Major Ken Mynatt, administrator of the Roane County Jail, checks his cell phone while work on the new jail goes on behind him Tuesday in Kingston.

Gov. Phil Bredesen served as cheerleader Wednesday for a new state law that's geared to provide care for low-income elderly residents in their homes rather than in nursing homes.

Harriman Labor Day worth a Hooray Hooray for Harriman added a expensive twist to this year's Labor Day festival, but it was the exhibitors who paid the price.