• Bill Dunn from Fountain City won the Republican nomination for speaker pro tem in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was the only Knox County House member to gain a leadership position. Republicans hold 73 of the 99 House seats. Glen Casada of Franklin won the nomination for House speaker. Cameron Sexton from Crossville will chair the GOP caucus, and William Lambert of Cottontown was elected majority leader.
  • Smokyland Sound Chorus and the Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church of Karns will host a barbershop-style Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the church, 7753 Oak Ridge Hwy.