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If you are a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee member in the Tri-Cities area — Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol, spanning Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia — your hospital coverage may look very different starting January 1, 2027. Ballad Health — the regional health system that operates virtually every...

The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) has reached the final planning stage for phase 1 of transforming Napier Sudekum into a new mixed-use development. Under the Napier and Sudekum Transformation plan, the public housing community will be replaced with a mixed-income neighborhood that will feature planned 2,002 units. This includes a one-for-one replacement of the existing 821 subsidized units and the addition of 1,181 workforce and market rate units with community amenities. Th

Voters in seven states decide Tuesday, Nov. 3, on 12 statewide ballot measures that would change how property taxes are figured, capped or collected. The states are Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming. Every one is a proposal. Nothing changes on any tax bill unless the measure passes. Where the 12 measures […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elon Musk says two more data centers will be operating in the Mid-South by the end of the year. In an X post Friday, he said one called Gun Range is on track to be up and running by the end of November, and Spam, housed in the former Hormel facility, by […]

Memphis has lost one of its best-known independent breweries. Crosstown Brewing served its final customers on October 17, and just four days later its operating company filed for Chapter 7…

Michael DeBiase, 46, who pulled a gun on his co-worker for heating up fish in the office microwave was released on probation last month

A lawsuit Huntington Park filed on October 23 asks a court to trace more than $9 million the city paid toward a planned aquatics center and recover any funds that remain. JT Construction was hired to build the 30,000-square-foot facility, but the project has not yielded the promised center; the site remains an empty lot.

Los Angeles switched on its first 25 speed cameras on Oct. 26, and after a 60-day warning period, drivers caught going 11 mph or more over the limit will get tickets in the mail of $50 to $500.

Escapee last known to be in Marion, IL, as authorities warn he may be armed and dangerous.

Indiana property taxpayers are reminded of the property tax payment deadline on Tuesday, November tenth. Any taxes not received by the end of business that day, or postmarked by November tenth, will take on a penalty for late payment. Any mailed payments must include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of a receipt.