NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennesseans are voting in record numbers with close to 350,000 ballots cast in the first three days of early voting. According to vote totals on the Secretary of State's website 345,844 early and absentee ballots had…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Mega Millions numbers that could win an estimated $1 billion jackpot have been announced. They are 15 23 53 65 70 and Mega Ball 7. The jackpot is the second-largest lottery prize in U.S.…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to an estimated $1 billion, as the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. lottery history gets even bigger. Lottery officials increased the grand prize just hours ahead of the Friday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Middle Tennessee sheriff's office has suspended an adult detention center employee for two weeks without pay for enabling two inmates to escape. According to a news release on Wednesday, Rutherford County Deputy Beth Miles —…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a 19-year-old man was killed and a deputy was wounded in a shooting outside a Memphis apartment complex. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies went to the complex early…
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) -- A sheriff says his detectives are trying to figure out why a mother would kill her four children and then herself at their home in Middle Tennessee. Maury County Sheriff Bucky Rowland told a news conference…
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum is opening this week in Kentucky. The museum said in a news release its $15 million building in downtown Owensboro will celebrate with three days of music, Thursday…
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) -- Police say one man has been killed and another has been wounded in a shooting at a West Tennessee naval base. WREG-TV reports Millington police say one man was arrested in the Sunday morning shooting at…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's attorney general has joined several dozen other states to ask the federal government to take action on illegal robocalls. Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III's office said in a news release that a document signed…
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) -- A former sheriff's deputy in Tennessee has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex-related crimes with a minor. The Tennessean reports 47-year-old Joseph Patton was sentenced Friday to a range of eight to 18…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Democrat Karl Dean and Republican Bill Lee avoided throwing bombs and held back from taking swipes at each other during Tennessee's third and final gubernatorial debate. Instead, the two top candidates on Friday once again outlined…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Music superstar Taylor Swift says she's voting for Tennessee's Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen, breaking her long-standing refusal to discuss anything politics. Swift posted on Instagram Sunday evening acknowledging she's previously shied from voicing her political…
LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A Canadian company has announced that it will set up its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Tennessee, an investment of $6.4 million expected to create 80 jobs. State economic development officials and Craig Manufacturing Ltd. announced…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen officials say they plan to add a third shift to the automaker's Tennessee plant, a move that could add more than 1,000 workers. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press , Volkswagen Chattanooga plant chief…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett says the public should be aware of misleading voter registration information as the deadline to register for the November general election nears. Hargett's office said Thursday it has received multiple…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's Supreme Court on Thursday took up the question of whether a reporter can be sued for defamation when reporting fairly and accurately on a public proceeding. Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk is suing a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam says he is still deciding whether to grant clemency to a Tennessee inmate scheduled to be executed next week. Haslam said Thursday he hopes to make a decision soon, but declined to say…
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has sentenced Marion "Suge" Knight to 28 years in prison nearly four years after the former rap mogul killed a man with his truck. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen handed down the…
CROSBY, N.D. (AP) -- A Tennessee man is accused of illegally acting as a hunting guide in North Dakota for several years. Randal Layman Jr., 26, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, is facing seven felony counts of exploiting wildlife. Each count carries…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer Brad Paisley and wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, are partnering with Belmont University to open a free grocery store in Nashville. The Tennessean reports in a Tuesday story that the store will be set up…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A group of Tennessee publishers and broadcasters is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn precedent and strengthen protections for the press. The request comes in a defamation case against Nashville television reporter Phil Williams. At…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Federal authorities say most of the roughly 400 guns stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area. Authorities say they seized about 365 Ruger .22-caliber and .380-caliber firearms…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean said he supports making pre-kindergarten education universally available in the state as he took part in the first debate of the governor's race. Dean, a Democrat, faced Republican businessman Bill Lee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- In a victory for opponents of abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a case that has made it easier to restrict abortion in Tennessee. Abortion-rights supporters had hoped to overturn…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Conestoga wagon that brought early settlers from Virginia in the 1800s, the hat Andrew Jackson wore to his presidential inauguration in 1829 and an 1863 Civil War cannon are several familiar artifacts that will be…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police have taken into custody two people who were in a truck matching the description of a vehicle connected to the shooting of a civic leader in Tennessee, but they haven't been charged with the killing.…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A civic leader and former airline executive was alone when he was fatally shot in downtown Memphis, and authorities are investigating whether he was killed in a robbery or as part of a "personal vendetta," police…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former Tennessee teacher's aide who was found not guilty of child rape three years ago has been accused of raping another boy last year. The Leaf-Chronicle cites Clarksville police spokesman Jim Knoll in a Wednesday…
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (AP) -- An East Tennessee high school official posted online a video banning athletic shorts, saying "blame the girls, because they pretty much ruin everything." The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the athletic director and assistant principal of Soddy-Daisy…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee have released the names of three officers who are part of an investigation into a man's shooting. The Memphis Police Department said Wednesday that 26-year-old Officer Jamarcus Jeames shot 25-year-old Martavious Banks on…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Activists are questioning the level of force used by police officers to arrest people protesting the Memphis Police Department's shooting of a black man who was left in critical condition. The Commercial Appeal reports a video…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for 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…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee say a man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of his father. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office says in a news release 25-year-old Tanner Lancaster was charged with first-degree murder in Friday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been found guilty in the fatal stabbing of a Tennessee nurse in her home. News outlets report a jury found 26-year-old Christopher McLawhorn guilty on all charges, including first-degree premeditated murder, in the…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a student who allegedly made threats against a Tennessee high school has been charged with making a false report. News outlets report Rutherford County Schools investigated the threat when administrators were notified late Thursday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal appeals court is reviving a lawsuit filed by an expelled Tennessee lawmaker seeking to recoup lost lifetime health care and pension benefits. The Tennessean reports a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge wrote…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee officials say the state's unemployment rate continues to remain near historic low levels. According to preliminary numbers released Thursday, Tennessee's unemployment rate was 3.6 percent for August or about 0.1 percent higher than it was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man who pleaded guilty to bribing a postal worker to deliver a package later found to contain marijuana has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. U.S. Attorney Donald Cochran's office says 28-year-old Mark…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Memphis say they've arrested six protesters following a police shooting this week that left a man in critical condition. The Memphis Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report Wednesday…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it is investigating the shooting of a man by a police officer during a traffic stop in Memphis. Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph says 25-year-old Martavious Banks is in critical condition…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee says a Nashville faith-based prison nonprofit could provide the model for reducing Tennessee's recidivism rate. Lee said on Tuesday that organizations like Men of Valor — where he has served as…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Vice President Mike Pence will be one of the top guests at a conference for conservative leaders in Tennessee. An event invitation says Pence will join Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and NRA lobbyist Chris Cox…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The remains of a Tennessee World War II pilot have been laid to rest at his family's cemetery. The Tennessean reports a funeral was held Saturday for Navy Reserve Ensign Harold P. DeMoss in Nashville. He…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will begin assessing the impact of Tropical Storm Florence's remnants. Park officials say in a statement areas of the park that straddle Tennessee and North Carolina will be…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former Division III college football player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend says he never intended to cause her any physical harm. William Riley Gaul spoke Friday at his sentencing hearing, four months after jurors found…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Nashville prosecutor who was the son-in-law of country music star Alan Jackson has died in a fall in Florida. Citing a Davidson County District's Attorney's Office release, 28-year-old Ben Selecman died Wednesday. He was at…
SPARTA, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a 14-year-old Tennessee boy has been arrested in the killing of a 47-year-old man. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that the boy is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal…
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) -- Police say they have charged a Tennessee man with killing a 2-year-old child. Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said in a statement that 26-year-old Timothy Lee Brooks Jr. of Columbia was arrested Thursday. The Columbia Police…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Nashville police say a woman was robbed at gunpoint by several people who sounded like teens and were wearing "Scream" masks. WTVF-TV reports the woman was about to take her 3-month-old nephew out of his car…
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina officials say more than 400,000 people have evacuated the state's coast and more than 4,000 people have taken refuge in shelters as Hurricane Florence approaches. State Transportation Department Secretary Christy Hall said Thursday that…
