Shelbyville, Tennessee · Monday, February 8, 2010
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The Teach Tennessee program attempts to deal with shortages in math, science and foreign language teachers by giving mid-career professionals a fast-track way to get into teaching. It's a combination that educators say...
There will be 30 to 40 fewer hungry children this weekend thanks to a new program developed by the Bedford County Department of Education Student Services. The Back Pack Program will send small, drawstring "cinch sacks" home...
April 1 will be the day a Shelbyville man will decide to either go to trial or make a plea on charges of reckless homicide. Meanwhile, his defense attorney has stated that "interesting things" have been discovered in the...
Thomas A. Smith has announced his candidacy for re-election as Bedford County Circuit Court Clerk in the May 4 Democratic primary. Smith's duties include serving as the clerk for Circuit Court, General Sessions Court and...
Are you comfortable singing in front of a large audience? Well, could you do it ... hanging upside down? Joanna McMenamin can. The Australian and her Ukranian husband, Vlad, are among the acts in the Ringling Bros. and...
Some things about babies can't be learned from books
Since returning from the hospital where my first child was delivered by cesarean section two weeks ago, I have learned so much -- mainly that I really knew nothing before having a child. I thought I had a pretty good grip on life, but it's amazing how a hundred pounds of fury in a six-pound body frame will prove you wrong!...
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    Forecast
    National Weather Service forecast for Shelbyville, Tennessee:

    Today
    Rain Likely
    High: 37
    Tonight
    Rain/Snow
    Low: 35
    Tomorrow
    Rain/Snow Likely
    High: 39
    Low: 22
    Wednesday
    Mostly Cloudy
    High: 35
    Low: 21
    Thursday
    Mostly Cloudy
    High: 39
    Low: 22
    Friday
    Slight Chance Snow
    High: 39
    Low: 23
    Saturday
    Mostly Cloudy
    High: 40
    Low: 24
    Sunday
    Mostly Cloudy
    High: 42

    Warnings
    Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 12:00 PM on Tuesday for Maury County

    Advisories for Tennessee · All advisories nationwide
    Quakes
    Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

    Mag.WhenWhere
    1.902/07 21:157 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
    1.302/07 20:547 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
    1.602/07 20:457 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
    1.602/07 06:227 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
    1.202/06 20:521 mi NNE of Gladstone, NJ
    1.202/05 05:211 mi SE of South Cleveland, TN
    1.502/05 04:501 mi NE of Peapack, NJ
    1.402/04 05:185 mi W of Parma, MO
    3.302/04 03:4112 mi NNE of Vega, TX
    1.502/03 06:186 mi NNW of Tiptonville, TN
    1.502/03 04:063 mi SSW of Dell, AR
    2.502/01 17:4310 mi SSE of Arcadia, OK

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    State news
    • Lawmakers override Bredesen veto on menu labeling
      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Phil Bredesen's veto of a bill to limit local authority on requiring calorie counts to be listed on restaurant menus....
    • Rocks, trees tumble in plateau slide
      JAMESTOWN, Tenn. (AP) -- A rockslide on the northern Cumberland Plateau is expected to block all traffic on a state road until Wednesday afternoon....
    • Tenn. hospitals OK fee to mitigate budget cuts
      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee hospital officials have approved a fee assessment they hope will raise about $200 million and help mitigate severe cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program....
    • Tenn. officials address child sexual abuse report
      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee officials assured lawmakers on Monday that they're serious about the welfare of youth in their custody following a national report that ranks one of their facilities among the top in the nation for sexual abuse....
    • Snow falling in Tenn., more to come
      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Winter weather moving through Tennessee is at the whim of temperatures flirting with freezing. The form it takes depends on how cold it is....