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Canadian manufacturer to expand Lawrenceburg operations

Craig Manufacturing USA, Inc., will expand its manufacturing operations in Lawrenceburg, creating 30 new jobs and invest $4.4 million at its current facility, increasing its manufacturing footprint by 24,000 square feet. Upon completion, the company will employ 110 at its facility on the Team...

Ascension Saint Thomas to locate new hospital Clarksville

Ascension Saint Thomas has announced the location of a new, full-service hospital with ER on a nearly 100-acre site in Clarksville. The facility, located at the intersection of MLK Jr. Parkway and Interstate 24, will include 44 inpatient beds, with the ability to expand to 132 beds in the future...

Korean manufacturer to expand Memphis operations

Hyosung HICO, Ltd officials announced the company will expand operations at its U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Memphis, investing $51 million and creating 123 new jobs. The company’s current operations are 360,000 square feet in size and strategically located on a 200-acre site adjacent to both...

Kingsport cuts ribbon on food truck park

Officials in Kingsport held a ribbon cutting for Kingsport Junction, a new food truck park that will serve visitors to downtown businesses and parks. The park was created through efforts of the city, Downtown Kingsport Association, community members, and local food truck owners and is located on...

Elizabethton approves trail connector for Main Street, Tweetsie Trail

The Elizabethton City Council has approved construction of a new, 10-foot linear path that will help connect downtown to the Tweetsie Trail. The linear path along Hattie Avenue will connect South Riverside Drive to the trail at Cedar Avenue, including a two-way bike path, road resurfacing, signage...

Columbia celebrates new tanker truck

Columbia Fire & Rescue is proud to announce the addition of a new 2025 Fire Master Tanker to its fleet—a proactive investment aimed at strengthening the department’s capacity to respond to structure fires throughout the city. The new vehicle, built on an International chassis, includes a 2,000...
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People

Kevin Townsel

Kevin Townsel
Kevin Townsel

Kevin Townsel, director of human resources and risk management for the city of Franklin, has been named president of the Tennessee Personnel Management Association (TPMA). Townsel previously served as president-elect of the organization and assumed the role of president at the recent TPMA conference...

Derek Hyde

Derek Hyde

Derek Hyde has been selected as the new deputy fire chief for Brentwood Fire and Rescue Department. Hyde previously served as the battalion chief for the department and has 23 years of experience. He joined the department as a firefighter in 2002, working his way through the ranks until he was...

Brian Collins

Brian Collins
Brian Collins

Brian Collins has been appointed the fifth fire chief for Brentwood Fire and Rescue. Collins has been serving as interim chief since the retirement of Brian Goss and previously served as the city’s deputy fire chief. He began his career in the fire service in Kentucky in 1995. Collins has been with...

April Furth

April Furth
April Furth

April Furth has been appointed as the new administrator for the city of Chattanooga’s Parks and Outdoors Department. She comes to Chattanooga from Vancouver, Wash., where she previously served as the director of community development for Clark County. She also has experience in operational...

Charles McCrary

McCrary
Charles McCrary

Charles McCrary, former police chief for the Mt. Juliet Police Department, died April 25, 2025, at the age of 87. McCrary joined the Mt. Juliet Police Department in 1976 and became the second chief of police in the city’s history. Prior to joining the department, he began his law enforcement career...

Local chiefs honored by Leadership Collierville

Witt and Houston

Collierville Fire Chief Paul Witt and the late Assistant Police Chief Jeff Abeln were both recently honored by Leadership Collierville.

Leadership Collierville also celebrated 30 years since its inception on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Ridgeway Country Club. 

Alumni, current class members, and...
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State Briefs

Tennessee Governor, First Lady visit troops in Kuwait

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee traveled to the Middle East to visit more than 700 Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The task force, comprised primarily of soldiers from the 278th’s 2nd Squadron, is serving a year-long deployment in...

Tennessee April unemployment holds steady

Tennessee’s April unemployment remained steady at 3.5%. The seasonally-adjusted employment rate remained unchanged from March but was up from the 3.2% rate in April 2025. The national unemployment rate was 4.2% in April, unchanged from the previous month and up from 3.9% in April 2024. The trade...

Gov. Bill Lee announces historic investment in transportation

Gov. Bill Lee joined the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in Memphis to announce a historic investment in infrastructure.  

For the first time in history, the state’s annual budget includes additional dedicated recurring General Fund dollars for transportation. The unprecedented $80...

Rural Tennessee hospitals struggling to maintain labor and delivery services

A recent study has shown Tennessee’s rural hospitals may be losing labor and delivery services - even as the state rates second-worst in the country for maternal mortality rates.  A a new report from the Center for Health Care Quality and Payment Reform, a national health policy think tank, found...

Tennessee March revenue $33.3M less than estimated

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson announced that revenues for March were $1.6 billion, which is $33.3 million less than the budgeted estimates and $69.3 million less than March of last year. 

General fund revenues were $35.4 million less than the March...

Tennessee March unemployment down

Tennessee’s unemployment rate declined for the first time in nearly a year in March 2025. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) reported a 3.6% unemployment rate in March, down one-tenth of a percentage point from February. The rate had stayed at 3.7% for the previous...
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