Adult day care agencies providing care to 5 or more people are required to obtain a license by the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) and adhere to licensing requirements beginning July 1, 2017.

“TEMA, working through legal counsel and with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, requested the ruling from the Sevier County Juvenile Court to clarify what records we could share without violating or being in contempt of the Court’s original order to withhold records. We did this to ensure we would not endanger any ongoing investigations and prosecutions, nor interfere with the right of the accused to receive a fair trial under law. 

Lane closures are listed for the 21 counties in West Tennessee.

 Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe along with Valeo North America, Inc. officials announced today the company will expand its operations in Smyrna. 

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be participating in Operation Dry Water, June 30-July 2.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed William K. Rogers of Kingsport as circuit court judge for the Second Judicial District, which serves Sullivan County. Rogers, 59, replaces Judge R. Jerry Beck, whose retirement is effective June 30.

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 8.25 percent per annum.

The rate is based on a ceiling of 4.25 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 4.0 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on June 26, 2017.

Commissioner Gonzales said the rate remains in effect until the average prime loan rate as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank changes. 

NASHVILLE – Tim Jones, MD, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ Pumphandle Award. Jones serves as Tennessee state epidemiologist and assistant commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health Communicable and Environmental Disease and Emergency Preparedness, or CEDEP division. 

The Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Commission will meet June 29 at 2 p.m. CDT at the Ed Jones Auditorium, located at Ellington Agricultural Center, 416 Hogan Road in Nashville. The meeting is open to the public. Some Commission members may participate by electronic means. 

A complete list of lane closure activity due to construction or maintenance operations on state-owned roads within the 24 East Tennessee counties of TDOT Region 1.

The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) will join forces with several Scott County fire departments to install free smoke alarms in homes throughout Scott County on Saturday, June 24, 2017.