(WBIR- Kingston) An East Tennessee Tea Party member will head to Washington D.C. Wednesday to speak about his dealings with the IRS.

The Tea Party Patriots organization invited Roane County Tea Party Co-Chairman Greg Johnston to join them at the Capitol.

Johnston said his group has tried to get a 501 (c)(4) tax status since January 2010. He said for two years, the IRS reported no progress on the group's filing. Then, one day, everything changed.

Thousands of students took part in graduation ceremonies this weekend.

The Roane State Community College Nursing Class of 2013 Pinning Ceremony included a woman whose journey to this point is what many are calling a miracle.

Elaine Staggs of Nashville suffered from a traumatic car crash in August 2011.

As a student at Roane State, Staggs also worked as an EMT.

During a vacation in New York, Staggs said she pulled over to help a driver in trouble.

While assisting the victim she got hit by a car, throwing her over an overpass.

All lanes of I-40 have reopened after a rockslide closed one lane near the Roane-Cumberland County line earlier Monday.

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A rockslide closed one lane of I-40 West near milemarker 338 Monday morning, according to dispatchers.  The location is in Roane County, but is very close to the Roane County - Cumberland County line.