High school students worry that Tennessee #SB971 will change how voter registration drives are held for TN teens
Hillsboro Globe Editorial Staff
April 25, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Senate voted "yes" on SB#971, Thursday, a bill which would fine voter registration groups for mistakes after a voter registration drive. The vote left unclear how #SB971 could change the way voter registration drives are held at high schools, colleges and universities....
Tennessee seeks new student testing contract vendor
March 6, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee wants the next administrator of its student assessment test to follow strict performance requirements after previous rollouts resulted in statewide delays and sparked outrage from teachers, students and lawmakers. The current company that administers Tennessee's...
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January 29, 2019
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Tennessee resolution praises King, denounces racism
January 23, 2019
Click Here to Read Full Text of Clemmons's Resolution NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A civil rights leader gave an impassioned speech in front of thousands as he urged Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee and others in attendance to not just love Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy but act. The House State G...
Questar to bid for new testing contract with Tennessee
January 7, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The company that administers Tennessee's problem-plagued student assessment testing program says it still plans on throwing its hat in the ring to secure a new state contract so they can continue overseeing the same service in the fall. Officials with Questar Assessment Inc. confir...
Trispot Darter fish found in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia is to be named to Endangered Species List
December 31, 2018
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — Federal officials are putting a fish whose habitat is threatened by development in southern states on the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is adding the trispot darter fish to the list. The trispot darter can be found in the Coosa River watershed...
Funeral set for Lebanon High grad adds to 2018 Wilson County teen shooting deaths
Jeremy Durard, Sports
December 28, 2018
Services are scheduled Friday for a 2018 Lebanon High School graduate and member of College Hills Church of Christ who died after he was shot on Sunday, according to police. Cameron Sean Luke Griffith, 19, is the most recent teenager killed in Wilson County from suspected gunfire in recent months. Gr...
Tennessee Election Results
November 7, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn won a grueling, expensive contest Tuesday to become the first female U.S. senator from Tennessee, keeping a key midterm seat under GOP control. The congresswoman defeated Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen by closely aligning her bid...
Dems gain in quest for House control but GOP retains Senate
November 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats were gaining significant ground in the battle for House control Tuesday night, while Republicans held their Senate majority as voters rendered a mixed verdict in the first nationwide election of Donald Trump's turbulent presidency. The results allowed both parties to...
2018 Election Central
November 7, 2018
National and State Results Highlights from State Election Results from 2018 as of 1:03 am local time U.S. Senate Class I 1,917 of 1,969 precincts - 97 percent Marsha Blackburn, GOP 1,198,410 - 54 percent Phil Bredesen, Dem 972,563 - 44 percent Governor 1,832 of 1,969 precincts - 93 percent ...
Early voting nears 350,000 ballots in Tennessee election
Associated Press Reports and Hillsboro Globe News Desk
October 22, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennesseans are voting in record numbers with close to 350,000 ballots cast in the first three days of early voting. According to vote totals on the Secretary of State's website 346,130 early and absentee ballots had been cast in the midterm elections by the end of the d...
Teen accused of threatening school shooting on social media
Jeremy Durard, Sports
September 18, 2018
STRAWBERRY PLAINS, Tenn. — Tennessee authorities say a 13-year-old student has been arrested for sharing a post online that said the student intended to carry out a school shooting. Strawberry Plains is an unincorporated community straddling the boundary between Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier counties in the U....