RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Fresh-cut vegetables are being recalled from grocery, discount and convenience stores across the Southeast because the food may be contaminated with potentially fatal Listeria bacteria. Conroe, Texas-based Country Fresh Inc. said Friday that the recall involves…
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A police officer who was fatally shot responding to a dispute between a father and son in eastern Tennessee had been wearing a bullet-proof vest, but he was…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Columbus officials have introduced a new app that aims to make it easier for citizens to report code violations. City Code Enforcement Officer Tomarris Jones tells The Commercial Dispatch the app, GORequest, officially went up for…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 21-year-old man has been sentenced for the murder of a 15-year-old Jackson high school student. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release Thursday Dennis Pickett appeared before Hinds County Circuit Court Judge William…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Police say a Biloxi man seen standing near the front doors of a church as they burst into flames has been arrested. The Sun Herald reports 47-year-old Hung Dung Nguyen faces an arson charge in the…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Biloxi city attorneys have argued that more than $1 million of casino rent money that was put into the state's general fund defies a court settlement that mandates the money be paid to the city. The…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Paul Ney, a former legal counsel to the Tennessee Republican Party, has been named chief deputy to state Attorney General Hebert Slatery. Slatery said in a release Thursday that Ney will supervise the legal work of…
DURANT, Miss. (AP) - Friends say two nuns who were found slain in their Mississippi home "would do anything for anybody." Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill were found dead Thursday morning when they didn't report to work at…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Army officials say a 101st Airborne Division soldier fired two shots at Fort Campbell and then fled in his vehicle before being apprehended by military police. Fort Campbell spokesman Robert Jenkins said in a news…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police say one person has been killed and two others injured in a shooting involving a Memphis city bus. Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee said officers went to an east Memphis neighborhood where a man was…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lenoir City has agreed to pay the family of a man killed by a police officer in March to stave off the threat of a lawsuit. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that the city reached the…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - Authorities have arrested a Laurel County man they say fed methamphetamine to two dogs that later died. Local news outlet report that officials arrested Benjamin Burdette Tuesday afternoon on charges including animal cruelty and wanton endangerment.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Tennessee man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in sex-trafficking two girls into the New Orleans area. In a Wednesday news release, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite said 26-year-old Timothy Jones…
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) - A 50-year-old Mississippi woman is free on $150,000 bond, charged with aggravated domestic assault for allegedly shooting her husband. Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards tells local media outlets Cathy White, of Myrtle, was arrested and…
CINCINNATI (AP) - Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) will talk about Ohio's drug problems and efforts at a judicial summit involving authorities from nine states. He'll speak Thursday in Cincinnati to the Regional Judicial Opioid Initiative. It's aimed at improving…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The FBI in Louisville will have a new leader this fall. FBI Director James B. Comey announced this week that Amy Hess will be the new special agent in charge of the Louisville office starting in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The head of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration says a spike in on-the-job fatalities last month is "alarming." TOSHA administrator Steve Hawkins tells WPLN-FM four of the 10 deaths in July were on construction…
CINCINNATI (AP) - State Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking officials are trying to coordinate efforts to battle the drug abuse epidemic at a judicial summit involving some of the hardest-hit U.S. states. Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor has opened…
The message from the U.S. Education Department to schools has been to work toward positive school climates and less punitive approaches to school discipline. While much of the focus has been on reducing suspensions, another punishment is regularly debated -…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials have approved rate increases requested by health insurers offering exchange plans under the Affordable Care Act. Local news organizations report that rates are expected to increase next year by an average of 62 percent…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is hoping to avoid having to call a special legislative session within the next five weeks to avoid losing $60 million in federal road funding. But the Republican governor says he needs…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. communities hard hit by coal industry layoffs in eight Appalachian states and Texas are being promised more than 3,000 jobs in several industries through a multimillion-dollar federal grant. Officials for the Appalachian Regional Commission and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If it comes down to it, Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee will make the hard choice to repeal a new drunken driving law rather than forego millions in federal road money. Tennessee enacted a tougher law…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Tennessee man traveled to North Carolina for work, and it turned into a very profitable trip. Officials from the N.C. Education Lottery said Charles Rollins of Whitwell, Tennessee, was working on a construction project when…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a man's body was found next to a burned vehicle in a Nashville alley. Media outlets report that Nashville Metro police say in a news release that the body of 59-year-old Jackie…
LOUSIVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say a man has been shot and killed on the front porch of a home in Louisville. Multiple media outlets report that Louisville Metro police say the shooting happened late Tuesday night in the Shelby…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Biloxi plans to join a class-action lawsuit against other companies besides BP that were involved in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Sun Herald reports that the City Council on Tuesday hired attorneys to…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A shooting victim has died after he crashed his car into a Jackson playground. Jackson Police Department Commander Tyree Jones tells media outlets that 50-year-old Rodney Beck was shot once in his arm Tuesday morning and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Public Service Commission says it has approved a water rate increase for more than 100,000 customers in and around Lexington. A statement from the agency says it approved a settlement Tuesday granting Kentucky-American Water…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a Memphis police officer, a Shelby County sheriff's sergeant and a nightclub owner have been charged with buying liquor, electronics and shoes that they believed were stolen. The U.S. attorney's office in Memphis…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Knoxville officials want to bring a bike share program to the city that is home of the state's flagship public university. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Councilman George Wallace says the idea for a bike…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee residents can hunt without a license on Saturday. Free Hunting Day is an annual event provided by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to increase interest in hunting. A news release from the agency says Tennessee…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is paying a former adviser to Gov. Bill Haslam to assist in "communications strategies" with the lawyers representing the school in a Title IX lawsuit that has since been settled. According to a letter obtained…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has visited Columbia State Community College to welcome back students participating in his Tennessee Promise program that offers free tuition at the state's two-year colleges. Haslam's visit to the school's Williamson County…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two men have been arrested in Memphis in the death of a 19-year-old last year on the Tennessee State University campus. Nashville police say 20-year-old Robert Tunstall was…
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A trial date has been set for a Republican state lawmaker charged with stealing an opponent's yard signs before this month's primary election. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/2bx8IAf ) that state Rep. Curry Todd of Collierville…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee detective charged with perjuring himself in a rape case involving high school basketball players is asking a judge to remove the prosecutor. The request is part of a hostile back-and-forth between authorities where the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An attorney representing a former Tennessee lawmaker found guilty of filing a false tax return says the jury's verdict is legally inconsistent. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2beKvmt ) reports that attorney Gregory Isaacs filed a motion…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An association representing state employees in Tennessee wants the state to stop using private prisons. The Tennessean reports that Tennessee State Employee Association President Bryan Merritt is calling on the Tennessee Department of Correction to end the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Transportation is responsible for maintaining 30,000 lane miles of highway and 5,767 bridges at a time when one of the largest departments in state government doesn't have experienced engineers. Executive Director Melinda…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Biloxi Councilman Kenny Glavan says next year's city budget will be tight. But the city council and the public don't know how much money the city has in the bank or what it will cost to…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A man who downloaded child pornography at his father's Perkinston home has been sentenced to prison for more than seven years. The Sun Herald reports Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sentenced William Woodward to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a decomposing body was found in northeast Nashville. Multiple news outlets report that Metro Nashville police say the body was discovered Monday evening in a ditch in the city's Madison neighborhood. Few…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a Metro Nashville police officer has been decommissioned following his DUI arrest. News outlets report police say 40-year-old Mark Hatt was assigned to desk duty after being arrested Monday in Hendersonville. Police say a…
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say a man driving a riding lawn mower has died after being hit by a van in Bell County. WYMT-TV reports that Bell County Coroner Jay Steele says 27-year-old Berlin Forest Howard died Monday after…
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) - Officials say a man swimming in the Cumberland River has drowned. WKYT-TV reports that Pulaski County Coroner Clyde Strunk says 47-year-old Homer Davis Jr. was pronounced dead early Monday morning. Struck says Davis was swimming in…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Four candidates are running in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Mississippi House. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday in District 72 in parts of Hinds and Madison counties. The candidates…
. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Georgetown police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old Georgetown College football player after he jumped down a flight of stairs at a fraternity house. Police Chief Mike Bosse told the Lexington Herald-Leader that Colson…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a woman who killed her cousin when she drove her SUV into a crowd of people outside a nightclub after someone made a comment about her dress has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The…
VANCLEAVE, Miss. (AP) - A 57-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his cousin. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a news release that 41-year-old Eric Hampton died at a hospital Monday evening after…
