BEAN STATION, Tenn. (AP) -- The owner of a Tennessee meatpacking plant where a federal immigration raid took more than 90 people into custody has agreed to plead guilty to employing unauthorized immigrants. News outlets report James Brantley also agreed…
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- Three family members have been sentenced to prison in Tennessee for defrauding federal health care programs of millions of dollars by selling back braces and power wheelchairs to people who did not need them in three…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The University of Tennessee's interim engineering dean is taking a position with the White House starting next week. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Lynne Parker will be assistant director for artificial intelligence for the Office of…
DETROIT (AP) -- Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," ''I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Federal highway officials have unveiled a campaign aimed at combating drunk and drug-impaired driving. On Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed the campaign that will run national television, radio and digital ads through Labor…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee is set to execute a man for the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl, in what would be the first time the state has applied the death penalty since 2009. 59-year-old inmate Billy…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police have begun arresting protesters who are blocking the entrances to the headquarters of private prison operator CoreCivic. The Tennessee-based company is one of the nation's largest private prison operators and also runs eight immigration detention centers…
MEDFORD, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey woman who thought she was helping a down-and-out man pay for his gas station food ended up footing the bill for country music star Keith Urban. Ruth Reed says she met Urban at…
PARKERS CROSSROADS, Tenn. (AP) -- A new Tennessee state veterans cemetery is being dedicated this week. The Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery at Parkers Crossroads is in West Tennessee midway between Nashville…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a prominent Tennessee filmmaker fell off a boat and drowned. News outlets cite a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency release that says 57-year-old Bobby Stone slipped and fell into the water on Lake Chickamauga on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's Republican political leaders and candidates have held a carefully choreographed news conference to project unity as they look toward November after a rough primary for governor. Addressing reporters Saturday before multiple GOP unity events, Gov.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Tennessee Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen and Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn are on a collision course to claim their own slices of history in a critical U.S. Senate race. Blackburn would be the first woman…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Glenn Jacobs, the WWE wrestler known as Kane, has won the bout for mayor in Tennessee's third largest county. Jacobs, a Republican who also runs an insurance and real estate company, was leading Democrat Linda…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Tennessee Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen and Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn are on a collision course to claim their own slices of history in a critical U.S. Senate race. Blackburn would be the first woman…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Incumbent David Kustoff is the winner in the Republican primary in Tennessee's 8th Congressional District.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Businessman Bill Lee wins Tennessee GOP primary for governor, topping three competitors in $45 million race.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has won the Democratic primary in the open race for Tennessee governor. Dean defeated state House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh on Thursday in a race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn has won the Republican nomination in Tennessee's open U.S. Senate race. Blackburn easily advanced past minimal opposition in Thursday's primary. She and Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen have long looked past the…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- Officials at Fort Campbell say a soldier has died in a training accident. The Army base along the Tennessee-Kentucky border says in a news release the 101st Airborne Division was conducting routine training at the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Four candidates who have spent tens of millions of dollars of their own wealth fighting over who is more devoted to President Donald Trump are facing off in the Republican primary for Tennessee governor. Meanwhile, former…
DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a driver was killed by a deer that went through his windshield after another car hit the animal and sent it airborne. According to local news reports, the Tennessee Highway Patrol says 58-year-old Charles…
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- Autopsy results show a man who died while attending the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee accidentally overdosed on drugs. The Tennessean cited a toxicology report that said 32-year-old Michael Donivan Craddock Jr. of Mt.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A nonprofit group is launching an effort in Tennessee youth sports to change the culture of winning at all costs. The InSideOut Initiative addresses redefining the role of sports for students and communities. The group says…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a man charged in a child pornography investigation in Kentucky has been arrested in Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday that 23-year-old Bradley Richmond has been arrested in Bedford County in Middle…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A program that rewards Tennessee State Parks visitors for participating in outdoor activities has received an award for integrating time spent outdoors with health care. The Healthy Parks Healthy Person program was developed last year and…
With three open seats among Tennessee's nine congressional districts, the state's U.S. House contingent is going to welcome some new faces into the fold. The partial makeover starts with the primaries. On Thursday, Democrats and Republicans will choose party nominees…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee governor's race tab has topped $51 million before the Aug. 2 primary. Adding activity from July 1 to 23, four Republicans have spent $45.7 million, infused $40.2 million of personal money and raised $13.2…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee judge has upheld the state's use of controversial drugs to execute inmates after a challenge by 33 inmates on death row. Kelley Henry, one of the lawyers representing the inmates, said the plaintiffs will…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Jurors have acquitted two former University of Tennessee football players who were indicted on aggravated rape charges nearly 3 ½ years ago. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated Friday for almost 1 ½…
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal jury has convicted an ex-U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs worker of defrauding a disabled and incompetent veteran of $680,000-plus. U.S. Attorney Doug Overbey's office says 44-year-old Jonesborough resident Kenneth Richard Devore was convicted this…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and state House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh have kept things mostly cordial in their Democratic primary for Tennessee governor. Meanwhile, the four-way Republican contest has cost $45.8 million while the candidates…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) -- Authorities say a Tennessee man will not be charged with trespassing or harassing wildlife after he was attacked while apparently trying to pet a wild bison. The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle reports that Land Between the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam has granted executive clemency to four people and is considering more requests. Haslam announced Thursday that Michelle Lea Martin's 25-year prison sentence was commuted to supervised parole. Martin pleaded guilty to her father's…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Loyalty to President Donald Trump tops the Republican checklist in the governor's race in Tennessee, right up there with championing gun rights and low taxes and decrying abortion. In TV ads and debates, the four leading…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A man convicted of forcing women to engage in prostitution in Tennessee and Texas faces up to life in prison. The U.S. attorney's office in Memphis said Monday that 41-year-old Antonio Hawkins was found guilty of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Melania Trump is in Nashville to promote her "Be Best" campaign to help children. On Tuesday, she is visiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in her first domestic trip to highlight the initiative. Mrs. Trump…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A West Tennessee woman has been convicted of stealing $162,000 from a government program that provides funding for summer meals for poor children. Shelby County prosecutors say Jeannette Jives-Nealy was found guilty of theft Friday. She…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- An investigation of a tourist boat accident on a Missouri lake that claimed 17 lives will look at whether operators of the boat violated Coast Guard-issued limitations by venturing into the water as thunderstorms threatened and struck…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Lottery says it had record sales last year. The lottery said in a statement that it had gross total sales of $1.7 billion last fiscal year. The statement says it will return nearly $422…
WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. (AP) -- A mayor of a Tennessee city who's up for re-election has been accused of possessing marijuana. The Tennessean reports White House Mayor Mike Arnold will appear in court next week on a charge of possessing…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) -- Vice President Mike Pence has used his visit to Tennessee to praise the conservative credentials of two Republican congresswomen who are running for statewide office. In a Saturday speech at Lee University, Pence referred to Rep.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a woman and her unborn child. WBIR-TV reports that Brandon Donaldson was tried this week for a second time in the 2013…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former Tennessee correctional officer is accused of pepper-spraying an inmate for joining a lawsuit that said the jail was not treating a scabies outbreak. The Tennessean reports 24-year-old Oluwatobi Oja was arrested Monday and charged…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State House Speaker Beth Harwell is running a TV ad about supporting medical marijuana as she tries to separate herself from the Republican field for Tennessee governor before the Aug. 2 primary. In the ad, Harwell…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An East Tennessee man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a woman and her unborn child. WBIR-TV reports that Brandon Donaldson was tried this week for a second time in the…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame is inducting seven new honorees. According to a news release, the hall of fame's sixth class includes East Tennessee cartoonist Charlie Daniel; veteran Middle Tennessee journalist and journalism advocate Frank…
UPDATE: Authorities say the final four people missing since a boat capsized on a lake in southern Missouri have been found, raising the death toll to 17. The office manager at the Stone County Sheriff's office, Wendy Doucey, confirmed the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing the gun authorities say a toddler used to fatally shoot a 7-year-old. Anthony Patrick Sanders, 28, was sentenced Wednesday for having two guns…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A prominent sovereign citizen has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for conspiring to launder money. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf was sentenced Tuesday after delivering a 45-minute speech denying…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's Republican senators and two Senate candidates are speaking out against President Donald Trump's refusal to condemn Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Sen. Bob Corker said Trump's comments Monday made the U.S. "look like…
