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The Tennessee Department of Correction needs more correctional officers. Across the state, they’re looking to hire at least 600 people to fill the positions.

Tennessee Playwrights Studio, a new-play development lab and theatre production company based in Nashville, has announced its Fellows and Associates for 2022.

Highway section honors slain Tennessee corrections official February 22, 2021 GMT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A section of Interstate 440 has been dedicated in the memory of a slain Tennessee corrections official. A car parade and dedication were held Sunday for the Debra K. Johnson Memorial Parkway in Nashville. Johnson was a Tennessee Department of Correction administrator whose body was found in her home on the grounds of a state prison in Henning in August 2019. Johnson had been a state emplo...

Honoring longtime TDOC employee killed in the line of duty Debra Johnsons name will be placed on the I-440 as a portion of the interstate is now named the Debra K. Johnson Memorial Parkway. and last updated 2021-02-22 09:35:33-05 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A longtime Tennessee Department of Corrections employee was honored Sunday in a special way after she was brutally murdered in the line of duty. Debra Johnsons name will be placed on Interstate 440 as a portion of the interstate is now na...