what time zone is maryville tn?
North American Eastern Time Zone
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 High school sports ( especially football ) play a large role in the City 's culture . Sporting stars such as Michael Vick , Mike Tomlin , Al Toon , Aaron Brooks and Antoine Bethea are from Newport News . The City 's stadium , John B. Todd Stadium , houses five high schools ' worth of football games usually spread over Thursday , Friday , and Saturday nights . The stadium also holds the schools ' track and field meets . 

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 In December 2010 , the college temporarily suspended a home health nursing program after two of its nursing students were accosted at gunpoint in Chattanooga . The school is considering a safer , more controlled environment for the program . 

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 The devastation was described by Governor Phil Bredesen as " It looks like the Lord took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the ground " while surveying by helicopter . The tornado is the deadliest single tornado to strike Middle Tennessee in over 75 years , and the deadliest single US tornado since the Evansville Tornado of November 2005 ( which killed 25 ) . 

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 The state has the highest average and peak Internet speeds in the United States , with the third @-@ highest worldwide . Northern Virginia 's data centers can carry up to 70 % of the nation 's internet traffic , with Loudoun County alone home to as much data center space as northern California . 

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 The matchup of Virginia Tech and Tennessee was the first game between the two teams since 1937 , an unusual fact since both teams are located in the Appalachian Mountains and the two schools are just 3 @.@ 5 hours by car apart . This proximity generated multiple news stories about towns lying between the two schools and the divided loyalties of their fans . In Washington County , Virginia , which lies along the Tennessee border , the county supervisor — a Virginia Tech graduate — proclaimed the week of the Gator Bowl to be " Hokie Week " over the objections of the county attorney , who graduated from Tennessee . This natural rivalry was amplified by a basketball game held the day prior to the Gator Bowl that pitted the two schools ' varsity teams against each other . In exchange for participating in the game , each team received $ 1 @.@ 5 million from the Gator Bowl Association . 
