FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a suspicious object that was found outside a suburban Nashville nursing home was an improvised explosive device. It was spotted inside an employee's car Saturday morning by a worker who was ending her shift…
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three high school students in Sevier County have been charged with raping a male classmate at school earlier this week. Police say the accuser suffered no serious physical injuries in the Tuesday incident. The Knoxville News…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration is looking to turn back the clock on an underage drunken driving law that threatened to cost Tennessee $60 million in federal road money. The law that went into effect in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lawsuit by a Tennessee high school basketball player who was raped and assaulted by teammates claims officials knew athletes were being abused but did nothing. The victim, identified only as John Doe, was a freshman…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis woman who as an 18-year-old was accused of fatally stabbing her mother is fighting relatives for a $1.5 million inheritance - but her lawyer says her real goal is to prove her innocence. Noura…
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a Louisville woman who shot her 9-year-old son will not face charges. The Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2cdAwMx) Blount County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Marian O'Briant says the shooting was a "freak accident." She says the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 70-year-old Mississippi woman is among seven people sentenced for their roles in an online fraud scheme involving counterfeit checks, mystery shopper websites and work-from-home scams. The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that Ann Louise…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Rep. Joe Armstrong has resigned from the Tennessee General Assembly, putting off an expected move to oust him following a felony conviction in federal court. Lawmakers are returning into special session next week to repeal…
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say a man accused in a Tennessee slaying was shot to death during a gunbattle with police at a West Memphis motel. Shelby County Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Deputy Mark Dunbar says Ricardo Tenorio…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials are reporting the first human case of the West Nile virus in Shelby County this year. The Shelby County Health Department is not disclosing the identity of the person who has acquired the mosquito-borne…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Republican state House member who faces a likely expulsion vote in next week's special legislative session says he will only attend if he is given an opportunity to present his case and face his accusers.…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Bluesman John Lee Hooker, rock 'n' roll frontman Sam "The Sham" Samudio and opera singer Marguerite Piazza are being inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, soul singer-composer William Bell and…
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Carolina's two Republican senators have introduced legislation to stop the Tennessee Valley Authority's proposed ban on houseboats. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis introduced an amendment Thursday to the Water Resources Development Act of 2016. Burr…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bankrupt Brentwood company is facing a federal lawsuit over conditions at six Tennessee nursing homes. WPLN-FM reports (http://bit.ly/2bTGI9m) prosecutors accuse Vanguard Healthcare LLC of earning big profits while providing "grossly substandard care." They also accuse…
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman is facing charges after being accused of walking into a funeral and trying to remove a body from a casket. News agencies report Columbia police say 36-year-old Cynthia Ann Frierson was charged with…
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a murder-suicide case in Jefferson County. Jefferson County Sheriff Bud McCoig tells local news organizations that 55-year-old Thomas Gibson shot his wife, 54-year-old Rebecca Gibson, at their home before turning the weapon…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A new report says the population growth of U.S. Latinos slowed down considerably over the last seven years because of lower immigration and declining birthrates. A Pew Research Center report released Thursday found that the U.S.…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Fort Campbell says five soldiers have been injured in a training exercise. A statement from the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border says the soldiers were injured when a Chinook helicopter made a hard landing. The…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a Shelby County sheriff's deputy has been charged with trying to extort thousands of dollars from an alleged drug dealer. The U.S. attorney's office in Memphis said Wednesday that Jeremy Drewery demanded money…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Fort Campbell says about 1,400 soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division will deploy to Afghanistan this fall. The post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border said in a statement that the soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials are reporting the third heat-related death this year in Shelby County. The county's health department is not identifying any of the three people who have died from heat-related causes this summer in the Memphis…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Police say they have arrested a man in the shooting deaths of two people at a Chattanooga home. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Stephen Mobley turned himself in Wednesday morning after being added to the…
GRAY, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say sheriff's deputies in Tennessee shot and killed an armed man while responding to a domestic disturbance at a home. News media outlets quote the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as saying that deputies from the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican leaders in the Tennessee House say next week's special legislative session will also present an opportunity to oust a lawmaker who was the subject of an extensive sexual harassment investigation. Gov. Bill Haslam called the…
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Marshals Service says a federal inmate who escaped from a Tennessee jail has been captured in Michigan. A statement from the Marshals Service said the agency confirmed on Tuesday that 37-year-old Timothy England was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a man has died after he was shot and crashed into a bus in east Nashville. Metro police said in a statement that 57-year-old Mark Matlock died after hitting a Metro Transit Authority bus…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro has announced the members of a special independent commission to review the Title IX programs at each of the schools in the University of Tennessee system. Members of the commission…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A former school bus driver accused of fatally shooting a woman while stealing her car to chase his ex-girlfriend has been returned to Alabama from Tennessee to face a capital murder charge. Local news media report…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Police say two people were killed and another was wounded in a shooting at a Chattanooga home. Police said in a release that the shooting was reported Monday morning and officers responded to find a man…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro has announced the members of a special independent commission to review the Title IX programs at each of the schools in the University of Tennessee system. Members of the commission…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University is planning an 84-acre development project along the Cumberland River. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2c7Jn2c ) reports that the Cumberland City at TSU project will include facilities including restaurants, retail stores, a hotel, a library…
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities have recovered the body of an Anderson County man in Norris Lake. Local news organizations report that the body of the 71-year-old man was discovered Monday evening. Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency spokesman Matt Cameron says…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A United Airlines flight has made an emergency landing in Nashville, Tennessee, after an apparently intoxicated passenger caused a disturbance. An arrest affidavit from Metro Nashville Police says the passenger, Mohammed Nasser Aldoseri, told officers he…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Visitors to two state parks in eastern Kentucky can participate in elk viewing tours beginning this month and continuing into March. The Kentucky Parks Department said in a news release that the tours offer rare opportunities…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - New research shows that students earning degrees in education and health-related fields from Mississippi's public universities are the most likely to stay in the state five years after graduation. Those earning degrees in science, technology, engineering…
PRENTISS, Miss. (AP) - Falling enrollment and budget cuts are prompting Jefferson Davis County School District to consolidate its high schools and move an elementary school to a current high-school campus. The Hattiesburg American reports that, starting next August, all…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Coal developers working against the trend of mine closures and bankruptcies say a $90 million investment will enable them to open two new mines in West Virginia and Virginia next year. The mines would extract metallurgical…
STEARNS, Ky. (AP) - Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is showing its new park movie "Generations" on Saturday in McCreary County, Kentucky. McCreary Central High School National FFA Organization, choir and Junior ROTC are hosting the program…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials with the Tennessee Education Lottery say it's continuing its record-breaking start in the fiscal year that started July 1. A news release from the lottery said sales for July and August are 9.3 percent ahead…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Officials at the Delta Fair in Memphis where eight riders were hurt say they were told by first responders that there were no visible injuries. Media outlets report that fair officials didn't learn the injuries' extent…
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - An Ohio River boat festival held in Owensboro for the past five years has been scrapped. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports the Dragon Boat Festival didn't draw enough participants. Owensboro public events director Tim Ross says organizers…
SUMMIT, Miss. (AP) - The Pike County sheriff's office says two McComb residents have been charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of a man whose body was found in the Bogue Chitto River. Chief Sheriff's Investigator Greg Martin…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville police say a shooting has left a man dead at a restaurant parking lot. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says in a news release that 36-year-old Robert Louis Saine of Nashville was shot to death…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - East Tennessee State University is the nation's first higher education institution to be designated an Indoor Tan-Free Skin Smart Campus by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. According to the school, ETSU was selected…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation is halting all lane closures and construction for the Labor Day weekend. Construction crews will end lane closure activities from Friday until Tuesday morning to ensure maximum road capacity for travelers.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville is suing the state over what it says is inadequate funding of public education, in violation of the Tennessee Constitution. Shelby County and a cluster of seven counties that includes Hamilton have each filed lawsuits…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says he'll call a special legislative session to try to fix the state's drunken driving law and prevent the loss of $60 million in federal highway funds. The move Friday comes after…
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - A judge is again considering the case against ousted Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, who was removed from office after being convicted on 12 felony ethics charges. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker scheduled a hearing…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Federal officials charge an Ocean Springs physician offered to illegally trade prescriptions for escort services and later sold prescriptions for money to the escort and an undercover agent. Dr. Michael Loebenberg was charged with one count…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - It's now illegal to bring a dead deer carcass back to Mississippi from 24 states and three countries. The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks passed a rule in May banning the importation in hopes…
