Comment Period Open on 2020-22 Fishing Regulation Proposals

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and TE Connectivity officials announced today that the company will expand in Tullahoma. The global technology company will invest more than $15.7 million and create approximately 100 new jobs in Coffee County.

NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 9.25 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 5.25 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on August 19, 2019.

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced the launch of an efficient method to access traffic crash reports from law enforcement agencies across the state. Effective immediately, involved parties may obtain their crash reports through www.PurchaseTNcrash.gov.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Surface Dynamics LLC officials today announced that the Bartlett-based company will expand its operations in West Tennessee. Surface Dynamics will invest nearly $10 million and create approximately 110 jobs in Bartlett over the next five years.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) is notifying insurance producers of a new application that makes licensing and education compliance faster and easier than ever.

On August 13th, 2019, Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Fall Branch Interdiction Plus Trooper William Connors stopped a 2005 Chevrolet on I-75 South in Monroe County, Tennessee for several traffic violations.

Gallatin, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to Timothy Scott Crews pleading guilty Thursday to two counts of forgery and one count of tax fraud related to his registration of a 1976 Pacemaker motor yacht with the Sumner County Clerk’s Office.

Knoxville, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the indictment and arrest of Laurence Lavell Secrest. Revenue special agents arrested Secrest, 47, at his residence Friday. Bond was set at $2,000. On August 14, 2019, the Knox County Grand Jury indicted Secrest on one Class E felony count of tax evasion.

NASHVILLE – The death sentence of Stephen West was executed by means of electrocution on August 15, 2019 in accordance with the laws of the state of Tennessee. The sentence was carried out at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

NASHVILLE – Death row inmate Stephen West #115717 has received his final meal.

NASHVILLE - A year-to-year comparison of recently released unemployment data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) shows the July 2019 statewide seasonally adjusted rate of 3.5 percent matches the figure from the same month a year ago.

NASHVILLE – The funeral for Debra Johnson will be held Friday, August 16, 2019 at The Temple Church 3810 Kings Lane, Nashville, Tennessee.

A Wilson County woman is charged with TennCare fraud in both Wilson and Davidson Counties in connection with doctor shopping for controlled substances.