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Tennessee: Report highlights voting difficulties for military

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are among 16 states singled out by voting rights advocates for not allowing their deployed military voters enough time to cast ballots from overseas.

Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama make it too hard for overseas military to vote, study says

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are among 16 states identified in a new study as failing to allow enough time for military voters to cast ballots while deployed overseas.

Military call-ups sometimes interfere with careers

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

Shawn Denney has managed to live a double life for a few decades now, but he has finally reached his breaking point.

Chattanooga: Mission: Understanding

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

When Mark Rose decided nearly 20 years ago that he wanted to help the impoverished in Eastern Europe, he started with hospitals and churches to nurture the body and spirit.

Tennessee: Governor’s DUI law reform suffers in state budget crisis

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

Though combating drunken driving has been a priority of Gov. Phil Bredesen for three years now, the issue will be put on the back burner until state coffers recover from a devastating revenue shortfall, officials said.

Valley Head mourns fallen soldier

Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

When Kristy Hatfield looked up at the bright, cloudless sky over Valley Head on Monday afternoon, she wasn’t seeing blue.

Faith said to change sexual orientation

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008

After 12 years of boyfriends and gay bars, Chris Delaney decided he was miserable as a homosexual and ready to change.

Tennessee: Christmas comes for fish

Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008

Ever wonder what happens to some Christmas trees after they die?

Alabama: Family seeks facts in soldier’s death

Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008

The Dean family knew they’d be apart from 25-year-old Jonathan this Christmas, but they weren’t expecting this kind of separation.

Tennessee: A military-style Christmas

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

After more than seven years of war in Afghanistan and five-plus in Iraq, repeat deployments are very familiar to military families — and with that comes repeat holiday deployments.