NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State officials are reporting no boating fatalities during the Memorial Day weekend holiday, though there were a number of people who were operating their watercrafts while intoxicated. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says this is the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A media group has filed a lawsuit to get the state of Tennessee to release records about its attempt to outsource services at Fall Creek Falls State Park. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Davidson County…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Legendary country singer Alan Jackson is going to play a free outdoor concert in Music City in advance of the Nashville Predators first home game in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final. The Grammy Award-winning singer and…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man who police say crashed a car into a north Tennessee house allegedly "walked off" from the hospital where he was treated. Knoxville Police Department Sgt. John Shelton tells the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2rIVo7B) that…
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Federal officials say a subsidiary of a Virginia defense contractor will be paid up to $203 million over five years to provide security at a vast former nuclear proving ground north of Las Vegas. The announcement…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal magistrate is recommending against throwing out statements two executives made to federal agents when they raided the headquarters of a truck stop chain owned by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell is asking the state attorney general to consider suing painkiller manufacturers for their role in the ongoing opioid crisis. Harwell's letter Thursday asks Attorney General Herbert Slatery to review a lawsuit…
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man has been arrested in an undercover sting after authorities say he offered $400 to rape a 9-year-old girl. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports 28-year-old Michael Anthony Carpenter was arrested May 20 and faces…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The National Park Service says it expects to release a review in mid- to late July of its response to a November wildfire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that turned deadly. The Knoxville News Sentinel…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Police Department is once again offering a free driver awareness class for teenagers that will be taught by police officers. The department announced this week that registration has begun and the course is open…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man who was arrested two months after his girlfriend's body was found in her apartment has been charged with premeditated murder. The Shelby County district attorney's office said Tuesday that 32-year-old Joshua Fisher has…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A staffing agency for the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is holding job fair to hire more than 200 production workers at the factory. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2rSyyKF) the new vacancies are in addition…
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a teenage girl has died in an apparent drowning at a campground. Wilson County Sheriff's Lt. Scott Moore tells media outlets the 17-year-old girl was on top of a buoy when…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Republican health care bill making its way through Congress could be costly for people who let their coverage lapse. Under the bill, those who go without insurance for a couple of months - whether because…
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Prosecutors are dropping charges filed against a Tennessee man for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final. Thirty-six-year-old Jacob Waddell was charged in Allegheny County with disorderly conduct,…
MACON, Ga. (AP) - A funeral for rock star Gregg Allman will be held Saturday in Macon, Georgia, where The Allman Brothers Band first won fame. Local news media report that a private memorial is scheduled for 1 p.m. at…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Officials are asking for patience from thousands of Memphis residents whose homes remain without power after a weekend storm lashed the Tennessee city with winds of up to 105 mph. Two state House members who represent…
NEW YORK (AP) - Kellogg Co. is shuttering distribution centers across the nation and cutting more than 1,000 workers, as it follows through with a cost-cutting plan amid falling sales. The company notified agencies in several states of the closures…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - An 80-year-old Kentucky businessman who pleaded guilty in a conspiracy involving jail construction has been sentenced to probation. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced Michael Homra of Fulton County to two years' probation Wednesday in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville officials are proposing sanctuary city-like standards in response to President Donald Trump's policies on immigration. Metro Councilmen Bob Mendes and Colby Sledge announced their legislation in a news conference Wednesday. Unless required under federal or…
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee teen's love for pizza has delivered acceptance at Yale University to her door. The Tennessean reports Ravenwood High School graduate Carolina Williams was accepted to the Ivy League school in March, with an admissions…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Republican health care bill making its way through Congress could be costly for people who let their coverage lapse. Under the bill, those who go without insurance for a couple of months — whether because…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - It's an active time of year for bears, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials say visitors should take precautions to keep themselves and bears safe. Park Wildlife Biologist Bill Stiver says there have been reports…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Groups interested in submitting urban forestry tree planting project proposals may do so through June 23. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry said local governments, private nonprofit organizations and educational institutions are eligible to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a law that will make it easier for people convicted of mostly low-level offenses to get their criminal records wiped clean. The law reduces the costs of expunging criminal record convictions…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Following a spate of crimes at nearby apartment complexes, a proposed plan would allow the Middle Tennessee State University police department to work off-campus at the request of the Murfreesboro Police Department. The Daily News Journal…
ERIN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say two Tennessee men face several charges after they were found in possession of fish well beyond the legal limit. The Leaf Chronicle reports (http://leafne.ws/2rQjZar ) authorities responding to a trespassing report arrested 35-year-old Mark…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - About 64,000 customers in the Memphis area remain without power following severe weekend storms. Memphis Light, Gas & Water provided the outage figures on its website Tuesday. Company President Jerry Collins has said it will take…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Alpha Natural Resources has announced the sales of a coal mining complex and a natural gas operation in West Virginia. The company, which emerged from bankruptcy reorganization last year, says its Green Valley mining assets in…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man is accused of throwing a popcorn container at a movie theater worker because he was irate that the concession stand was closed, then punching and biting a police officer. Clarksville police spokesman Jim…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican state Sen. Mark Green says he has made up his mind about whether to rejoin the governor's race in Tennessee, but he doesn't want to make his decision public until later this week. The Ashland…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The National Park Service says a 37-year-old man has died after falling from the top of a 100-foot high waterfall in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Park officials says the man was hiking alone and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A poll by Vanderbilt University says about two of three registered voters in the state think Tennessee students whose parents brought or kept them in the country illegally should be eligible for in-state tuition rates at…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee teacher who led police on a nationwide manhunt after running away with a 15-year-old student says he will plead not guilty to federal charges. Tad Cummins filed paperwork with a federal court in Nashville…
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Tennessee man is calling himself a "dumb redneck with a bad idea" after police filed charges against him for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final. Police…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- About 64,000 customers in the Memphis area remain without power following severe weekend storms. Memphis Light, Gas & Water provided the outage figures on its website Tuesday. Company President Jerry Collins has said it will take…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis officials say about 125,000 customers are still without power following severe weekend storms. Thunderstorms swept through portions of Tennessee Saturday night and early Sunday. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Memphis Light, Gas &…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A longtime prosecutor who played a key role in writing the Justice Department's new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals is now turning to fighting violence in cities. Steve Cook says his hardline views on criminal justice…
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. (AP) - A new clue has emerged in the killings of a southeast Missouri woman and her daughter nearly 20 years after their deaths. The bodies of 37-year-old Sherri Scherer and 12-year-old Megan Scherer were found inside their…
JACKSON, Tenn.-Residents of West Tennessee and as far away as Boston gathered in downtown Jackson, Thursday to honor a woman that changed America. Sue Shelton White was part of the movement,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Eight sites in Tennessee have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Tennessee Historical Commission says three places in Shelby County were recently added to the register. They are the Rock of Ages…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nearly three hundred pounds of marijuana seized by police in Tennessee from the vehicle of a Texas father and son has led to the pair being charged. WSMV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2rOz1JU ) Tomball, Texas residents 53-year-old David…
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - A disbarred Tennessee lawyer who stole nearly $800,000 from clients has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Bristol Herald Courier reports (http://bit.ly/2qKqTwp ) 71-year-old Don W. Cooper of Bristol was sentenced after pleading guilty…
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector say they have arrested two previously convicted sex offenders. Ajo Station agents arrested 32-year-old Jose Pineda-Torres of Honduras for entering the United States illegally. Authorities say that during processing,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A judge is ordering the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report into the shooting death of a black man by a white Nashville officer to become public on June 9. According to The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2qSH9fn ), Davidson…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A vigil held in remembrance of a shooting victim in Memphis was interrupted by gunfire. Memphis Police Lt. Col. Mike Jones tells local media that at least three people were injured during the Monday night vigil…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials are warning that doctors are already treating numerous people injured in accidents involving all-terrain vehicles and it's not even the peak trauma season of summer yet. VUMC officials say staff has…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Tennessee man says he spent five years in jail for a murder he did not commit because a Kentucky State Police detective and a former Kentucky sheriff lied to protect an accomplice who was related…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A white Tennessee police officer who shot a black man to death during a pursuit was cleared of charges based largely on the testimony of a witness. Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk says without Stefanie…
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) - A federal science committee studying the health risks for people living near surface coal mines has scheduled a public meeting this week in southern West Virginia. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee plans…
