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…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A federal jury has convicted Dylann Roof in the racially motivated slayings of nine black church members in South Carolina. The jury reached its verdict after less than two hours of deliberations. They convicted the 22-year-old white…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dolly Parton says a star-studded telethon for those affected by recent wildfires in her native Tennessee has brought in about $9 million. Parton headlined the Tuesday night event that was broadcast on several cable networks and…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a text message warning residents to evacuate amid deadly wildfires wasn't sent because cell towers went out of service before agency leaders had a chance to agree on the message's wording. In a news…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The leadership positions among Democrats' small state Senate caucus will remain unchanged for the 110th Tennessee General Assembly. Lee Harris of Memphis was elected to another term as minority leader and Jeff Yarbro of Nashville will…
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a 12-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the death of an 84-year-old Tennessee woman. Multiple news outlets report that Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece made the announcement Tuesday. Deputies say Teruko…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Knoxville News-Sentinel says it no longer stands by the story of a man who told the newspaper that a terminally ill boy died in his arms while he was portraying Santa Claus. The story, published…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Residents forced to leave their homes after a semitrailer carrying hazardous pool chemicals crashed and caught fire are being allowed to return home. WKRN-TV (http://bit.ly/2gC1NaH ) reports people were allowed to go home just after 12:30…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation that would allow the use of marijuana for a variety of medical conditions in Tennessee. The Tennessean reports that the measure sponsored by Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby and Steve Dickerson…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Almost 200 Tennessee companies are aligning against proposals they fear would encourage discrimination. The group Tennessee Thrives says the state must stay welcoming, regardless of race, sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation or…
