KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- A park bench addition designed to prevent people from sleeping in public spaces has received pushback from some Tennessee residents. News outlets report that officials in Kingsport, Tennessee, have added wooden blocks through the middle of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State officials are telling Tennessee residents that all open-air outdoor fires will require a burn permit starting Monday. Burn permits are usually required statewide from Oct. 15 through May 15. Tennessee's Division of Forestry said Friday…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Shelby County sheriff says four deputies have been placed on administrative leave after the fatal shooting of a man wanted on an attempted murder warrant. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said Friday that the deputies…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Four years after Tennessee passed a law requiring a 48-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions, abortion clinics are getting a chance to argue against it in court. Beginning Monday, attorneys for five of the state's…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A comprehensive study shows there are nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds in North America than in 1970. The new study finds that the bird population in the United States and Canada was probably around 10.1 billion…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man who survived a shooting by police during a traffic stop alleges in a lawsuit that officers were told to turn off body cameras during the incident. Authorities say Martavious Banks ran from a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee appeals court has upheld a decision to deny diversion to a former school bus driver convicted of charges including negligent homicide in a 2016 crash that killed six children. News outlets report the ruling…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee would become the first state in the nation to receive its Medicaid funding in a lump sum under a proposal seeking to drastically overhaul the entitlement program that provides health care services to low-income and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Top education officials say they are preparing to implement Tennessee's newly enacted voucher law a full year ahead of schedule while unveiling key requirements surrounding the closely-watched program. Earlier this year, Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The family of rock star Eddie Money says he has died at 70. Money died Friday. The husky-voiced, blue collar performer was known for such hits as "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight."…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit against opioid makers can move forward, overturning a lower court that had dismissed the claims. At issue is whether Tennessee's Drug Dealer Liability Act applies to…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Florida fourth-grader who was bullied over his homemade University of Tennessee shirt has been offered a four-year scholarship to the school. School officials said Thursday the boy's scholarship would cover tuition and fees beginning in…
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) -- A nonprofit that advocates for the separation of church and state has filed a formal complaint about baptisms on the football field of a Tennessee high school. The Tennessean reports the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An audit has found instances where executives for the nation's largest public utility overspent on travel. The inspector general's report Wednesday audited about $1.8 million worth of Tennessee Valley Authority executive travel expenses from October 2016…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- T. Boone Pickens, who amassed a fortune as an oil tycoon and corporate raider and gave much of it away as a philanthropist, has died. He was 91. Spokesman Jay Rosser confirmed Pickens' death Wednesday to…
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump has joined the military in observing a moment of silence at the Pentagon for the 18th anniversary of 9/11. The moment of silence is traditionally observed at 9:37 a.m. — the exact time…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Memphis say an officer has been suspended after he was charged with DUI after crashing his car into a building while off duty. Memphis police said Sgt. Thomas Berryhill was arrested Saturday afternoon on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton is warning Nashville officials that he might attempt to withhold state funding due to the city's recent executive order discouraging local cooperation with immigration officials. Sexton, a Republican, first made the…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. He says Bolton submitted his resignation on…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Discount retail and pharmacy chain Fred's Inc. is filing for bankruptcy and closing its stores over the next two months. The Memphis, Tennessee-based company said in a statement Monday that it has filed for chapter 11…
HERMITAGE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee say a man who was punched outside a bar about two weeks ago has died from his injuries. News outlets report 52-year-old Jamie Mitchell has been in a coma since Aug. 23 after…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee say a man is suspected of fatally shooting his wife and grandson before killing himself. Metropolitan Nashville Police said on Twitter that the shooting occurred Saturday night in the Nashville neighborhood of Hermitage.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee say an officer was struck by a car before shooting the driver in Nashville's entertainment district. Police in downtown Nashville were flagged down at 12:30 a.m. Saturday and told that a motorist was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Health officials in Tennessee are reporting six cases of suspected respiratory disease among people who used electronic cigarettes or other vaping devices. State epidemiologist Tim Jones said in a statement Friday that Tennessee health care providers…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee priest who banned Harry Potter books from a Catholic school's library was accused by parents of causing their children psychological and spiritual harm. The Tennessean…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Lee has appointed a new chancellor to serve in a West Tennessee judicial district. Lee's office says in a news release Wednesday that attorney Jennifer King of Carroll County will serve as chancellor of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from jail has turned himself in. News outlets report 26-year-old Roberto Josue Viera-Aybar turned himself in to Nashville police after his attorney arranged a peaceful surrender. Davidson…
UPDATED: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- In a story Sept.4 about a woman who died after being mauled by a pack of dogs, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Adrieanna O'Shea died Saturday, 10 days after the attack. O'Shea died Friday,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee State Library and Archives is offering a free workshop on the history of slavery in Tennessee. Author Bill Carey will speak Sept. 14 about the research he conducted for his latest book, going over…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days after a…
ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities in Tennessee say they've discovered a body along the Appalachian Trail. The Carter County Sheriff's Office said in a Monday release that they found a man's body in the Carver's Gap area of the…
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- The Latest on a shooting in West Texas Odessa police say the death toll in a West Texas shooting rampage is now seven after a man stopped by state troopers opened fire and fled, shooting people…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee inmate is leaving death row, just eight months before his execution date. A Nashville judge on Friday approved an agreement between prosecutors and attorneys for Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman that converts his death sentence to life…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee pastor has been found guilty of 24 counts involving child sex abuse in the first of three trials. News outlets report a jury found 40-year-old Ronnie Gorton guilty Wednesday on charges including sexual battery…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Police say a child in Memphis was seriously wounded when a man shot multiple times into a house with more than a dozen inside and fled in a car. The Memphis Police Department said in a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Memphis Grizzlies official is joining a council that will regulate Tennessee's new online-only sports betting law. In Monday's letter, Tennessee Senate Speaker Randy McNally announced Kandace C. Stewart will serve a term on the sports…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee pastor is being tried on the first of 47 counts of child sexual abuse, including 16 counts of statutory rape. WMC-TV reports Ronnie Gorton sat in court Monday for opening statements and the testimonies…
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than 20,000 AT&T workers in nine Southern states went on strike over the weekend, saying that the telecommunications company isn't bargaining in good faith over a new contract. The union, the Communications Workers of America,…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee suspended cornerback Bryce Thompson on Monday following his arrest on a domestic assault charge. Coach Jeremy Pruitt said in a statement Thompson will be out "while the process continues." Pruitt added that players are held…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors has approved a 20-year plan that includes no new major generating plants. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the plan approved last week envisions getting more power out of…
(AP) -- More states are enacting "red flag" laws that seize guns from erratic people in the hopes of staving off massacres like those in Texas and Ohio. Seventeen states have now passed red flag laws. The back-to-back shootings that…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- The parents of an infant who died in her crib have pleaded guilty to aggravated child neglect. The Daily News Journal reports Colleen Delaney and Jason Ormonde were sentenced Thursday in Murfreesboro to 15 years in…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire David Koch has died at age 79. Koch was a major donor to conservative causes and educational groups. His older brother, Charles, said on Friday, "It is with a heavy heart that I now must inform…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- DeAngelo Williams, a former NFL running back, has donated $250,000 to the Memphis football program in his second donation to his alma mater. Memphis announced the gift Thursday. Williams' latest donation will go to help update…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The mother of a man killed in a shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House is now suing the medical center that treated him. The Tennessean reports the lawsuit filed Tuesday by Shaundelle Brooks says two Vanderbilt…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Conservative political commentator and former congressional candidate Steve Gill has been jailed in Tennessee after he allegedly failed to pay $170,000 in child support to his ex-wife as ordered by a judge. News outlets report Gill…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Opponents of a Tennessee law requiring women to wait 48 hours before undergoing an abortion argue that such restrictions help perpetuate outdated gender stereotypes. The argument is part of a lengthy lawsuit challenging the legality of…
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - Investigators say the plane carrying NASCAR great Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family bounced, veered off the runway and ended up on a highway during a crash landing. Elizabethton Police Chief Jason Shaw said at a…
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee woman who authorities say had more than 200 animals inside her home has been charged with animal cruelty. News outlets report all animals had been taken away by Friday afternoon from the home of…
COKER CREEK, Tenn. (AP) -- Damage to a section of the Trail of Tears done five years ago by the U.S. Forest Service has never been repaired, but the agency says it will be. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports…
