Monday, December 28, 2009 3:30 am

JASPER, Tenn. - The prospect of a 9 percent state budget cut next year not only would likely mean fewer state troopers on Tennessee highways - it could mean 13 small counties won't have any.

Those 13 counties - Scott, Bledsoe, Meigs, Sequatchie, Hancock, Johnson, Cannon, Clay, Pickett, Trousdale, Moore, Lake, Houston - would have to rely on neighboring counties for crash calls and assistance.

See full article at KnoxNews.com