Henry Hoss, chairman of the county’s Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority, has resigned, officials said Tuesday.

Let your legislators know your views on the issues.

Officials in the small town of 3,100 want to annex an area of the adjacent Richard City community where 40 new homes are planned.

Tennessee’s 2010 governor’s race kicked into high gear Monday with U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., declaring he will run for the Republican nomination while Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam plans to announce his intentions during a statewide tour that begins today.

The new Capitol Visitor Center, opened this month, is spacious, stately and state-of-the-art.