NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- New state data show that nearly half of Tennessee students enrolled in higher education during the 2016-2017 school year needed some sort of remedial classes during their first year of college. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Doctors performing abortions on girls younger than 18 years old would be required to preserve a sample of the fetal tissue for law enforcement under a bill making its way through the Tennessee Statehouse. Currently the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered a Middle Tennessee sheriff to stop jailing some people simply because they can't afford bail. The Thursday ruling pertains to misdemeanor offenders in Giles County who are arrested for probation violations…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Rapper Cardi B, blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr., and rock mainstays The Killers and the Dave Matthews Band are among the acts scheduled to perform at the Beale Street Music Festival. The eclectic musical festival is…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former student at a private Tennessee college has pleaded guilty to downloading exams and changing grades to preserve his scholarship. The U.S. attorney's office in Memphis said Tuesday that 20-year-old Michael Geddati has pleaded guilty…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former pastor in East Tennessee has been convicted of repeatedly raping one of his adopted daughters. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Monday that David Lynn Richards Jr., the former minister of My Father's House Church…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A prominent Tennessee businessman has been killed in a car crash in Costa Rica. News outlets report that according to representatives of his company, Memphis businessman 61-year-old Mike Bowen died Saturday. T-Shirt Champions confirmed the death…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Nashville Mayor David Briley is set to sign an executive order to help LGBT-owned businesses. Briley office says he will be joined on Monday by officials from the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Comcast and the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennesseans could be banned from filing public records requests for one year under a new bill that would allow public agencies to ask courts to punish people for making too many requests deemed as harassment. The…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say Middle Tennessee deputies fatally shot a man when he exited a home brandishing a gun and making threats. News outlets report Rutherford County deputies responding to a domestic call at the home Wednesday night…
