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April 2008

Tennessee This Week

Submitted by Gene Patterson on April 26, 2008 - 2:26am

Tune into Tennessee This Week, this Sunday at noon to hear from Steve Borden and Travis Brickey about the closure of I-40 through downtown Knoxville.

The men from T-DOT explain the changes to the downtown traffic patterns.

George Korda joins us in the final word.

Who Knew?

Submitted by Gene Patterson on April 10, 2008 - 7:35pm

Knox County Commission Chairman Tank Strickland may look like a middle linebacker, but cheerleading may be his real talent.

At Wednesday's Thompson Boling Celebration for the Lady Vols, the Chairman stepped to the microphone to proclaim the day "Lady Vols Day" in Knox County...but not before leaning toward Mayor Bill Haslam and saying, "I've been wanting to do this for a long time."

What did he do? He lead the crowd of enthusiastic fans to a rousing a rendition of ..'WHAT'S THAT SPELL?