NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lesbian couple have received a divorce decree after a custody battle that was targeted by dozens of conservative Tennessee lawmakers who tried to intervene in the case. The same-sex divorce and custody case became a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers have adjourned for the year after a session that featured heavy infighting among the Republican majority about Gov. Bill Haslam's gas tax hike and other budget issues. The House and Senate concluded the first…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The mother of a Tennessee man who authorities say was killed by bounty hunters has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against seven men charged with her son's death and two bail bond companies. The lawsuit filed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee State Board of Education has reinstated the teaching license of a former teacher who pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a student in 2007. The Tennessean reports former Moore County physical education teacher…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say former longtime Montgomery County Sheriff Billy R. Smith has died. Smith was elected sheriff in 1978 and served five consecutive terms before retiring in 1998. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says Smith, who was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are working to clear the decks of their last lingering legislative priorities before adjourning for the year. The House and Senate are slated for afternoon sessions Tuesday to take up a laundry list of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An attorney for a white police officer who shot and killed an armed African-American man in Nashville in February said his client wants the investigative report on the fatal confrontation to be released to the public.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee has reversed course and decided that it is willing to offer Obamacare insurance plans in the Knoxville area in 2018. Kevin Walters, a spokesman for the state Department of Commerce…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A teacher charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old student and taking her to California is back home in Tennessee, facing charges that could leave him in prison for life. Tad Cummins appeared in a federal courtroom in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama health officials say norovirus is likely to blame for an illness outbreak at a college baseball tournament in Montgomery. The state's chief medical officer, Dr. Mary McIntyre, said in a statement Tuesday an investigation continues.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lawyers have given opening statements in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing a stranger as she walked on a Tennessee greenway. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2qorEfA ) the trial of 26-year-old…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey. In a statement, Trump says Comey's firing "will mark a new beginning" for the FBI. The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin…
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A Twitter plea from a Nevada teen for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy's is now the most retweeted post of all time. Carter Wilkerson asked the fast food chain on Twitter last month…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Officials are predicting minor flooding as the Mississippi River reaches flood stage and beyond in Memphis, but no homes or businesses are expected to be affected. Experts say the river is expected to rise above the…
UPDATE -- Police say they have found an infant that was the subject of an Amber alert. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said 5-month-old Ayla Settles was taken early Tuesday "by force" from her home in Memphis by her non-custodial…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's $37 billion state budget proposal is heading to Gov. Bill Haslam after the Senate passed it easily. Senators approved the plan in a 28-2 vote Monday. Prospects for a smooth landing looked shaky last week,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An effort to require large online retailers to collect sales taxes on items bought in Tennessee has been stripped out of a bill on the House floor. The chamber voted 69-20 to remove the rule sought…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - A former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping a teenage student and taking her to California has been returned to face charges and is being held in a Kentucky jail. A recording at Kentucky's Henderson County jail…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The deadline is this week for people wanting to apply for this summer's Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper cadet class. The agency says state troopers assist the public, enforce criminal and traffic laws, save lives, investigate crashes…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville police say a man has been charged in a hit-and-run fatal accident on Interstate 24. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says in a news release that 35-year-old Earl Ali of Clarksville was charged with vehicular…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been charged after assaulting a friend with a guitar. The Johnson City Press reports (http://bit.ly/2qIF0TU ) that 32-year-old Bradley Muncy was charged with aggravated assault Saturday after police responded to a sidewalk…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would require school buses to have seat belts in Tennessee has been withdrawn for the year. The Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2pTHc9J ) that Democratic Rep. JoAnne Favors of Chattanooga late last week…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Following last year's disastrous rollout of a new state assessment test for students, the state Department of Education has announced that this year's testing has been successfully completed. Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said in an email…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee jail is being sued by the family of an inmate who died after a fight in his cell. The lawsuit by the family of 39-year-old Billy Joe Rogers says the Bradley County jail is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four married lesbian couples expecting children through artificial insemination are suing over a new Tennessee law that requires using the "natural and ordinary meaning" of words in state law. The couples sued Gov. Bill Haslam, the…
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) - Authorities in north Mississippi say 67 guns were stolen from a tractor-trailer that was waiting to deliver the firearms to a sporting goods store. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://memne.ws/2pe70yI ) that 61 handguns six other…
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a male inmate at a county jail in northeast Tennessee has hanged himself. The Times-News of Kingsport reports ( http://bit.ly/2pXdEc3 ) the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the inmate as 39-year-old Dana Clyde Fritts…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A man is dead after police say he was shot by a liquor store employee while trying to rob the store. News outlets report that Memphis police say the suspect entered I-40 Liquor about 11 p.m.…
The state House on Friday voted to allocate $55 million to the state's 95 counties for road projects as part of the annual state budget bill. Here is a breakdown of how much each county in West Tennessee would receive…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country music legend Loretta Lynn has been hospitalized after having a stroke, her publicist said Friday. Maria Malta, a publicist for Sony Music, confirmed that the 85-year-old singer and songwriter was admitted into a Nashville hospital…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that accuses the state of Tennessee of systematically denying prisoners treatment for hepatitis C. The lawsuit, which was filed by two inmates in the state prison…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A third former Vanderbilt football player appears to be headed toward being tried on rape charges. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2pLeDd3 ) that motions filed in the case indicate an attorney for Brandon Banks is preparing to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee could soon tighten amusement park safety regulations after people were injured on rides in two incidents last year. The Tennessee House passed a bill Thursday with heightened safety requirements. The Senate approved it Wednesday, so…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee tourism officials say 110 million people visited the state last year, a 4.4 percent jump from 2015. The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development says the research from DK Shifflet shows Tennessee is a top-10 state…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials say four cases of mumps have been identified in the Memphis area since March. Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said Thursday that it is not…
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - A prosecutor says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has concluded an officer was justified in shooting a suspect after a high-speed chase in March. News outlets report District Attorney General Tom P. Thompson Jr. said the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say dozens of athletes and coaches from across the South have been sickened at a college baseball tournament in Alabama, and the cause is a mystery. The Alabama Department of Public Health said people affected…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - House Republicans have resolved their differences over the state's $37 billion annual spending plan. A day after a series of heated exchanges and amendments on the House floor that threatened to blow up the budget bill,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A resolution calling for the body of President James K. Polk to be exhumed from the grounds of the Tennessee Capitol won't be taken up in the state House this session. The Senate in March passed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation requiring words in Tennessee law to be interpreted as having their "natural and ordinary meaning." Gay rights groups call it a sneaky way of denying same-sex couples the legal…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican state senator from Tennessee picked by President Donald Trump to be Army secretary has withdrawn from consideration. Mark Green steps aside amid intensifying criticism over his remarks about LGBT Americans and Muslims. Green is the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dolly Parton's Dollywood Foundation has given $10,000 each to nearly 900 families displaced by deadly wildfires in Tennessee last year. The singer said in a statement that the final distribution of checks was made this week…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee tourism officials say 110 million people visited the state last year, a 4.4 percent jump from 2015. The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development says the research from DK Shifflet shows Tennessee is a top-10 state…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Health officials say four cases of mumps have been identified in the Memphis area since March. Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said Thursday that it is not unexpected to have mumps cases in the…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - An East Tennessee official says a wildfire there has been fully contained after firefighters from about 20 departments battled it for hours. Sevier County spokesman Perrin Anderson told the Knoxville News Sentinel the fire was 100…
MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of a 16-month-old child. News outlets report 24-year-old Kortney Stanciel was initially arrested April 16 for aggravated child abuse. Millersville detective Don Long says…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee have charged a man and a teenage girl who was the subject of an Amber alert in the fatal shooting of a gas station attendant. Nashville police said in a statement 28-year-old Daniel…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The House has given final approval to a bill that would allow Tennessee drivers to choose license plates with the phrase "In God We Trust" on them. The chamber voted 85-0 to approve the bill sponsored…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge facing federal charges has entered a plea of not guilty to federal charges that stemmed from an investigation that he helped a woman with her legal troubles in exchange for sex. Documents show…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two Nashville bars could serve alcohol for 23 hours a day in a bill passed by the Tennessee Senate. Senators voted 21-5 vote Thursday to let The Diner in Nashville's Broadway entertainment district and the Scoreboard…
