Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is considered to be a serious public health concern by the Centers for Disease Control. Approximately 1.7 million people a year in the U.S. sustain some sort of traumatic brain injury, with thousands of these occurring in Tennessee. Effects from these injuries range in severity from just a mild concussion to […]

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I only met Frank Sinatra once, but I learned a lot from him. I grew up with is music, heard it at dances at Maryville College where the elderly chaperones would tap you on the shoulder if you held the girls too close. I saw him on the big screen and bought dozens of his […]

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Due to the presence of the e-coli bacteria in a random inspection in Ohio, over 60,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled on August 12th by the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Much of this beef from the National Beef Packing Co. was distributed to stores in the southeast, including Tennessee. Publix and Kroger […]

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Interstate 40 between Knoxville and Nashville Tennessee crosses the Cumberland Plateau near Crossville and Cookeville, Tennessee. The Cumberland Plateau is significantly higher in elevation than Nashville or Knoxville. As a result of weather conditions at that altitude roads tend to ice quicker, have more snow and are extremely hazardous during the winter months. There are […]

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