The REAL ID Act of 2005, which requires anyone 18 years old or older to have a REAL ID or other federally issued photo ID, such as a passport, to enter certain Federal buildings, military bases and nuclear power plants or board commercial flights within the United States, will go into effect on May 7, 2025.
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Read full storyThursday, November 07, 2024 | 01:39pm
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Read full storyMonday, November 04, 2024 | 04:00pm
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unidentified female found lying in the emergency lane of Interstate 40 eastbound in Roane County, one mile east of exit 340 Rockwood Municipal Airport Road near the 341-mile marker, on Oct. 13, at approximately 8:17 p.m. She succumbed to her injuries at the UT Medical Center.
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Read full storyThursday, October 31, 2024 | 03:08pm
Today, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) Commissioner Jeff Long, Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Matt Perry, and Dispatch Director Caiti Medling welcomed the latest graduating class of THP dispatchers.
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Read full storyTuesday, October 29, 2024 | 12:10pm
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Rockwood Driver Services Center, located at 1070 North Gateway Ave., which closed for a planned remodel on Sept. 11, will reopen to the public on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Read full storyMonday, October 28, 2024 | 04:40pm
Today, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) announced the expansion of its Judicial Outreach Liaison (JOL) program to include two additional judges, Judge Beau Pemberton and Judge James Ross. Tennessee is first in the nation to expand the JOL program model beyond one judge.
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Read full storyFriday, October 25, 2024 | 07:53pm
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Tullahoma Driver Services Center, 307 Industrial Blvd, will close on Thursday, Oct. 31, for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks. The center will reopen on Friday, Nov. 1.
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Read full storyFriday, October 25, 2024 | 07:50pm
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced today that Driver Services at the Carter County Clerk’s office, 801 E Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, will close on Wednesday, Oct. 30, for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and a new self-service kiosk. Driver Services will resume on Thursday, Oct. 31.
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Read full storyFriday, October 25, 2024 | 07:23pm
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Knoxville Driver Services Centers and Driver Services at the Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Scott and Union County Clerk partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.
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Read full storyFriday, October 25, 2024 | 09:18am
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is now offering Driver Services including free replacement licenses to citizens directly impacted by the East Tennessee floods at the mobile unit at the Elizabethton Driver Services Center and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s three Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).
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Read full storyFriday, October 18, 2024 | 03:28pm
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Johnson City, Greeneville, Blountville, Sevierville, Alcoa, Morristown and Oak Ridge Driver Services Centers and Driver Services at the Johnson, Grainger, Sullivan, Hawkins, Unicoi, Claiborne, Cocke, Hancock and Jefferson County Clerk partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.
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Read full storyThursday, October 17, 2024 | 08:34am
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDOSHS) is issuing free replacement identification licenses and driver licenses to citizens directly impacted by the East Tennessee floods at the Elizabethton Driver Services Center, Unicoi Police Department and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s (TEMA) three Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).
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Read full storyMonday, October 14, 2024 | 04:20pm
On Oct. 14, at approximately 8:17 p.m. troopers were dispatched to a person lying in the emergency lane of I-40 eastbound in Roane County at the 341-mile marker. This area is approximately one mile east of exit 340, the Rockwood Municipal Airport Road exit. Upon arrival, troopers found a black female with serious injuries. Immediately Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were notified and upon their arrival, EMS transported the female to UT Medical Center.
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Read full storyFriday, October 11, 2024 | 11:12am
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Athens, Chattanooga/Bonny Oaks, Chattanooga/Red Bank and Cleveland Driver Services Centers and the Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie County Clerk Driver Services partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.
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Read full storyFriday, October 11, 2024 | 10:57am
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Crossville Driver Services Center and Driver Services at the Roane County Clerk will each close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and self-service kiosks.
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Read full storyWednesday, October 09, 2024 | 09:30am
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Memphis/Summer Avenue Driver Services and Reinstatement Center, 5266 Summer Ave., Suite 75, will close for a planned remodel on Wednesday, Oct. 16, and will reopen January 2025.