NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Corrections Corporation of America, the nation's largest private prison company, is changing its name to CoreCivic in an effort to rebrand and diversify. The publicly traded company based in Nashville announced the switch in a news…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University has announced new admissions requirements in an effort to attract more academically talented students. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2eCWISm ) reports that TSU's new admission standards would require students to have at least a 2.5…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - At least six current and former Republican lawmakers in Tennessee had financial ties to a prominent GOP donor who recently settled a federal fraud case involving the military health care program. Andy Miller Jr. has been…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - United States Trade Representative Michael Froman is citing Tennessee whiskey as an example of why Congress should approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Froman met with Tennessee whiskey makers on Friday and took a tour of Nelson's…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - An insurance company that paid more than $2.8 million in claims after an arson fire damaged an historic Memphis music recording studio has now accused a rock music label company of fraud and wants its money…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2eVcuWL ) that the Fox family's lawsuit says Amazon had information…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee students made the fastest strides in the country in a national science test. Haslam's office says Tennessee's eighth-grade students were the fastest improving in the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is heading to Germany next week on a trade trip. Haslam's office says Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd will accompany him to Germany from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4. They…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Roads through the Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed for bridge repairs next month. The project by the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration is part…
NEW YORK (AP) - Justin Timberlake has some advice for taking part in the presidential election next month: Vote, but don't take a selfie while you're doing it. A ballot box selfie Timberlake took as he voted in his native…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee is paying $75,000 plus expenses to a search firm to help in its hunt for a new Knoxville campus chancellor. Besides the search fee being paid the Parker Executive Search firm, the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Bradley County will pay nearly $1 million to the family of a woman who was shot to death by a deputy. The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports (http://bit.ly/2eyyk46) former Bradley County sheriff's deputy Dustin Patrick hasn't admitted…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Five more people face federal charges in a fentanyl overdose outbreak that killed two people in Tennessee over 24 hours. U.S. Attorney David Rivera announced the drug distribution conspiracy charges Thursday. Over 24 hours in July,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Garth Brooks and his longtime studio band, "The G Men," bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs, Eagles guitarist Don Felder, country artist Jerry Reed and the soul players Sigma Sound Studio Rhythm Section have been inducted into the…
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Clayton County police believe a home invasion that left two children dead over the weekend was gang-related. Fifteen-year-old Daveon Coates and his sister, 11-year-old Tatiyana Coates, were shot dead inside their Jonesboro home early Saturday. Police…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam is hitting the campaign trail on behalf of fellow Republicans in closely divided districts. The governor went door knocking with state Sen. Steve Dickerson ion Tuesday, and told reporters he has also been…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) - An eastern Tennessee-based skilled nursing home chain has reached a $145 million settlement that federal officials called the largest ever of its kind. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Monday that Life…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Comcast has filed a lawsuit against Nashville over an ordinance that changed the area's policy regarding utility poles. Local news organizations report that the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, argues that the Metro Council lacks the authority to…
ATLANTA (AP) - Deer hunting season is on the way, but fans of venison might not have to trek out into the woods this year to get their fix. Arby's has announced that it will be offering venison sandwiches this…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Justice Department officials have launched a comprehensive review of the Memphis Police Department after citizens criticized the department's use of deadly force and its treatment of the black community. The review comes in the wake of…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Army says two Fort Campbell soldiers are being held as "persons of interest" in another soldier's disappearance nearly two months ago. Fort Campbell didn't identify these soldiers, and says law enforcement at the Army post…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee husband and wife face sentences of about three years in prison for a scheme to defraud U.S. taxpayers by $10.8 million. U.S. Attorney Nancy Stallard Harr's office says 48-year-old Bertha Del Pilar Vargas and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute are leading a year-long effort with Nashville and nine other cities around the world to accelerate their efforts to prepare for the arrival of self-driving cars. Under the Bloomberg Aspen…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Google has launched its home delivery service across Tennessee. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2dFa2qc ) reports that Google Express launched Tuesday and will connect shoppers with select retailers across the state. Customers can use the Google Express website…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A 52-year-old man serving time for kidnapping and rape has been indicted in Chattanooga on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two brothers nearly 20 years ago. District Attorney General Neal Pinkston's office said Christopher…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Justin Timberlake flew from California to Tennessee in order to vote early, and state officials say that's great — but he shouldn't have taken a selfie at the ballot box. The singer posted a picture of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nearly 480,000 Tennesseans have cast ballots through the first four days of early voting, up from the 388,000 who had gone to the polls through the same period four years ago. The state's early voting period…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Armada Nutrition has announced it is expanding its Spring Hill operations, investing $2.1 million and creating 310 new jobs over the next five years. Officials from the food packaging company announced the plans Monday, along with…
WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) - Officials continue investigating claims that white students put a noose around the neck of black football player at a south Mississippi school. Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson called Monday for a federal hate-crimes investigation as the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University has received designation as a Google School through a partnership with the tech company. The university is one of 10 historically black colleges and universities participating in a program using Google engineers to…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new volume of "The Papers of Andrew Jackson" has been published and is available through the University of Tennessee Press. Volume X covers 1832, the year Jackson defeated Henry Clay for a second term, pursued…
ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) - Hundreds of people were treated over the weekend at a free health clinic in Elkview. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/2eARS7d) that organizers of the clinic, which was held Saturday and Sunday at Elkview Middle School, say…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say they have arrested a third suspect wanted in the killing of a California tourist in Nashville, Tennessee. Metro Nashville Police said in a statement that 25-year-old Joseph Santillan of Antioch surrendered to officers on…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An American Airlines flight from Nashville to Los Angeles with two Hollywood stars on board made an emergency landing in Little Rock after a suspicious odor was reported in the cabin. The aircraft landed Saturday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Nashville, Tennessee, say an officer shot and wounded an armed man who refused to drop his gun after firing several rounds outside a restaurant. A statement from Metro Nashville police says 26-year-old Jordan Martel…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a 39-year-old woman wanted in the killing of her boyfriend in a Brentwood, Tennessee, hotel room has been arrested in South Carolina. Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies said in a news release that Shannon Richardson…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - One of the leading contenders for Tennessee governor in 2018 says he is rethinking financial ties to a company run by a prominent GOP donor who settled a federal fraud case involving a military health care…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a 67-year-old Tennessee tourist died after riding Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The September death of the Memphis man was recorded in a list of serious ride-related injuries and illnesses that the major…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Knox County school officials are making some changes to attract and hire more top teachers. Interim Superintendent of Schools Buzz Thomas tells the Knoxville News Sentinel that the district will be revamping its website, improving the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Drug overdoses in Chattanooga and the surrounding area have increased by at least 40 percent in the past year, according to data from area hospitals and ambulance services. The Chattanooga Time Free Press reports (bit.ly/2euLkFo) Erlanger hospital's…
DEKALB, Miss. — A Mississippi county has had enough of the creepy clown craze, at least until after Halloween. Kemper County supervisors enacted a clown ban this week, temporarily preventing people from dressing as clowns. The Kemper County Messenger reports…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Police in Clarksville say a Georgia man has been arrested in an alcohol-related fatal accident that killed two people. Montgomery County Jail records show Ho Young Kang of Suwanee, Georgia, was charged with vehicular homicide, vehicle assault,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Police in Nashville say two motorcycle riders were killed in an accident along Interstate 440. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says in a news release that 58-year-old Mark Patrick Baker and his wife, 56-year-old Laurie M. Baker,…
SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee reactor is now complete, making it the nation's first new nuclear generating plant of the 21st century. News outlets report the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday morning officially declared the Unit 2 reactor…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis diocese's new Catholic bishop preached the importance of love and mercy as he began his ministry. The Commercial Appeal reports that the Most Rev. Martin D. Holley was installed as the fifth bishop of…
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - He's banned from City Hall by a court restraining order but that's not stopping a man from running for mayor of a Tennessee city. The Tennessean reports 59-year-old Derek Dodson qualified to run for mayor of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials say the number of Legionnaires' disease cases stemming from an outbreak at a Memphis hotel has risen to eight. The Shelby County Health Department increased the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that Memphis could no longer conduct sweeps to clear people off Beale Street unless public safety requires it. The Commercial Appeal reports that a three-member panel of…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) -- The daughter of a Mississippi lawmaker says she lied to police last week by telling them her father had hit her during an argument. First-term Democratic state Rep. Kabir Karriem of Columbus was arrested Tuesday and…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Knoxville-area fall foliage is expected to make a shorter appearance this year because of a lack of rainfall and near record high average temperatures. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Knoxville is 5.35 inches below normal for the…
