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Red Cross opening storm shelter at St. Stephens Church

Severe weather hit the middle Tennessee area today and wrecked havoc among many counties and communities. Straight line winds, tornadoes, hail and rain caused power outages, downed trees and major damage to residential and commercial areas.

The Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross is assessing the damage and has volunteers mobilized to respond to the emergencies and client needs.

Currently, one shelter is opening at 7:00 pm this evening in Wilson County. Please direct anyone that needs a safe place to stay to this shelter, St. Stephens Catholic Church, 14577 Lebanon Road, Old Hickory, TN 37138. There are possibly two more that will be opening in other counties very soon.

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Wilson's unemployment rate up to 8.5% in January

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for January was 9.5 percent, up 0.1 from the December rate. The national unemployment rate for January 2011 was 9.0 percent, 0.4 percentage point lower than the December rate.

County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for January 2011, show that the rate increased in 95 counties.

Wilson County's jobless rate rose one point in one month to 8.5 percent

Williamson County registered the state's lowest county unemployment rate at 6.7 percent, up from the December rate of 6.2 percent. Scott County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 23.2 percent, up from 19.7 percent in the previous month, followed by Pickett County at 18.4 percent, up from the December rate of 15.4 percent.

Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 7.5 percent, up from 6.8 percent in December. Hamilton County was 8.7 percent, up from 7.6 percent the previous month. Davidson County was 8.6 percent, up from 8.1 percent in December, and Shelby County was 10.4 percent, up from 9.4 percent in December.

Wilson County had a work force of 59,660 with 54,570 employed and 5,090 unemployed.

In December the county's unemployment rate was 7.5 percent.

In January last year Wilson County's unemployent rate was 9.3 percent with this year's rate for the same month a 0.8 percent improvement.

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Red Cross opening storm shelter at St. Stephens Church

Wilson's unemployment rate up to 8.5% in January

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