JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The National Labor Relations Board is leveling new charges that Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency at Nissan's Mississippi plant are violating workers' rights. Filed March 31, the charges claim a supervisor illegally threatened…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has sided with police who found a methamphetamine lab on the property of man who posted a "no trespassing" sign near his driveway. A Supreme Court news release says the majority ruled…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, are hosting their seventh annual Easter egg role at the governor's mansion on Monday. About 50 children from Nashville Head Start centers are schedule to participate on the Tennessee…
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say Mt. Juliet High School has dismissed classes after receiving a suspicious package that contained powder and paper clips. Wilson County Schools spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson told media that a staff member who opened the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A 52-year-old man in prison for kidnapping and rape has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges in the Chattanooga deaths of two brothers 20 years ago and a woman in 2004. District Attorney General Neal Pinkston's…
MOUNT CARMEL, Tenn. (AP) - A former Tennessee mayor will not face criminal charges for unauthorized purchases following a state investigation. The Kingsport Times-News reports (http://bit.ly/2oYhuyi) that former Mount Carmel Mayor Larry Frost had been the subject of a state…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Twenty-four large companies would reap about half of the savings of a $113 million corporate tax cut proposed by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration. The Chattanooga Times Free Press obtained a Haslam administration analysis that said…
CENTERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a Tennessee prison is on lockdown after three correctional officers were assaulted, including two who were stabbed, during a disturbance involving 16 inmates. The Tennessee Department of Correction says the inmates attacked the officers,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's attorney general is questioning the constitutionality of a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks. Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is the top law enforcement official in Tennessee, a conservative Republican state. He also…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A potential witness in the fatal shooting of a high school football player in East Tennessee has testified he became a target after he was questioned by Knoxville police in the case. The Knoxville News Sentinel…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would require seat belts on new school buses in Tennessee continues to advance in the Legislature, but lawmakers remain skeptical about the restraints. Questions about the cost of the measure and concerns about…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville authorities have rescued more than 40 birds in a suspected cockfighting operation. Metro Animal Care and Control says it worked with Nashville police to remove the birds Tuesday with a search warrant of the property.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting a high school football player in East Tennessee is going on trial in another case in which he's charged with trying to murder a potential witness. The Knoxville News Sentinel…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's quick trip Tennessee has been derailed by weather. The governor's office confirmed that Martinez was unable to make the trip to Nashville to speak at a law enforcement conference hosted by the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A plan by Democrats to expand the Medicaid program in Tennessee appeared dead Wednesday after the sponsor of the measure pulled the bill. House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, told the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers have advanced a proposal to eliminate jail time for carrying a gun in public without a state-issued permit. Under the measure sponsored by Republican Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby, a violation would still be…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief says he's "amazed" by President Donald Trump's support for torture in interrogations, calling the prospect of reviving torture in the United States "profoundly unsettling." On Wednesday at Vanderbilt University Law School…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - House Speaker Beth Harwell is working on an 11th-hour effort to make sweeping changes to fellow Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's road funding proposal to eliminate any increases in Tennessee's tax on gasoline. Harwell, who is mulling…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation to amend the state constitution to say that God is the source of liberties for the state's citizens. The House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted Wednesday to advance the measure sponsored by…
FARRAGUT, Tenn. (AP) - Police in east Tennessee say the pilot of a paraglider has died and a passenger was injured in a weekend accident. Media outlets report the crash occurred Sunday in woods near Farragut. The Knox County Sheriff's…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn has made a record donation to Lipscomb University. The Nashville school announced Shinn's donation of $15 million Monday. The gift will build a new events center for Lipscomb's College of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a prison inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of his cellmate. The Shelby County district attorney's office says 36-year-old Danielle Smith, also known as Daniel Smith, is charged with…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen is expected to announce on Tuesday a new education plan that will emphasize more accountability, especially when it comes to teaching traditionally underserved kids. The plan outlines how Tennessee will comply…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Rep. Jerry Sexton is once again berating his colleagues on the House floor about what he calls rules violations and manipulations to advance Gov. Bill Haslam's transportation funding proposal that would include the state's first…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A deeply conservative state, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. And yet, some Republican lawmakers are pushing a proposal that would allow public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Williamson County jury has convicted a man of human trafficking in what's believed to be the first trial of its kind in the county. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2nS8Ykq) 26-year-old Eric Demarco Hamilton of Flint, Michigan…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A legal fight over the estate of actor-politician Fred Thompson has ended. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2n55rSE ) that Dan Thompson and Tony Thompson dropped their lawsuit that claimed their father's widow, Jeri Thompson, had made changes…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state Senate has voted to double the amount of money candidates for the upper chamber of Tennessee General Assembly can raise for their campaigns. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2oVixyv ) that the measure…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The latest effort to end Tennessee's open primary system has been withdrawn for the year. The bill sponsored by Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet and fellow Republican Rep. Mark Pody of Lebanon was removed from…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new plan released by the Tennessee Department of Education will make schools more accountable and give parents a better idea of how to evaluate their neighborhood schools. Under the plan released Tuesday, every public school…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge struck down a law regulating outdoor advertising in Tennessee, citing it as an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://memne.ws/2nFWLP0 ) that U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla sided with…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Records show an off-duty deputy who was fatally shot by police in Tennessee had violated excessive force policies three times in two years. Media cited the personnel file of Hamilton County Deputy Daniel Hendrix in reporting…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would require seat belts on Tennessee school buses has advanced barely as a child who was injured in a deadly Chattanooga bus crash looked on. Canasia Williams, an 11-year-old fifth-grader at Woodmore Elementary,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Activists claiming an imbalance in economic and social equality plan rallies across the United States on the 49th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Black Lives Matter and the Fight…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A plan by a Tennessee nonprofit to house the homeless by building a village of micro homes near a church has prompted some neighbors to picket in protest. WTVF-TV reports protesters picketed property owned by Glencliff…
HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeking public comment on the environmental impact of selling an unfinished nuclear plant to a company that will make it operational. TVA announced Friday that it was seeking comment through May…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An embattled Tennessee judge who is facing charges after allegations surfaced that he helped a woman with her legal troubles in exchange for sex has stepped down from the bench. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2ns5GTU ) reports that…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A former Memphis police officer convicted of killing her wife in a domestic dispute has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Shelby County district attorney's office says 36-year-old Jaselyn Grant was sentenced by a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is being sued by two trade groups seeking to block a requirement to collect state sales taxes for online purchases. The lawsuit has been filed by the American Catalog Mailers Association of America and the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Knoxville's Solid Waste Management Facility will remain closed Friday as crews work to dispose of toxic chemicals that were accidentally brought there. Public Works Director David Brace tells local media that workers found PCBs - man-made…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Christian music singer Amy Grant and Nashville philanthropist Martha R. Ingram will be honored with stars on the Music City Walk of Fame next month in Tennessee. The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. made the announcement…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee authorities say there's been a confirmed sighting in Oklahoma of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared more than two weeks ago with her 50-year-old teacher. The Tennessee…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A National Public Radio affiliate reporter has sued over her firing after she covered meetings between high schoolers and legislators who said she secretly recorded them discussing LGBT issues. The Times Free Press reports Thursday (http://bit.ly/2nkHdPu…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the beating death of a 72-year-old cancer patient in West Tennessee. In a statement released Wednesday, Haslam's office said…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro says tuition increases will be at 3 percent or less for the third year in a row due to self-imposed budget restraints. The university says in a news release that…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected as the winning bidder for Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to privatize property management on the campuses of the Tennessee's public colleges and universities. The Chattanooga Times…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled against a woman who sued a Knox County judge, saying the judge was within his rights to fire her because of a state law that gives employers wide latitude to…
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Some residents in Rep. Scott DesJarlais' district are cheering the demise of the revised national health care law bitterly opposed by the House Freedom Caucus, of which DesJarlais is a member. Republicans have been vowing for…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd is donating $5 million to the zoo in his hometown of Knoxville. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2oexEGM ) the gift from Boyd and his wife, Jenny, is the largest private…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has sent to President Donald Trump legislation to scrap a regulation encouraging cities and counties to set up retirement savings plans for some private-sector workers. The White House has said Trump will sign the resolution…
