CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - An off-duty sheriff's deputy who was fatally shot by police after officials say he became agitated and refused commands to drop his gun had been arrested and suspended in the past, but the charge was dropped…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tempers are flaring in the Tennessee House over Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to boost transportation funding through the state's first fuel tax hike in decades. An emotional debate erupted over an unrelated bill on the House…
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…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Romanian man has pleaded guilty in an international scheme to list fake ads for vehicles on eBay and other websites, spurring would-be buyers to send his group $873,000. A U.S. Department of Justice news release…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Dozens of soldiers who have been serving in Africa are returning to Fort Campbell. The Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line said 130 soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say police in Tennessee called to a report of an armed person fatally shot a suspect who was a sheriff's department employee. The Chattanooga Police Department said in a news release that officers were called…
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a woman has died and her husband was seriously injured in a plane crash in Alabama. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett told news outlets that 66-year-old Jeannette Carol Currier was killed in the crash…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State auditors are questioning how tens of millions of dollars meant to provide meals and snacks to low-income children in Tennessee were spent. News outlets report the state's comptroller released an audit Monday, slamming the Tennessee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As states and cities nationwide look to ease criminal punishment for marijuana possession, Tennessee's conservative Republican legislature is blocking that trend in Nashville and Memphis. As a result, police there could soon lose their option of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris is urging a panel reviewing teaching standards for social studies to follow a state law requiring students to learn about the Tennessee Constitution and state and local governments. The Collierville Republican…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill seeking to require prominent labeling of Tennessee driver's licenses held by people without permanent residency status is dead for the year. Republican Rep. John Ragan of Oak Ridge told the House Finance Subcommittee on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A watered-down version of a bill that took aim at Tennessee's recognition of gay marriages is dead for the year. The House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted Wednesday to stop considering the bill by Republican Rep. Mark…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee House panel has voted down two bills that would've let people carry handguns without a permit. The House Civil Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday voted against one bill by Republican Rep. Micah Van Huss of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A previously defeated proposal to amend the state constitution to say that God is the source of Tennesseans' liberties has been resurrected in the House. The measure sponsored by Republican Rep. Micah Van Huss of Jonesborough…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the state's method of lethal injection. In a unanimous opinion, the state's highest court said that using the drug pentobarbital to execute condemned prisoners is constitutional. The drug is often…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knoxville-area man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a sex-trafficking scheme where he used a woman's opioid addiction to coerce her into prostitution. Justice Department officials announced that U.S.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill to prevent campaign funds from being invested in private companies is headed for Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's desk. The legislation was introduced following reports that expelled Rep. Jeremy Durham heavily invested campaign funds in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to boost transportation funding is now on equal footing in the Tennessee House and Senate. The measure that would include the state's first gas tax hike since 1989 was advanced by the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville judge faces federal corruption charges of bribery, witness tampering and retaliating against a witness. Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith announced charges Tuesday against Davidson County General Sessions Judge Cason "Casey" Moreland. A news release…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee authorities say it is inaccurate to use the word "romance" to describe the relationship between a 15-year-old girl and a 50-year-old teacher who disappeared together two weeks ago. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Top editors at National Public Radio are challenging the firing of an affiliate reporter who covered meetings between Tennessee high school students discussing LGBT issues with Republican lawmakers. Jacqui Helbert was dismissed from her job at…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A judge has sentenced a man to a total of 40 years in prison on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer. Twenty-five-year-old Treveno Campbell was sentenced to 25 years for his…
MOSCOW, Tenn. (AP) - A Moscow, Tennessee, city alderman has been charged with living in a different county from the one where he holds office and votes. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says 52-year-old Alderman Virgil Jones turned himself in…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is planning a prescribed burn in the Franklin Creek area this week, weather permitting. The park says the Franklin Creek burn unit is east of Woodlands Trace, north…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam is speaking to the annual convention of a national trucking group as state lawmakers debate his proposal to boost transportation funding through a hike in Tennessee's gas and diesel taxes. The Republican governor…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say an "environmental cause" appears to be behind the recent deaths of 33 reptiles, nearly all of them snakes, at Zoo Knoxville. The animals found dead last week were all housed in the same building…
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a Tennessee couple is accused of trying to sell a 5-month-old baby online for $3,000. Local news outlets report that the Greene County Sheriff's Office says 37-year-old Deanna Lynn Greer and 26-year-old John David…
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Avian influenza has been confirmed in a flock of chickens at a commercial farm in northwest Georgia. Julie McPeake, spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Agriculture, said Monday it's the first time bird flu has ever…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state attorney general's office says a bill that would require all Tennessee license plates to bear the words "In God We Trust" is constitutionally suspect. However, the legal opinion by Attorney General Herbert Slatery said…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A news outlet has released video of a 15-year-old Tennessee girl who is missing with her high school teacher in hopes that someone will recognize her voice. The video posted on Facebook by Wayne County Now…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a man accused of taking hostages and opening fire in a crowded Tennessee beauty salon is dead after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified the suspect as 51-year-old…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Senate has passed a resolution that would allow the body of former President James K. Polk to be exhumed and moved to a fourth resting place. Polk and his wife, Sarah, are currently buried…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Legislature has passed a bill that would bar cities in Tennessee from decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. If the governor signs the bill, it will strike down laws in Memphis and Nashville that…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A Chattanooga school bus driver has pleaded not guilty to six counts of vehicular manslaughter in a crash last November that killed six children. WTVC-TV reports that Johnthony Walker was arraigned Friday morning via video in Hamilton…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The House has voted on a bill that would block any efforts by Tennessee cities to decriminalize the use of marijuana. The bill would nullify laws that Memphis and Nashville have passed that have reduced the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A bill to require Tennessee school buses to be fitted with seat belts by July 2023 is advancing in the House. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the House Transportation Subcommittee advanced the measure on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A transgender bathroom bill in Tennessee has failed in a state Senate committee. The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday made no motion to consider the legislation by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet. The lack…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A panel of Tennessee lawmakers has advanced bills to allow the use of silencers, let boaters bring their loaded guns on board, and permit off-duty law enforcement officers to bring guns into ticketed events at sports…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The state Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up a host of gun bills on Tuesday, including a proposal to eliminate the need for Tennesseans to obtain state-issued permits to carry handguns in public. A…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The conservative group Americans for Tax Reform is informing Tennessee lawmakers that a vote for Gov. Bill Haslam's road funding proposals will not violate their pledges to not raise taxes. The Republican governor's plan would include…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from three Tennessee death-row inmates who say they should not be executed because they are intellectually disabled. The justices on Monday left in place state court rulings upholding the death sentences…
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - States are finding out the hard way that closed prisons can be a tough sell. A recent national study found at least 94 state correctional facilities have been shut down since 2011, and only a few…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's general fund tax collections were $8.4 million above projections in February, bringing the state's surplus revenues to $491 million through the first seven months of the budget year. Sales tax collections came in at $33…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has made a decision that could make it easier for a divorced parent to move out of state with the kids, even if the other parent objects to the children relocating. This…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Ten candidates have registered to run for a state House seat vacated when former Republican state Rep. Mark Lovell resigned amid a sexual harassment investigation. The Shelby County Election Commission said the candidates met Thursday's deadline…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee elementary school worker has been charged with stealing more than $60,000 from the school's child care program. According to the Times Free-Press (http://bit.ly/2mOrhGG ), the sheriff's office says 49-year-old Sharon Wynn turned herself in…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Eastern Tennessee officials are going to hire a firm to look into the handling of the fires that tore through Gatlinburg and killed 14 people last year. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2mY2QZ6) reports the firm will…
GRAYSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The former police chief of Graysville is back behind bars after the state appellate court denied the appeal he filed after pleading guilty to two felony counts of official misconduct. The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/2niqArL…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - President Donald Trump's proposal to eliminate the Appalachian Regional Commission has alarmed many throughout the region that have relied on the federal agency for a job. Crystal Snyder was trying to figure out life as a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The wife of a former schoolteacher who is alleged to have kidnapped a 15-year-old student is pleading with her husband to bring the girl home. WSMV-TV (http://bit.ly/2mYs2ic ) reports that on Friday Jill Cummins beseeched her…
