The group Keep Blount Beautiful runs the annual competition which
recognizes businesses and groups in the area with the cleanest and most
attractive properties.
When Tennessee rejected an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack
Obama's health-reform law, Gov. Bill Haslam said "expanding a broken
system doesn't work."
Gannett Co. said it will buy Belo Corp. for $2.2 billion in a deal that will make Gannett the USA's fourth largest owner of major network affiliates, reaching nearly a third of U.S. households.
A strong storm moved across parts of East Tennessee Thursday afternoon,
with tornado warnings issued for Knox, Cocke, Jefferson, Grainger, and
Sevier Counties.
