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Rutherford County Unemployment Drops At Year’s End
Unemployment in Rutherford County fell 1.4 percent in 2017.

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Unemployment in Rutherford County fell 1.4 percent in 2017.

Unemployment in Davidson County fell 1.4 percent in 2017.
Things will warm back up Friday in the Midstate, with rain likely through Saturday.
Things will warm back up Friday in the Midstate, with rain likely through Saturday.
Things will warm back up Friday in the Midstate, with rain likely through Saturday.
Things will warm back up Friday in the Midstate, with rain likely through Saturday.
MNPS said more students died last year than in any year in at least a decade.
A man wanted for killing a 24-year-old woman in Hermitage in 2009, when he was 17, was arrested Wednesday.
A 28-year-old plumber is charged with raping a 14-year-old Goodlettsville girl.
Music legend Elton John will hit the road for the last time on an ambitious three-year farewell tour that comes to Nashville Oct. 24.
A 19-year-old is wanted following a shooting outside a La Vergne apartment complex.
Franklin Police arrested a pair of alleged fine fragrance thieves.
Despite a boycott of the meeting by other mayors, Megan Barry met with President Trump Wednesday at the White House, her office confirmed.
Columbia Police had their hands full when a zebra named Marty got loose at a truck stop.
A domestic incident in The Nations ended with a stabbing, according to Metro Police/
A family of four escaped a trailer fire in Antioch Tuesday night.
There are a number of ways to help the people who lost their homes in the Creekwood Apartment fire.
Metro Police are searching for a 16-year-old suspected in the shooting death of a Maplewood High School student.
Metro Police say two men, allegedly conducting a drug deal, shot one another fatally in a car outside a Burger King.
A South Nashville Babies R Us is one of 182 Toys R Us stores closing nationwide as part of a bankruptcy re-organization.