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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  One of the nation’s foremost forensic blood-spatter experts is scheduled to make a presentation in the mid-state.

Middle Tennessee State University will welcome forensic specialist Paulette Sutton to the campus as the keynote speaker for the school’s annual Forensic Institute conference.

Sutton is a University of Tennessee grad who now consults on cases worldwide. She started her career as a crime lab technologist, but developed a fascination with blood-spatter while visiting crime scenes.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP/WMOT) — Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and his wife plan to donate $500,000 to the Pat Summitt Foundation.

The commitment by Peyton and Ashley Manning represents the largest gift announcement made to the foundation since it was created in 2011. The charity was organized to help fight Alzheimer's disease.

Patrick Wade, the foundation's director, says some of that money will stay right here in Tennessee to conduct dementia research.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  A mid-state researcher has achieved a goal he’s been working toward for the past 30 years, successfully completing a drive across the United States without using any gasoline.

Middle Tennessee State University alternative fuels expert Cliff Ricketts reached the Pacific Ocean at Long Beach, California, Thursday evening, capping a journey that began in Georgia on the Atlantic Coast five days earlier.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  A mid-state professor hopes to make history Thursday, capping 25 years of research.

Middle Tennessee State University’s Dr. Cliff Ricketts was crossing California’s Mojave Desert early Thursday morning on the final leg of his 2600 mile, no-gas, cross-country drive.

Ricketts and his team left the Georgia Coast this past Saturday driving modified Toyota sedans that run on hydrogen fuel. The hydrogen was separated from water using solar energy.