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January 22, 2008: Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson ends his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination. Learn more...

December 8, 2007: In the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl Smyrna High School defeated Independence High School to become state Class 5A football champion for the second consecutive year. Learn more... In the Class 4A championship game, Maryville High School defeated Maplewood High School (of Nashville) to complete its fourth consecutive undefeated season and become state champion for the fourth consecutive year. Learn more... The previous day, Alcoa High School (like Maryville, in Blount County) had won the Class 2A championship for the fourth consecutive year by defeating Goodpasture Christian School (of Madison). Learn more...

December 7, 2007: State Senator Jerry Cooper resigned his seat after being fined $120,000 for campaign finance violations. Learn more...

November 27, 2007: Mary Winkler of Selmer, convicted of killing her preacher husband in April, was granted permission to visit her children under supervision. Learn more...

November 26, 2007: 1,900 tax refund checks for Tennessee taxpayers were returned to the Internal Revenue Service as undeliverable. Learn more...

November 23, 2007: A passenger plane got stuck in the mud when the pilot misjudged a turn on a runway on the Nashville airport. Learn more...