FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - An experimental penny made of glass during World War II is about to be auctioned. Owner Roger Burdette says the coin is the only known unbroken glass penny in existence. During the war, copper was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Within the next five months, President-elect Donald Trump could appoint a majority of the board for the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest government-owned utility. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports three Democratic members of the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee group of businesses is charging into the fiery debate over how to balance LGBT rights and religious conviction. About 300 companies, from health-care giant HCA to FedEx, have joined under the moniker Tennessee Thrives…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - One-year-old formerly conjoined twin girls from Nigeria are continuing their recovery at a Tennessee hospital. The Commercial Appeal (http://memne.ws/2hKrUAn ) reports the parents of Miracle and Testimony Ayeni are delighted by their progress. Mary Ayeni says…
LYLES, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a woman's body has been found in a pond in front of a Tennessee church. Hickman County Sheriff Randal Ward says the body was found about noon Monday in front of a church near…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee school board will likely extend its contract another year with the company that provided school bus services in a crash that killed six children. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the Hamilton County school…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a freight train has hit a FedEx truck at a crossing in the Tennessee community of Franklin, leaving the truck crumpled and shattered. Fire officials tell local media organizations the truck was turning onto…
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee have identified a man who was fatally shot by a police officer responding to a report of a domestic disturbance. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland told media outlets that a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - An innocent teenage victim of a 2012 Tennessee gang shootout has died after years of intense medical care. The Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2irCnPk ) that Keoshia Ford died Tuesday morning. She was 17. In 2012,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Singers Vince Gill, Amy Grant and Kallen Esperian top the list of winners of the Tennessee governor's arts awards. Gov. Bill Haslam's Arts Commission announced 10 recipients of the 2017 Governor's Arts Awards on Wednesday. Gill,…
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer in Tennessee has fatally shot a man while responding to a report of a domestic disturbance. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland told media that a Spring Hill police…
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - A coroner is identifying three people who died in a crash that shut down Interstate 81 for more than eight hours in central Pennsylvania. Pennlive.com reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/2iIPiM9 ) the victims were 42-year-old Michael Smatlak, of…
NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee say they have recaptured the sixth and final inmate who broke out of jail on Christmas Day. The Cocke County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets in a statement that 54-year-old David Frazier was…
PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) - A Nebraska-based company has announced that its president and his friend - both Minnesota residents - were the victims of a central Florida plane crash earlier this week. The Daytona Beach News-Journal (https://goo.gl/4K6WXx) reports Independent…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a Tennessee Department of Transportation worker has died from injuries he sustained while helping a stranded family on Christmas Eve. James…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee school board will likely extend its contract another year with the company that provided school bus services in a crash that killed six children. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the Hamilton County school…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have recovered three bodies from the site of a plane crash in a mountainous area of eastern Tennessee. A release from Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials says the park's rescue team along with a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The new Tennessee Board of Regents chancellor has officially gotten the job, drawing praise from Gov. Bill Haslam and higher education officials. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2ibAWVj ) Flora Tydings was confirmed as college system chancellor Tuesday.…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis International Airport is kicking off a rewards program for frequent airport parkers. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://memne.ws/2iBwZZ8 ) people can sign up online at memperks.com and receive a point for each dollar spent on airport…
WHITESIDE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say an East Tennessee man is dead after a shooting and crash that involved deputies. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland said Marion County deputies responded Tuesday evening after a man called making threats…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An arrest warrant shows a drug deal apparently led a fatal shooting involving two Fort Campbell soldiers. The Leaf-Chronicle reports (http://leafne.ws/2hthOnd ) police in Clarksville, Tennessee arrested 20-year-old Marqus Bryant and 24-year-old Robert Gough on Saturday…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia will be one of 11 states with a majority of women on their high courts starting next week. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/2iqR05i) the West Virginia Supreme Court will have a female majority for…
ELIZBETHTON, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee woman's $1.2 million estate has gone to the dogs — and cats, too. The Johnson City Press reports Glenda Taylor DeLawder's bequest to an animal shelter was announced Christmas Day on the Carter County…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee attorney general says a ban on snapping selfies at the ballot box is constitutional. According to…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a small plane with three people aboard has crashed in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, and no one survived. A reconnaissance flight by the Tennessee Army National Guard found the plane inside the Great…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Senate's top Democrat is criticizing Republican Gov. Bill Haslam for lacking diversity in his cabinet. Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris says the resignation of Human Services Commissioner Raquel Hatter leaves only one commissioner who…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee county mayor is threatening to cut off use of county credit cards amid widespread documentation problems. The Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2i2DrMj ) Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis made the threat after the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Two women are facing charges after a teenager was killed and another teen critically injured in a Christmas Eve shooting in Memphis. News outlets report Memphis police say Melissa Harwell and Tamberlin Rivers were arrested and…
NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee say they have recaptured five of the six inmates who broke out of jail on Christmas Day. The Cocke County Sheriff's Office says…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Documents show a deputy at the Rutherford County jail suffered a concussion after being assaulted by an inmate last month. The Daily News Journal reports (http://on.dnj.com/2i3KVhI) Deputy Jeremy Schrimpf was taken to the hospital, where he…
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars," has died. She was 60. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman saying Fisher died Tuesday just before…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) Authorities say a small plane with three people aboard has been reported missing in mountainous eastern Tennessee. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says authorities are seeking a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The National Weather Service says areas in Tennessee and Kentucky set record high temperatures on Christmas Day. National Weather Service meteorologist John Cohen told The Tennessean that the temperature at the Nashville International Airport reached 76…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal lawsuit says the driver in a Chattanooga school bus wreck that killed six children had a "sadistic" habit of driving recklessly and slamming on the brakes to discipline the children. News outlets report that…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- A former East Tennessee State University student faces more charges after police said he disrupted an on-campus Black Lives Matter rally while wearing a gorilla mask and carrying around a rope and bananas. News outlets…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee company that operates buses for charter schools in Nashville says it plans to add seat belts to its entire fleet in response to a fatal bus crash in Chattanooga that left six children dead.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's 11 presidential electors have cast their ballots for Republican Donald Trump. They were required by state law to vote…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's efforts to require more online retailers to collect Tennessee sales taxes has cleared its first major hurdle in the Legislature. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2h5D8fQ ) that the Haslam administration…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - More than 300 people from law enforcement, medicine and other specialties gathered in Memphis for the Heroin and Opioid Training Summit to discuss growing use of the drugs. Media outlets report that the summit, organized by…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A former Tennessee high school basketball coach has been cleared of charges of failing to report child sexual abuse after a freshman player was assaulted by older teammates. Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole ruled…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Three former Tennessee corrections officers are facing charges related to the apparent suicide of an inmate in September. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news release Friday says Bradley County Jail inmate Ralph Nelms was placed on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed witnesses to testify before a grand jury looking into possible charges against former state Rep. Jeremy Durham. The Tennessean newspaper (http://tnne.ws/2hrzCzt ) has obtained a copy of a subpoena indicating that the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville couple has been indicted on murder charges in the death of their four-month-old daughter, who was on oxygen equipment before her death in 2015. A release from Nashville Police says 35-year-old Rachel D. Jarrett…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - There isn't expected to be any dissent when Tennessee's 11 members of the electoral college cast their ballots Monday at the state Capitol. Donald Trump overwhelmingly won Tennessee last month, and the state's Republican electors say…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration to speed federal recovery aid to victims of the recent deadly wildfires in a hard-hit eastern Tennessee county. A White House statement late Thursday says the declaration is…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A judge has sent a grand jury the case of 24-year-old driver in a school bus crash that killed six children. Hamilton County General Sessions Judge Lila Statom found probable cause for formal charges Thursday after…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring a $900,000 civil penalty and pollution reductions by Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Governor-elect Jim Justice. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced the…
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to 35 years behind bars after he admitted to killing a homeless Kingsport couple by setting a building they were in on fire last year. The Kingsport Times-News (http://bit.ly/2gNWjPd ) reports…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee's Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the appointment of Beverly Davenport as the first female chancellor of the public university system's flagship campus in Knoxville. Davenport is the interim president of the…
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man who authorities say fatally shot one person and wounded three others when he fired his gun at a hotel and passing cars on a Tennessee highway has pleaded guilty to murder. News outlets report…
