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The opening date has been set for a highly anticipated West Knoxville restaurant.More >> The opening date has been set for a highly anticipated West Knoxville restaurant.More >> An Anderson County school bus overturned early Tuesday morning, possibly injuring two students.More >> An Anderson County school bus overturned early Tuesday morning, possibly injuring two students.More >> ![Commissioner Jeff Ownby]( "Commissioner Jeff Ownby")
Commissioner Jeff OwnbyKnox County Commissioners will vote next week to censure Commissioner Jeff Ownby.More >> Knox County Commissioners will vote next week to censure Commissioner Jeff Ownby.
More >> By MONA NAIR 6 News Reporter CAMP CREEK (WATE) – It's been two years since a deadly tornado hit the Camp Creek community in Greene County. Despite the time that's passed, when you look at the landscape,More >> It has been two years since a deadly tornado hit the Camp Creek community in Greene County.More >> A trial begins Tuesday that could determine which country will decide the fate of 13-year-old twin boys at the center of an international custody battle that extends from Eastern Europe to Middle Tennessee.More >> A trial begins Tuesday that could determine which country will decide the fate of 13-year-old twin boys at the center of an international custody battle that extends from Eastern Europe to Middle Tennessee.More >> Another 40 jobs are coming to Knox County as Gerdau (gair-DOW') expands its steel reinforcement bar plant.More >> Another 40 jobs are coming to Knox County as Gerdau (gair-DOW') expands its steel reinforcement bar plant.More >> Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort Campbell, where more soldier are returning to the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee from Afghanistan.More >> Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort Campbell, where more soldiers are returning to the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border from Afghanistan.More >> By ALEXIS ZOTOS 6 News Reporter CROSSVILLE (WATE) – After years of dealing with an abandoned home infested with rats, a Crossville neighborhood may finally be getting help. Glenn Breeden lives just feetMore >> After years of dealing with an abandoned home infested with rats, a Crossville neighborhood may finally be getting help.More >> Deputies are continuing to search for an armed suspect in a sexual assault after he evaded arrest early Monday morning in Cocke County.More >> Deputies are continuing to search for an armed suspect in a sexual assault after he evaded arrest early Monday morning in Cocke County.More >> If you want to help the Oklahoma tornado victims, the Red Cross is accepting donations. You can also text "Red Cross" to 90999.More >> If you want to help the Oklahoma tornado victims, the Red Cross is accepting donations. You can also text "Red Cross" to 90999.More >>
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's unemployment rate for January was 7.7%, a slight increase from the previous month.
Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Karla Davis said Thursday that there are more than 2.8 million people employed in Tennessee.
That's the highest employment total for the state since December 2007.
The unemployment rate for last December was 7.6%. The national unemployment rate for January was 7.9%.
State figures show that nonfarm employment increased by 7,600 jobs between December and January.
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