tennessee to defend the Cumberland River. That fort would bear Donelson's name. Donelson chose land on the east side of the Tennessee River just 12 miles west of Fort Donelson for ...
Union scores major victories at two Tennessee fortsKnoxville News Sentinel
Pacific, Missouri commemorates Civil War skirmish thereKSDK
Civil War, February 1862: 1st battle of the 27th Massachusetts a 'glorious ...MassLive.com

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I-40 West to reopen after rock slide
Greensboro News & Record
The state transportation departments for North Carolina and Tennessee worked together reopen the road, DOT said in a prepared statement. Traffic should flow normally on I-40 West through North Carolina, DOT said. However, motorists crossing into ...
Officials: I-40 should reopen early SundayAsheville Citizen-Times
NC DOT crews finish clearing I-40 rockslide in North CarolinaMountain Xpress
Engineers say rock cracks could hinder I-40 reopeningWBIR-TV
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CBS Local
Second half 12-0 spurt keeps Blue Raiders unbeaten
GoBlueRaiders.com
(Bradley Lambert) DENVER – Through a long road trip to Denver, battling a massive snowstorm, the Middle Tennessee women's basketball team weathered the West Division-leading Denver Pioneers to remain unbeaten in conference action with a 75-63 triumph ...
Blue Raiders-Mean Green PreviewUSA TODAY

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Bob Hodge: Even if you ducked, you didn't miss much
Knoxville News Sentinel
Most hunters deserve a reprieve as it has been a slow and unproductive season for the majority of waterfowlers across West Tennessee and the region in general." And that's on the good side of the state. "To put the season in perspective, hunters have ...

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New book focuses on Andrew Johnson during Civil War, Reconstruction
Knoxville News Sentinel
East Tennessee, the place Johnson called home, remained under Confederate dominance. The daring Confederate cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest was making trouble in parts of West Tennessee. Johnson, a Unionist from the South, was the first military ...

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Limited access to East Tennessee delayed Union invasion, moved focus west
Knoxville News Sentinel
The river system of Tennessee also did not favor a Union invasion of the mountains. The state's two major rivers, the Cumberland and the Tennessee, both originated in Appalachia and flowed through middle Tennessee before heading north through western ...
Traveling Civil War exhibit adds 2 panels about West TennesseeWeakley County Press
'FREE AT LAST': Exhibit examines lives of newly freed slavesJackson Sun

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The nation's weather
Washington Post
A strong winter storm was expected to continue moving across the nation, bringing heavy snow to the Midwest and heavy rain to the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. The system was expected to move from the Central Plains and into the Midwest, ...

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Here are this week's hearts and darts
Jackson Sun
The city of Jackson would like to send hearts to everyone who participated in the first of four oil-based paint and battery collection events last Saturday at the West Tennessee Farmers Market. Robert Wadley from the Tennessee Department of Environment ...