The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought disaster aid is available in 79 of Mississippi's 82 counties - and in 22 counties in adjacent states. Farmers and ranchers in those counties have eight months from Feb. 23 to apply for…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A former Harvard employee is accused of stealing nearly $48,000 from the university and spending it on laptops, iPads and other personal items. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Darris Saylors, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was arraigned Wednesday in Cambridge.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The National Weather Service says at least three tornadoes have been confirmed to have hit central Tennessee during severe thunderstorms. Justyn Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Nashville, said one confirmed tornado Wednesday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - South Korean appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. says it has selected Tennessee as the site for its washing machine plant in the United States. The 829,000-square-foot facility is projected to cost $250 million and create 600…
JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A pastor of a church in LaFollette is facing sex charges after being accused of abusing a teenage girl who lived with him. Local news outlets report that 68-year-old Jimmy E. Orick of Jacksboro was arrested…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man has become the first Knox County inmate chosen for a new program that will use anti-opioid injections to help prisoners recover from their addictions. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2l8CFQa) Greg Fox received an…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police are receiving a four-year, $6.1 million grant aimed at retaining and recruiting badly-needed officers. Mayor Jim Strickland said Monday the grant from the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission contains retention bonuses between $6,400 and $7,000…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A state Senate committee has agreed to changes to a bill seeking to label Tennessee driver's licenses issued to people without permanent residency status with the words "alien" or "non-U.S. citizen." Under an amendment approved Monday,…
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - The Oak Ridge Public Library is looking for help in identifying names and places shown in a vast photograph collection that the library houses. The photos were taken by Ruth Carey from the 1960s to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state Senate has passed a bill seeking to prevent campaign funds from being invested in private companies. The legislation follows the release of a Tennessee Registry of Campaign Fiance audit that found that former Rep.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Federal authorities say two people, including an alleged 60-year-old pot dealer, are accused of buying votes in the 2014 U.S. Senate primary election. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2lSR9AF ) that Betty Jane Best and Brian…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Republican state senator is calling for a boycott of a national legislators' meeting in California next year in retaliation for that state's ban on state-funded travel to Tennessee and other states over laws considered anti-LGBT.…
LACONIA, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say human remains discovered along a highway in Tennessee were those of a man reported missing in August after a woman answered a Craigslist ad…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area says wildlife refuges are reopening next month. Wildlife program manager Steve Bloemer says the refuges are closed from Nov. 1 through March 15 as waterfowl and eagle refuges…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have found the body of a boater who fell into a Nashville-area reservoir and never resurfaced. Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency Officer Josh Landrum tells news outlets that authorities found the body of 50-year-old Kongmany Rajaphoumy…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Domestic violence killings in Memphis are on the rise, a trend punctuated by two apparent murder-suicides in which authorities say two men killed their wives and themselves on the same day last week. Citing data from…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new study blames people for triggering five out of every six wildfires in the United States and tripling the length of the wildfire season. Even as climate change worsens the nation's fire season - making it…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Secretary of State Tre Hargett says this session is the last chance for Tennessee lawmakers to approve funding for a new building for the State Library and Archives. If the long-planned facility doesn't get the OK…
SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park is planning an event to view the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse from Clingmans Dome. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports tickets will be available for $30 each beginning Wednesday at http://www.recreation.gov.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Nashville mayor Karl Dean says he's decided to run for governor of Tennessee in 2018. Dean is the first Democrat to enter the governor's race. The Tennessean reports he plans to file paperwork on Monday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State officials say the head of the Special Investigations Bureau with the Tennessee Highway Patrol has resigned following his arrest on charges that include aggravated assault and public intoxication. Department of Safety and Homeland Security officials…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal appeals court has reversed a death penalty case that was prosecuted by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich because the FBI paid a key witness $750 but the witness lied about it under oath.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2mu5pin ) reports the hospital has sent out letters to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An environmental group says volunteers will be planting tens of thousands of trees in Tennessee this weekend. The Tennessee Environmental Council says more than 20,000 volunteer tree-planters from the state's 95 counties are picking up their…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal jury says private prison company CoreCivic had a longstanding custom of understaffing an Idaho prison, and that the company was deliberately indifferent to the risk of serious harm that posed to inmates. But jurors…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors in the death of a high school football player who shielded two girls from gunfire have let a deadline pass to seek the death penalty. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2l8oyFA ) reports that Knox County…
ALGOOD, Tenn. (AP) -- As Republican Gov. Bill Haslam takes his proposal to boost transportation funding on the road, there is a growing call for his plan to include greater tax breaks for middle-class Tennessee drivers who pay more at…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol has announced that it will soon be accepting applications for its second lateral trooper class. THP officials say preferred applicants have graduated from a law enforcement training facility certified by the state…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two investigations released by the state comptroller's office are raising questions about what happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money that was supposed to be used to feed poor children. One probe questioned…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - State officials have fined a Memphis cemetery $2,800 for violations including sunken graves and failing to maintain the grounds. Tennessee's Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the fine against Memorial Park South Woods in January. According…
FLORIDA, N.Y. (AP) - Discount retailer Dollar General says it has chosen a site near the New York State Thruway in the Mohawk Valley for a distribution center that will employ more than 400 people. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company announced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are nearing a move into freshly overhauled offices at the state Capitol complex, but some Republicans are chafing at the building being named after Democrat Cordell Hull. Hull was the country's longest-serving secretary of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Officials in charge of fixing up the Memphis home where Aretha Franklin was born say they are working with the DIY Network to move the crumbling structure to a safer location and make it more attractive…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man accused of leaving a loaded gun by his side while sleeping on a couch has been charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy who was shot in the head in Tennessee. Nashville police…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources has sold its mining assets in Harlan County, Kentucky, to a Georgia company that plans to reopen the idled mines. Alpha said in a statement Thursday that it sold the mining…
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - More than 50 million people are being warned to watch for high winds and possibly tornadoes as a storm system that pummeled California this week moves into the Midwest. The severe weather will ramp up Friday…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - First-term U.S. Rep. David Kustoff has discussed tax cuts for businesses, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act and Russia's influence on the presidential election during a meeting with business leaders in Memphis. The Republican congressman…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's lieutenant governor says the Trump administration's decision to lift protections for transgender students negates the need for the state to pass a bathroom bill. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, a Republican from Oak Ridge, said Thursday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam isn't ruling out a future run for U.S. Senate. The Republican's comments came in response to a question at a Tennessee Press Association luncheon Wednesday.…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Four people among dozens whose names are on a list of individuals requiring a police escort in Memphis City Hall have filed a lawsuit against the city. One of the plaintiffs, ordained minister Elaine Blanchard, told…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A key vote on efforts to boost transportation funding in Tennessee has been put off by at least a week. House Transportation Subcommittee Chairwoman Terri Lynn Weaver on Wednesday decided to first take up a rival…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new poll shows that President Donald Trump's approval rating in Tennessee is around 50 percent three months after he won the state by a wide margin in the general election. The Middle Tennessee State University…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Soundgarden, Kings of Leon, Snoop Dogg and Sturgill Simpson are among the musical acts scheduled to perform at the Beale Street Music Festival at Memphis in May. Festival officials announced Wednesday that Widespread Panic, Death Cab for…
FAIRVIEW, Tenn. (AP) - In her district on a congressional break, Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee faced tough questions at a town hall on issues ranging from health care reform to President Donald Trump's appointees. Nearby, more than 100…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville police officer has resigned from the force after being arrested and charged with stealing a bottle of whiskey from a suspected drunken driver's crashed car. The department said in a news release that 29-year-old…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's ambitious transportation plan is headed for a key vote in the House on Wednesday, though lawmakers are uncertain whether the bill that would include Tennessee's first gas tax hike since 1989 can…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Chattanooga police officer has been fired after being accused of violating the department's code of conduct. Multiple media outlets report that Chattanooga police say in a news release that Officer David Campbell was terminated after…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis-based claims management service is planning to expand its headquarters, adding 150 jobs. The Commercial Appeal reported Monday (http://memne.ws/2l1dM4X ) that officials with Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. say the company proposes to consolidate its…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Clarksville woman has been arrested in the slaying of an Army veteran whose body was found in a wooded area of Middle Tennessee in 2015. The Leaf-Chronicle (http://leafne.ws/2kVfLH1) reported Thursday that the Montgomery County Sheriff's…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee senator has locked up her state Capitol office amid a renewed feud with protesters. About a dozen people were involved in Tuesday's protest at Republican Sen. Mae Beavers' office. Some read civil rights writings…
