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Marion County freshmen get boost
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Marion County Schools got an $86,000 grant to support freshman academies and improve graduation rates at its three high schools, officials said.
Bledsoe will sue architect
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — Bledsoe County Attorney Howard Upchurch says the county will file a lawsuit this week to recoup money paid to the architect for the new county Justice Center.
Georgia: Region jobless
The difference a year makes
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
A year ago, Charlie Linebarger had a good job at the La-Z-Boy plant in Dayton, Tenn., and he looked ahead to the holidays with cheer and optimism.
Tenneesee: School bus operator was cleared to drive
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
A school bus driver who crashed Wednesday near Whitwell, Tenn., had only one unconfirmed complaint against him, school officials said Friday.
Tennessee: At least six injured in Marion school bus crash
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
A child injured in a school bus crash Wednesday was recovering overnight at T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital in Chattanooga, Marion County Schools Director Mark Griffith said
Marion school bus crash traps driver
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
At least four children were injured and a Marion County school bus driver was trapped after his bus crashed on Mount Calvary Road near Whitwell, Tenn., according to local authorities and school officials.
Grant funds Jasper water improvements
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
The water treatment plant in Jasper is filled with equipment that looks like props from a 1960s-era science fiction movie — archaic knobs, dials and gauges — but few pieces with digital readouts.
Tennessee: Vocational education goes high tech
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
A state-of-the-art vocational department is tucked away in the bottom of South Pittsburg High School’s new gymnasium
Marion County launches transit system
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008
Marion County’s new route-based rural transit system is easy, convenient and even “Donald Trump can ride if he’s got a dollar,” said Susan Simcox, driver of one of the new buses
Sequatchie Valley voters mixed on liquor
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
Dunlap voters in Sequatchie County can make toasts after passing both liquor referendums on Tuesday’s ballot while Marion County voters in Kimball and Whitwell shot their referendums down.

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