NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Registry of Campaign Finance has launched an investigation into an education advocacy group's actions during Nashville school board elections. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2co45cw ) that the panel decided Wednesday that there were enough questions…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knox County man is facing up to 40 years in prison after admitting to drinking a half-gallon of moonshine before crashing his car and killing his 10-year-old son and seriously injuring his 11-year-old nephew. The…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say the man accused of placing a pipe bomb in an employee's car outside a suburban Nashville nursing home was trying to kill his estranged wife. Citing…
Work to bring back whooping cranes and turtles received top honors in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' 2016 North American Conservation Awards, while the group's international award recognizes gorilla conservation. Nine U.S. zoos were recognized for a project to…
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The Navy says pilot error was the primary cause of a crash that claimed the life of a Blue Angels flier. Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was killed on June 2 while practicing outside Nashville, Tennessee, for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee state Rep. Jeremy Durham was a rising Republican legislative star, but his increasingly erratic behavior and mounting sexual harassment allegations finally caught up with him when the chamber voted 70-2 to expel him. The vote…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University and radio host Tom Joyner are getting together to encourage community college graduates to attend the university and teach in Memphis and Nashville after graduation. The university said the effort is designed to…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty in the robbery and fatal shooting of a Memphis pastor. The Shelby County district attorney's office says 25-year-old Lashonda Williams pleaded guilty Monday to facilitation to commit first-degree…
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A New Jersey man accused of fatally stabbing Johnny Cash's great-niece in Tennessee is set to serve 15 years in prison after reaching a plea deal. Multiple news outlets report Wayne Masciarella of Cape May, New…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Senate has passed legislation to effectively repeal a new state law about underage drunken driving that threatens to cost the state $60 million in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Data shows that Tennessee led the nation in the number of accidental shooting deaths in 2014. Citing recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Safe Tennessee Project, a grassroots gun-violence prevention organization,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga will soon launch one of the first electric vehicle ride-sharing programs in the nation. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2cZLXcC ) within the next few weeks, 20 Nissan Leafs will be stationed around the…
CINCINNATI (AP) - Fifth Third Bank says it plans to consolidate or sell 44 branches and five parcels of undeveloped land next year. The Cincinnati-based bank unveiled the plan during an industry conference Tuesday. The announcement comes more than a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has dismissed three complaints filed against House Speaker Beth Harwell for her handling of a sexual harassment investigation into former Rep. Jeremy Durham. Republican state Rep. Rick Womick, who opposed Durham's ouster…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are planning to pass legislation Wednesday to effectively repeal a new state law about underage drunken driving that threatens to cost the state $60 million…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) - The police chief of Moss Point has resigned over a July 29 traffic stop in a neighboring jurisdiction, where police clocked him going more than 100 mph and did not cite him, even though he…
VIDALIA, La. (AP) - Fruit of the Loom has contacted Vidalia officials about continuing operations in the city through March 31. Martin Mills Inc., a subsidiary of Union Underwear Company, announced May 11 it would permanently close Vidalia Apparel Fruit…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Police says the brother of a former Hattiesburg school teacher found dead on Sept. 3 has been charged with her murder. Police Lt. Jon Traxler tells The Hattiesburg American officers arrested 55-year-old Gus Georgian, of Petal, on…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - An Auburn firefighter has won the Republican primary for the Alabama House seat vacated with the felony ethics conviction of former speaker Mike Hubbard. Unofficial returns from Tuesday's balloting show Joe Lovvorn led a field of…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The state agency that promotes job creation in Mississippi is hosting a session next month about developing trade ties with Cuba. Mississippi Development Authority says in a news release that the event takes place Oct. 20…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - An aggressive animal virus has surfaced in Starkville and residents are being urged to get their pets vaccinated. The Mississippi State University Veterinary School confirms three raccoons in Starkville the past six weeks have tested positive…
JAMESTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A Russell County woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she used methamphetamine and caused a crash that killed her 3-year-old daughter. Media outlets report that 26-year-old Jessica G. Warriner was arrested Tuesday. According…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University and radio host Tom Joyner are getting together to encourage community college graduates to attend the university and teach in Memphis and Nashville after graduation. The university said the effort is designed to…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A south Mississippi man previously convicted on a state methamphetamine charge has now pleaded guilty to a federal charge of meth distribution. The Sun Herald reports 43-year-old Michael Allen Webb of Stone County pleaded guilty Monday…
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A new distillery in the heart of Kentucky bourbon country is starting commercial production. Bardstown Bourbon Co. reached the milestone Wednesday at the $25 million distillery at Bardstown. The distillery will make whiskey for its own…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Communities across Kentucky will compete for $100 million in state funding to pay for projects to train Kentucky's workforce. The Work Ready Skills Advisory Committee, appointed by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, is scheduled to meet Wednesday…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty in the robbery and fatal shooting of a Memphis pastor. The Shelby County district attorney's office says 25-year-old Lashonda Williams pleaded guilty Monday to facilitation to commit first-degree…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville prosecutors are asking the judge who sentenced a former Vanderbilt football player to 15 years in prison for his part in a gang rape to order a new sentencing hearing with a different judge. The…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Forty seven Republicans were joined by 23 Democrats to vote to oust GOP Rep. Jeremey Durham from the Tennessee state Legislature. The 70 votes Tuesday were four more than the minimum…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new Tennessee law allows authorized pharmacists to dispense an overdose antidote. Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner said in a news release Monday that administering the drug known as naloxone can reverse opioid effects and prevent…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a house fire that killed six children and three adults in Memphis was caused by an electrical malfunction in an air conditioning unit's power cord in the living room. The Memphis Fire Department released…
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say an infant and a young child died in a northwest Georgia house fire. Glenn Allen, a spokesman for Georgia's fire marshal, tells The Associated Press there were five children and two adults in the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Campbell County commissioners have agreed to find a quick replacement for a judge who is under criminal indictment and the subject of an ongoing ethics probe. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2ccgAtG) reports Eighth Judicial District Chancellor…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - More than 400 students and faculty from a Tennessee school have left their classrooms to serenade a teacher suffering from an aggressive form of cancer. Video of the group singing outside Christ Presbyterian Academy teacher Ben…
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - A veteran Wilson County Sheriff's Office deputy has been fired after being indicted on sex charges involving a 16-year-old. Sheriff Robert Bryan tells news organizations that 45-year-old Joseph R. Patton was a civil service process server…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man convicted in two of Nashville's most notorious cold cases has won a small victory at the state Court of Criminal Appeals. Jerome Barrett will get a new hearing on claims that his attorney was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a Metro Nashville police officer has shot and wounded an armed man. Metro Nashville police said in a statement that 38-year-old officer Jason Sweeney encountered the man Tuesday morning near a fire station while…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee authorities say a man has died two months after he was shot by deputies while he was wielding a knife in suburban Memphis. Susan Niland, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said Tuesday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say the father of reality TV's "The Willis Family" has been arrested and charged in a child rape investigation. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says in a new release that agents arrested Toby Willis of…
GRAY, Tenn. (AP) - A Gray resident is seeking to overturn the approval of a local addiction treatment clinic. The Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/2c9YKYE ) reports that Danny Sells has filed an appeal with the state to overturn the Tennessee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee has shuttered four of its career centers. WPLN-FM (http://bit.ly/2ciYWlQ ) reports that the nonprofit employer on Friday closed career centers in Clarksville, Gallatin, Jackson and the Melrose area of Nashville. Goodwill…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Rep. Jeremy Durham says in a letter to colleagues that he won't attend a special legislative session that is expected to include a bid to oust the Franklin Republican. Durham in an eight-page letter on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A group of ministers from across Tennessee knelt in the middle of an intersection in Nashville's tourist district, blocking the street as they prayed for equality and justice. The Monday protest was one of many across…
HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (AP) - An alternative energy company from Nevada says it is bidding $38 million for an unfinished nuclear power plant in Alabama. Phoenix Energy says it wants to produce electricity using a new method at the Tennessee Valley…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials are trying to determine the cause of a house fire that killed four adults and three children in Memphis and injured three others. Local news…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The gorilla exhibit at Knoxville's zoo has a new arrival. Media outlets report that a western lowland gorilla gave birth on Saturday night. The sex and weight of the baby gorilla aren't yet known and it…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A fundraising road race in memory of a Marine from Springfield killed in attacks on military facilities in Tennessee is scheduled for this weekend. The Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan 5K Remembrance Run is scheduled for…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A case before the state Supreme Court could help determine when residency challenges for judicial candidates can be considered. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2cNrQQ8) reports that the case heard by the high court relates to a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The entertainer Usher has returned to his home town of Chattanooga to perform a concert at a school he attended as a boy. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2cNr31H ) that Friday night's event at…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An elderly couple has died in a fire at a Clarksville home. The Leaf-Chronicle reports (http://leafne.ws/2cNOEPM ) that the fire was called in to the fire department at around 3 a.m. on Saturday and that the…
