KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - U.S. District Court Judge Thomas A. Varlan will be the new chief judge for federal courts in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
WBIR-TV reports (http://on.wbir.com/RH0x68 ) Varlan, who presides in Knoxville, will take over on Monday as the administrative judge for the district that includes 41 counties and serves 2.5 million
...NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Notices are going out in the mail to an estimated 37,000 Tennessee borrowers who may be eligible for payment under a $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement.
Eligible borrowers will be receiving claim forms in the mail this month and Attorney General Bob Cooper of Tennessee urged residents to complete the forms
...NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Monday is the last day to register to vote in Tennessee.
Even though it's Columbus Day, state elections officials say elections offices will be open in all but 2 of the state's 95 counties.
They will be closed in Lewis and Hickman counties, but residents there can bring their forms to a neighboring county to be registered.
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...LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A freeze warning is in place for northwest Arkansas and frost advisory is posted for much of the rest of the state's north as unseasonably cool temperatures blanket the state.
Temperatures early Sunday are forecast to range from the upper 20s in north Arkansas to the lower 40s in the state's south.
The National Weather
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