1. Major crash on Highway 27 near Soddy Lake
3. Local Embassy Suites ranked as one of the best hotels in the world
4. Weston Wamp plans to bow out of politics
5. Man shot twice while sleeping
6. Grundy County gets new sheriff and mayor
7. Southern Adventist ranks as the ‘tamest party school’ in Tennessee
8. Northeast Alabama Community College opens $10.5 million tech center
9. Local woman places third in international Hooters pageant