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Tennessee Highway Safety Office Launches New “Stop Drugged Driving” Campaign

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – On Wednesday, March 22, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) was joined other public safety partners to launch the THSO’s new “Stop Drugged Driving” campaign to combat Tennessee’s recent spike in drugged-impaired driving crashes and fatalities. Click here for press event photos: https://goo.gl/photos/b4Nh6s3sUkMjquLn8. Click here for video footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5TG3yTlh1E.   “Since 2015, more Tennessee traffic fatalities have…
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Tennessee teacher had been reported kissing missing student

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NEW PICTURE: Here's the last known photograph of Elizabeth Thomas prior to her alleged kidnapping. Spot her? 1-800-TBI-FIND! #TNAMBERAlert pic.twitter.com/5hInjYHU5d— TBI (@TBInvestigation) March 20, 2017 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A lawyer for the family of a missing Tennessee high school student says a teacher now accused of kidnapping her had been investigated by the school system after another student reported…
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Nashville nurse stabbed to death in “rare” random attack, cops say

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(CBS News) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Police are searching for a suspect seen on surveillance video after a Tennessee nurse was fatally stabbed inside her condo in what police are calling a “rare” random attack, reports CBS affiliate WTVF. 23-year-old Tiffany Ferguson, an ICU nurse at St. Thomas West Hospital, was found dead shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday inside her Nashville…
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Town Hall Hosted by Constituents

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Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) – In the same spirit as congressional town hall meetings held in other states across the country, Chattanooga voters took advantage of their representative’s recess yesterday and hosted their own, organized by the Recess Coalition of Chattanooga. Although Rep. Chuck Fleischmann was in town to promote expanding the STEM program, no members were in attendance. Sen. Corker…
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Tennessee Highway Safety Office reminds fans to drive sober

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TENNESSEE (WDEF) – Today, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) was joined by the Tennessee Titans, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association, and other traffic safety partners for a press event at Nissan Stadium to help prevent impaired-driving crashes during Super Bowl weekend. “Last…