NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A father critically injured in a mobile home fire in suburban Nashville that claimed the lives of his two children has also died. Multiple news outlets report that Metro police say 28-year-old Luciano Mejia Sunun died…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sturgill Simpson's records have defied easy characterization (Country? Americana? Experimental Southern rock?), but this year The Recording Academy decided whatever genre he was, he made one of the best records of the year. And that's enough…
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man who police say took his 9-year-old niece out of school and disappeared with her for more than a week has been indicted on sexual-assault charges. News media report a Hawkins County grand jury…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man in prison for rape has been convicted of a third rape in Tennessee. A Shelby County district attorney general news release says 28-year-old Deandrey Peterson was convicted of aggravated rape, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery…
ATLANTA (AP) - Several agencies, including the American Red Cross and the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, say they've begun helping victims of recent wildfires in the Southeast. They say resources for people include: -Tennessee Statewide…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dozens of church, community and political leaders are expected to appear in federal court next month to show their support for former State Rep. Joe Armstrong as he makes a bid for probation after filing a…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Mountain States Health Alliance is paying the federal government a $50,000 penalty after two parents accused a Johnson City hospital of not providing a qualified sign language interpreter while their daughter was dying. The U.S.…
SMITHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say two adults and a child have died in a residential blaze in Middle Tennessee and two others were injured. A statement from Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins said five people were at the mobile…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Businesses remained closed Monday in the fire-ravaged Tennessee community of Gatlinburg, but many were in cleanup mode in hopes of reopening to the public - possibly by midweek. The owners of shops and other businesses unscathed…
LAS VEGAS (AP) - An airport official says an Allegiant Air flight bound for Knoxville, Tennessee, returned safely to Las Vegas after reporting an in-flight aircraft navigation problem. McCarran International Airport spokeswoman Christine Crews said Monday that none of the…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The charred city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is still days away from reopening after devastating and deadly wildfires, but all around the city, communities in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains are welcoming back residents and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce is launching a program to encourage more workers to gain high school equivalency degrees. The chamber says more than 300,000 people currently working in Tennessee have not completed their high school…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Luke Bryan took care of a heckler without skipping a beat during a concert this week by taking a swing at the man from the stage with his microphone still in hand. Bryan was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two children have been killed and two adults injured in a mobile home fire in suburban Nashville. Nashville Fire District Chief Jerry Tomlinson told WSMV-TV (http://bit.ly/2fTnvqs ) that neighbors saw the trailer on fire early Friday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A suspect wanted in the stabbing death of a Nashville hair stylist has been taken into custody by authorities in New York City. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2gV3Asc) that Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron says authorities arrested…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis has opened enrollment for its paid youth jobs and development programs. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://memne.ws/2gVgKp5) the Memphis Office of Youth Services began accepting applications Thursday for its MPLOY Youth Summer Experience program and the…
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee mother is recovering from giving birth just after she was rescued from a tornado that destroyed her family's home. Multiple news outlets report that McMinn County resident Amber Newman was one of seven people…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says two more deaths have been confirmed, for a total of four, in severe storms that hit the southeastern part of the state. TEMA said in a statement Thursday night that…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The driver in a Chattanooga school bus wreck that killed six children last week has declined to be interviewed by federal crash investigators on advice of his lawyer. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Some of the biggest names in country music will headline the 2017 Bayou Country Superfest, which moves from Louisiana's capital to the Superdome in New Orleans for its eighth year. Organizers on Thursday unveiled the lineup,…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - After nearly 24 hours of drenching rain helped quench a series of devastating wildfires in eastern Tennessee, local officials began turning to cleanup and recovery efforts. Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner said officials were discussing the possibility…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The National Weather Service confirms that at least 13 twisters damaged homes, splintered barns and toppled trees in parts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, killing five people in two states. At least a dozen more…
NEW YORK (AP) - Parker Hannifin is buying Clarcor, a maker of mobile, industrial and environmental filtration products, in a deal valued at about $4.03 billion so it can expand its filtration portfolio. Parker Hannifin Corp. will pay $83 for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee are searching for a suspect who shot an officer three times. Chattanooga Police Department spokeswoman Elisa Myzal says at least one of the shots Thursday hit the officer in the arm, and none…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reemphasizing the agency's call for seat belts on school buses in the aftermath of a crash in Chattanooga that killed six students. Administrator Mark Rosekind said…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is among 18 states that will receive more than $247 million in federal grants to continue expanding access to high-quality preschool for children from low- to moderate-income families. The grants are jointly administered by the…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Louisiana on charges of killing and dismembering his parents at their home in West Knox County, Tennessee. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says Joel Michael Guy Jr. was…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Highland Hospital has announced it is not selling its facilities to Franklin, Tennessee-based Acadia Healthcare. The sale was to include Highland's Kanawha City hospital. Highland's board of directors unanimously agreed to sell Kanawha City hospital three…
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - The building housing offices of The Daily Post-Athenian newspaper is among several businesses and homes heavily damaged by a tornado that touched down in McMinn County in southeastern Tennessee. Editor Doug Headrick says a technician was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam and first lady Crissy Haslam are inviting Tennessee residents to tour the executive residence and see its holiday decorations beginning Friday and continuing through Dec. 16. The first lady's office says the theme…
Gatlinburg, TENN. (AP) -- Country music legend Dolly Parton says she's establishing a fund to help victims of the wildfires that burned hundreds of homes and businesses in the Great Smoky Mountains area and left seven dead. She says The…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Louisiana on charges of killing and dismembering his parents at their home in West Knox County, Tennessee. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says Joel Michael Guy Jr. was…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee mayor says three more bodies have been recovered after the wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains, bringing the death toll to seven. Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters said Wednesday that officials believe more than…
ROSALIE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say three people have been killed as a line of storms and possible tornadoes moved across northern Alabama overnight. Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen tells The Associated Press the three killed were all in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. House has voted to name the new federal courthouse in Nashville after the late actor-politician Fred Thompson. Rep. Marsha Blackburn announced Tuesday that the chamber passed the resolution to name the building after the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A second victim has died after a triple shooting in Nashville over the weekend. The Metro Nashville Police Department announced Tuesday that 33-year-old Chad Steven Miller died after he was shot in the head outside a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is among 18 states that will receive more than $247 million in federal grants to continue expanding access to high-quality preschool for children from low- to moderate-income families. The grants are jointly administered by the…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Workers at an aquarium evacuated because of wildfires around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, are concerned about the thousands of animals housed there. Ryan DeSears, general manager of Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, tells WBIR-TV (https://bitly.com/ ) that the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three former elected officials convicted in the FBI's Tennessee Waltz bribery sting have had their rights to vote and serve on a jury restored, but they cannot run for public office or own a gun. The…
ATLANTA (AP) - As storms approach some of the largest wildfires burning in the South, the rain signaled new hope for firefighters working to put them out. But authorities said the storms were also bringing high winds, which could topple…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The driver in a Chattanooga school bus crash that killed six children last week has appeared in court, but his preliminary hearing on vehicular homicide charges has been postponed. News media outlets report the prosecutor and…
Country music icon Dolly Parton appeared in a video released hours before the wildfires that engulfed Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to urge people to prevent forest fires. Parton appears with Smokey the Bear in the 30-second video released Sunday by Great Smoky…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority has been fined $140,000 for fire violations at a nuclear power plant near Athens, Alabama. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Tuesday (http://bit.ly/2gFDhav ) that Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials issued the civil…
DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager's body has been found in a fire at a Dickson apartment. Dickson police tell news outlets that firefighters recovered the body of an 18-year-old female from the fire at Sam's Townhomes early…
ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) - An East Tennessee worker trying to help restore electric service during a power outage has been killed by a falling tree. A statement from Alcoa City Manager Mark Johnson and Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say there are more than 800 staff vacancies in Tennessee's public and private prisons amid ongoing complaints from employees, inmates and others about pay, benefits, safety and other concerns. State Department of Correction spokeswoman Neysa…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Two Fort Campbell soldiers have been charged with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the disappearance of another soldier. The Army post announced the military charges Tuesday against Sgt. Jamal Williams-McCray and Spc. Charles Robinson and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Lottery officials say 20 co-workers at a metal manufacturing plant will split a Powerball jackpot of nearly $421 million. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2fyLQGK) reports lottery officials announced Tuesday that the workers from North American Stamping Group…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, are scheduled to light the state Capitol Christmas tree on Monday evening. The 40-foot Norway spruce was brought to the capitol from the Hermitage neighborhood of Nashville. The event…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen is coming out with a new model that will add to its offerings of larger cars in the United States, where its market share has lagged the competition. The company released a sketch Monday of…
