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2nd Ag Career Day Set March 17 At MTSU
MURFREESBORO – The second Ag Career Day for MTSU agribusiness and agriscience students and alumni will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, in the Stark Agricultural Building on campus. Continued ...

MTSU To Host Forum For Gubernatorial Candidates April 29
MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State University, in cooperation with the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, will play host to a gubernatorial forum Thursday, April 29. The program will begin promptly at 7 p.m. in the university’s Murphy Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Continued ...

Country Music Marathons Begin New Decade In Nashville
NASHVILLE – On Saturday, April 24, 2010, the Country Music Marathon & ½ Marathon will celebrate its 11th annual running in the Music City. Award winning singer, songwriter and producer, John Rich, with special guest Cowboy Troy, is set to headline the post-race concert at the Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.  Continued ...

Women, Girls Reminded Of Increasing Impact Of HIV/AIDS
NASHVILLE – Today about one in four Americans living with HIV is a woman, and a new woman in the United States is diagnosed with HIV every 35 minutes. These sobering facts are the foundation of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The Tennessee Department of Health is participating in this annual health observance March 10 by reminding women and girls about preventing HIV and the importance of getting tested. Continued ...

Motlow Offers Free Income Tax Preparation Service Continued ...

New Study Suggests Pre-K Has Real But Limited Benefits
A new report released by the state Comptroller’s Office of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) suggests that some students who attend state-funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs perform better during their first two years of school. Continued ...

Governor Bredesen Highlights School Breakfast Week
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen has proclaimed March 8 - 12 School Breakfast Week in Tennessee in recognition of the important role the School Breakfast Program plays in the lives of Tennessee students. The School Breakfast Program is a national, federally funded program that provides more than 30 million nutritionally balanced breakfasts to Tennessee students each year.  Continued ...

Bills To Help The Poor And Combat Drug Use Both Pass Unanimously
NASHVILLE – On Monday, the Tennessee House of Representatives continued its growing trend of passing quality legislation quickly when the Legislature passed two important bills designed to help Tennesseans. Continued ...
Rep. Stratton Bone, House District 46

Unemployment Rate Stays The Same In Tennessee
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for January was 10.7 percent, unchanged from the revised December rate of 10.7 percent. Continued ...

Tennessee Begins New Effort To Change State’s High Infant Mortality Rates
FRANKLIN – A unique, wide-ranging group of national and state leaders will meet next week to find ways to reduce the alarming number of newborns dying in Tennessee. Continued ...

Tennessee Joins Complete College America Alliance
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Tennessee will join efforts with Complete College America, a national nonprofit organization working to dramatically increase the number of young adults with a college degree or credential. Continued ...

Heart Failure Clinic Opens At MTMC
Heart Failure Clinic Opens At MTMC
MURFREESBORO – Middle Tennessee Medical Center and Saint Thomas Heart are expanding cardiac services in Rutherford County with the opening of the Heart Failure Clinic at MTMC. Carlos A. Hubbard, MD, PhD, an invasive cardiologist with Saint Thomas Heart at MTMC and Amy Sadler, nurse practitioner, will treat patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) in the new clinic located on the MTMC campus. Continued ...

Gas Prices Rise, Further Increase Anticipated
Average retail gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 7.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.59/g today. Continued ...