JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The City of Jackson is getting $1.2 million in funding to help remediate lead-based paint in 86 eligible low-income housing units in the county. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday announced the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two people have died in a fiery wrong-way crash in Knoxville that closed lanes of Interstate 40. Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk told media the crash was reported about 1 a.m. Wednesday, just west of…
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman is accused of stealing a wallet from a crash victim who had just died rather than calling 911. Police in the Nashville suburb of Greenbrier tell news outlets that 26-year-old Brittney McCoy stole…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - U.S. Army investigators have concluded that a 101st Airborne Division soldier's death during a training exercise last year was preventable. Citing Army documents, The Leaf-Chronicle of Clarksville (http://leafne.ws/2au5HB8 ) reports that the fatal shooting of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - House Democrats in Tennessee are calling for a special session to expel a Republican lawmaker accused of sexually harassing at least 22 women to block him from receiving a lifetime pension. Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been jailed in Tennessee on aggravated robbery charges after police say he dragged a 95-year-old woman while snatching her purse outside a mall in Memphis. Media cited an arrest affidavit in reporting that…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Department of Education says the largest public school district in Tennessee is under a federal civil rights investigation into bias allegations surrounding district officials' treatment of migrant children from Central America and their parents. The…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Members of Hattiesburg City Council have agreed to work with an outside company to conduct wage assessments ahead of new federal overtime pay regulations. During Tuesday's council meeting, The Hattiesburg American reports council members voted 5-0…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two pygmy killer whales that spent almost a year recuperating in Gulfport have found a new home in the Gulf of Mexico. Moby Solangi (soh-LAHN'-jee), director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies tells The Sun…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A 26-year-old Pascagoula woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the sexual battery of a 13-year-old boy. The Sun Herald reports Miranda Duke pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery Tuesday in…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The Pascagoula City Council has voted to set up a "leisure district" that would allow patrons to take drinks to go, and it also paved the way for a vote on a restaurant tax to support…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Hinds County's district attorney is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn a judge's order barring him from having any contact with county grand juries or trying cases in that judge's court. Robert Shuler Smith filed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A survey of state residents and businesses has found that about 13 percent of Tennesseans do not have broadband internet access. The study was commissioned by the state Department of Economic and Community Development to determine…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - The University of Southern Mississippi has won a $3 million federal grant to develop three pilot programs to aid regions whose economic health is dependent on defense initiatives. The university said Tuesday it was selected due…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State officials say White County has been added to the list of counties under quarantine for the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest targeting ash trees. Officials have caught an adult emerald ash borer in a…
CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Voters in Boyd County will get to decide whether to allow sales of packaged alcohol in gas stations, convenience stores and other businesses. The Independent reports a special election will be held in the county on…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Opening arguments are scheduled in a fraud case against a Texas lawyer accused of inflating his client list for Gulf oil spill litigation. Online court records show prosecutors dropped 22 counts of fraud before jury selection…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police have removed 41 dogs living in deplorable conditions at a Nashville-area shelter and arrested its owner. Metro Animal Care and Control spokeswoman Rebecca Morris says a warrant was executed Tuesday at Happy Endings Animal Rescue…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police say a man first believed to have died as the result of a car accident instead was fatally shot. The Commercial Appeal reports 25-year-old Justin Langston was found unconscious in his vehicle after it…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Education is returning to its downtown Jackson headquarters, after fire and water damage led the agency to spend nearly a year in temporary quarters in Clinton. Department of Finance and Administration spokesman…
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - Incumbent Diane Black isn't going to let a barrage of attacks from her Republican primary challenger Joe Carr go unreturned in the campaign for Tennessee's 6th Congressional District. Black in a campaign speech in Gallatin on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee state Sen. Mae Beavers says she would love to see the state's whole delegation to the Republican National Convention vote for Donald Trump. That is if the delegates for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Federal regulators have announced that nearly all dust samples from the nation's coal mines were in compliance with limits that were newly toughened to cut miners' exposure to particles that can cause deadly black lung disease.…
HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a Tennessee sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a man following a confrontation that happened while deputies were trying to serve a warrant. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that the shooting…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have reached a consensus over zoo parking at Overton Park in Memphis ahead of a city council vote. The Commercial Appeal reports the Memphis Zoo and the Overton Park Conservancy agreed Monday on an amended…
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - A former color guard instructor at a western Kentucky high school has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing several male and female students over three years. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer…
OLIVER SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - An Oliver Springs couple has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge after an infant boy was killed when his sleeping mother rolled on top of him. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Anderson County grand jurors…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky state Sen. Ralph Alvarado is preparing to speak to the Republican National Convention about the opportunities Hispanics have in the United States. Alvarado's speech comes after many Latino groups have labeled presumptive Republican presidential nominee…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Attorneys on both sides of the bribery case involving Attorney General Andy Beshear's former deputy have asked that sentencing be postponed by about a month. News outlets report the prosecutor handling the case, Assistant U.S. Attorney…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson State University has received a five-year $3.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address the challenge of providing high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers for all students in high-need school districts. The…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The Hancock County Sheriff's Department has issued a warning to the public that a company is trying to solicit donations for an unapproved campaign, claiming to be in support of law enforcement. Sheriff Ricky…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A psychiatric evaluation is underway pending trial for the man accused in the kidnapping, sexual assault and killing a 5-year-old girl. The Sun Herald reports Alberto Julio Garcia is set for trial Oct. 10 on a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Education Lottery contributed $394 million to education programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, a record high contribution that is $46 million more than last year's record. According to a news release, the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd will lead the state's delegation at an economic development meeting in Japan. Officials say Boyd will attend the annual joint meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The University of Louisville says researchers at the school have received a nearly $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for an alcohol research center. The statement says the center at U of L…
SHELBIANA, Ky. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a Shelbiana man whose body was found on railroad tracks in Pike County. Kentucky State Police say in a news release that the body of 39-year-old Shannon Robinson was found…
KENTON, Tenn. (AP) - The longtime mayor of Kenton, Tennessee, has died. Local news outlets report that Virginia Davidson died Monday morning at the age of 77 at Regional Hospital in Jackson. She had been staying at the hospital for…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has decided to invite competition in to provide ambulance service in the county. Media outlets report that Acadian Ambulance has been the only company under contract with the county since…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The owners of six black-owned funeral homes have filed a lawsuit claiming Harrison County, the Board of Supervisors and Coroner Gary Hargrove discriminate by consistently sending bodies to two white-owned competitors. Media outlets report plaintiff's attorney…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Western Kentucky University says it is reducing tuition rates for high school students taking college courses. Beginning this fall, the dual credit classes at the university in Bowling Green will be reduced from $210 to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say they've charged a man accused of dragging an officer several feet with his vehicle during a traffic stop in Nashville. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says in a news release that 54-year-old Danny Troupe…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a legislative dispute that started this spring when Democrats tried to filibuster and the Republican House speaker used a superfast computer voice to read bills out loud. Some…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg Warren School District students are getting new laptops. Students and parents from all three high schools - Vicksburg, Warren Central and River City Early College - can pick up Lenovo Chromebooks, a type of laptop…
WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - The register of deeds in Franklin County says the county finance committee ignored multiple requests for staff salary increases, undermining her ability to run the county office with competent employees. The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/29SUAEw…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The heads of Duke Energy Corp. and Piedmont Natural Gas Co. are on the witness stand as they explain why North Carolina regulators should approve their merger. Duke's proposal to buy its fellow Charlotte-based company for…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Tennessee woman who admitted embezzling $36,000 from a youth mentoring group in West Virginia has been sentenced to at least a year in prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Stephanie Jordan of Iron City, Tennessee, is a former bookkeeper…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee delegate to the Republican National Convention says he is disappointed the presiding officer did not allow a roll call vote on changing party rules. The roll call vote was supported by delegates opposed to…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The costs of attorney fees and the settlement of a Title IX lawsuit to the University of Tennessee have grown to more than $3 million. Tennessee is paying $2.48 million to settle the lawsuit filed in…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man whose body was found on a Memphis street. Memphis police tell news organizations that they found the teen on the street Saturday night with multiple gunshot…
FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Several police agencies were involved in a high-speed chase with a stolen car that started in Magee and ended near Flowood. Richland Police tell local media that Sunday evening a witness saw 22-year-old Keiuna Thomas and…
