Campus "Wake Up and Vote Early" Campaign Launched
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Several mid-state advocacy groups have joined forces to promote a get-out-the-college-vote campaign for the upcoming presidential election. The groups are calling the...
View Article"In God We Trust" Recommended for Putnam County Courthouse
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP/WMOT) — The Putnam County Commission will consider placing the motto "In God We Trust" on all four sides of the courthouse in Cookeville. According to the Cookeville...
View ArticleLiterary Journal Features Tennessee Talent
MURFREESBORO— There’s a new mid-state based online literary journal featuring Tennessee talent. The website “ 2 nd & Church ” is the creation of Middle Tennessee State Professor of English Alvin...
View ArticleTennessee Patient Sues New England Pharmacy
NASHVILLE, Tenn . (AP) — A Hendersonville woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. On Monday, Janet Russell...
View ArticleJUST ONE QUESTION: Education Tops Antioch Listener's Concerns
WASHINGTON (AP/WMOT) — The stakes are high tonight as President Barack Obama faces off against Republican challenger Mitt Romney in the second of three presidential campaign debates. The meeting will...
View ArticleAmazon Hiring Thousands of Seasonal Workers in Tennessee
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- You may not be ready to think about Christmas yet, but Tennessee retailers aren’t thinking about much else. Online retailing giant Amazon.com, now one of Tennessee’s...
View ArticleTenn. Domestic Violence Down Slightly, 96 Die in 2011
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The annual report on domestic violence in Tennessee is out this week. The report shows a slight decline in domestic cases in each of the last three years. However, more...
View ArticleAverage College Debt More Than $26,000
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP/WMOT) — A new nation-wide report shows two-thirds of the college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing more than...
View ArticleTennesseans Providing Disaster Aid in New Jersey
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- WMOT continues to bring you stories of Tennesseans providing assistance to Super-Storm Sandy survivors. Ten students from Lipscomb University are in New Jersey this week...
View ArticleTennesseans Spend Thanksgiving Aiding Hurricane Survivors
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Eight Middle Tennesseans are spending their Thanksgiving on the New Jersey coast providing aid to Super-Storm Sandy survivors. David Durham has been in Atlantic City all...
View ArticleVanderbilt counseling degree program to ignore new state law
NASHVILLE, Tenn . ( WMOT ) -- The head of Vanderbilt University’s counseling degree program says the school will continue to train therapists using current professional standards in spite of a new...
View ArticleTennessee GOP pushes back against Obama directive on transgender bathrooms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The Tennessee Legislature’s Republican super majority will consider calling a special session to express opposition to a new federal directive to schools concerning...
View ArticleTennessee HIV infection rates some of the best of the worst
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- A new report says the highest rate of HIV infection among homosexual men is highest in the American South, but Tennessee seems to be bucking that trend. Researchers at...
View ArticleTennessee sues over Obama's school transgender directive
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tennessee and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive about transgender students in public schools. The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes...
View ArticleDerrick Schofield stepping down as Correction Commissioner
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced the departure of Department of Correction Commissioner Derrick Schofield to take a job with a publicly-traded corporation that builds and...
View ArticleGiving Till It Hurts: Troy Snell - Animal Rescuer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Many Middle Tennessee residents travel for work, but only a few hardy souls genuinely deserve the title “Road Warrior.” In the continuing series Giving Till it Hurts , WMOT...
View ArticleFranklin celebrates bravery on four legs
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The Franklin Police Department welcomed its newest graduating officers into the force on Friday. The department’s newest recruits are living proof that bravery can also walk...
View ArticleBluegrass Underground: Tennessee's most unique music venue
CUMBERLAND CAVERNS, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Tennessee is home to some famous music venues, from the blues capital of Beale Street in the heart of Memphis, to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of...
View ArticleTenn. researcher sees links between Trump election and Christian Nationalists
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (OSBORNE) -- A Tennessee researcher says support is eroding among conservative Christians for the separation of church and state. Joseph Baker is a sociologist at East Tennessee...
View ArticleLawmaker to Education Commissioner McQueen: 'Step aside'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP/WMOT) -- State Education Commissioner Candice McQueen says she has no plans to resign following another round of problems with Tennessee’s new online academic testing system. On...
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