FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) - Police have identified a suspected bank robber shot and killed by a Fort Madison officer this week. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 37-year-old Lafayette Evans, of Nashville, Tennessee, died of a single gunshot…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities in Memphis, Tennessee, say they have arrested and obtained murder indictments for two men suspected in the January shooting death of an Iowa man traveling through the city. Lonnie Ludvigson, of Edgewood, Iowa, was…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A lawsuit alleges that a disabled patient from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was injured by security workers at Memphis International Airport. News media outlets report that an alarm went off when 19-year-old Hannah Cohen was…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Court records show domestic violence charges have been dropped against wrestler Jerry Lawler and his fiancee in Tennessee. Shelby County General Sessions Court records posted online show prosecutors decided not to pursue domestic assault charges against…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam's order for flags to be flown at half-staff following the death of former University of Tennessee coach Pat Summitt is the latest of exceptions to state protocols that normally reserve that honor for…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Divers have found the body of a 13-year-old boy who disappeared underwater at a private, man-made lake in a Bowling Green subdivision. The Warren County Sheriff's Department tells news outlets that 13-year-old Deron Mills of…
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A 25-year-old Magnolia woman remains in the Pike County jail after a judge set her bond at $50,000 in the Memorial Day weekend stabbing death of a McComb man. The Enterprise-Journal reports 25-year-old Trayana Anderson is…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man has pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges connected to the live transportation of white-tailed deer from Texas to Mississippi, a violation of state and federal laws. The Hattiesburg American reports Coleman…
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) - Prosecutors say a 29-year-old George County woman has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging she was impaired by drugs when she was involved in a collision that left three people dead. The Sun Herald reports Kimberlie…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a New York man who moved to South Mississippi after meeting someone online has been sentenced to prison for failing to register as a sex offender. The Sun Herald reports 41-year-old Kelly Antwon McKnight…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula has been selected to build the U.S. Navy's next large-deck amphibious assault warship. The announcement was made Thursday in a news release. The contract value for planning, advanced engineering and procurement of…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A former weekend TV sports anchor has pleaded guilty to failing to provide help after he ran over a downtown Louisville hotel employee who had fallen while crossing the street. Citing court documents, the Courier-Journal reports…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- In what amounts to an innocence project for bears, National Park Service rangers are turning to modern forensic technology, including DNA evidence, to make sure they don't kill the wrong bear when a human is attacked…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A McCracken County physician has admitted to devising a scheme to obtain prescription pain medication while he was working at two Paducah hospitals. U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. said in a news release that 46-year-old…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State Rep. Jeffrey Guice of Ocean Springs has met with the mother of a diabetic child after telling her to buy her child's medication instead of relying on Medicaid. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Guice met with…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - Ellis Park opens Saturday with daily purses expected to average $210,000 during a summer meet featuring five stakes races worth $325,000. The growth of Ellis Park's Instant Racing game and a $1.35 million contribution from Kentucky…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A judge has postponed an order to demolish the dilapidated home where singer Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis. The Commercial Appeal reports that Shelby County Environmental Court Judge Larry Potter on Thursday told the person…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam doesn't look like he will be hitting the campaign trail anytime soon on behalf of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Republican governor was coy when asked by reporters Thursday at…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A French-owned manufacturer of ice cream and coffee stir sticks says it plans to build a plant in Corbin and hire 90 people. Republican Gov. Matt Bevin announced Thursday that Euro Sticks Group plans a $15…
ARLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) - State officials have selected a site in the Memphis suburb of Arlington for the location of the future West Tennessee State Veterans Home. Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and other state officials announced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - GOP lawmakers are making the case for a more limited approach to Medicaid expansion than was envisioned by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's Insure Tennessee proposal. The task force appointed by Republican House Speaker Beth Harwell said…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a customer at a Tennessee gas station has fatally shot a man who was allegedly robbing the place and threatening to kill the clerk. East Ridge Police Department Capt. Tim Mullinax said in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Singer Brad Paisley says he's shocked and heartbroken by the destruction from deadly flooding in his home state of West Virginia. Paisley on Thursday visited Clendenin, a town of 1,200 people ravaged by the swollen Elk…
ABINGDON, Va. (AP) - Opioid addiction in Appalachia was the subject of a town hall Thursday featuring Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the governors of Virginia and Tennessee. They discussed how treatment, education, monitoring and economic opportunities can help, and…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man accused of killing three teens and a young mother during a botched drug deal has pleaded guilty to four counts of felony murder. Media outlets report that 29-year-old Jacob Allen Bennett was charged in…
NEW YORK (AP) - Planned Parenthood says it will work with its abortion-rights allies in eight states to repeal laws that may be vulnerable following the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down tough abortion restrictions in Texas. The…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A private funeral service for former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was held Thursday. Erin Freeman, who has been acting as a spokeswoman for the Summitt family this week, confirmed that the funeral took place…
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) - A horse trainer and her father have been charged after dozens of horses were found abandoned on a Mercer County farm. Kentucky Department of Agriculture investigator Shane Mitchell tells local media that 43-year-old Charles "Chuck" Borell…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has dozens of new laws taking effect Friday. One allows students who live in C, D or F-rated districts to attend charter schools in another district. Another makes this the final four-year term for elected…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Five years ago, the future seemed grim for a Nashville soda shop that opened during the Great Depression. Faced with a rent increase, the Elliston Place Soda Shop hung a sign on the door: It would…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former Jackson police officer has pleaded guilty to stealing money from suspected drug dealers. Bryan Jones pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to one count of interfering with commerce by threats or violence. He was…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Attorneys who sued to try to block a Mississippi gay-marriage law hope a federal judge will hand down rulings in their lawsuits Thursday, the final day before it is set to take effect. The law would…
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police say they're investigating after a deputy fatally shot a kidnapping suspect in southeastern Kentucky. Police said in a statement that the Knox County deputy shot 30-year-old Jessie J. Mills of Flat Lick during…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Looking back over the decades since he became a public official nearly 25 years ago, Natchez Mayor Butch Brown can list dozens of projects with his fingerprints on them. The construction of the Mississippi River bridge…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Harrison County sheriff's deputies say a 29-year-old Gulfport woman has been arrested for taking a homeowner's jewelry while she was working as a housekeeper. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson tells The Sun Herald Roxanna Renee Griffin…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Lifting the 50-year-old trade embargo with Cuba could be an economic boon to South Mississippi. As relations become more normalized between the United States and Cuba, an advocacy group is pressing business leaders and legislators to…
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - The McComb School District is seeking qualified teachers for its schools. The McComb Enterprise-Journal reports that the school district currently has slots available for math, science and special education teachers. Jonathan McLendon, the district's personnel director…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A man has died at a lake near Oxford while grabbling for catfish. The Oxford Eagle reports that 30-year-old Wesley Loptien died Saturday at Sardis Lake after going into the water to catch the fish with…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police are urging people to plan ahead for Independence Day celebrations by designating a sober driver if they plan to be out on roadways. A statement from police says the agency will be out…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state Transportation Department is shutting down road construction projects for the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend. Construction-related lane closures will be suspended on interstates and state highways beginning at midnight on Thursday and running…
BENTON, Tenn. (AP) - A grassroots organizer in southeastern Tennessee has launched a positive billboard campaign less than a week after an independent candidate for Congress posted a campaign sign in Polk County that says "Make America White Again." The…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Eastern Tennessee taxpayers will pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after a photo appeared to show a deputy choking a college student who was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest. The Knoxville News Sentinel…
CADIZ, Ky. (AP) - State parks officials say four western Kentucky state park resorts will receive an estimated $3.7 million in improvements during the next two years. The funding is part of $18 million approved this year by state lawmakers…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is heading to Appalachia to talk about the scourge of opioid addiction devastating the region. Vilsack will be in Abingdon, Virginia, for a Thursday afternoon round-table discussion on substance abuse.…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg and Warren County authorities are asking residents in downtown Vicksburg and those around the Vicksburg National Military Park to be aware of a bear. Authorities say the bear was spotted Sunday morning. Police Chief Walter…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Construction on the former Eola Hotel has been delayed by damage to the building, but work is expected to begin this fall. The historic Eola Hotel was purchased in 2014 by Virginia attorney Robert Lubin. His…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Hinds County Youth Court Judge Bill Skinner is in a legal fight with the Hinds County Board of Supervisors over administrative control of the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center. Skinner says the Board of Supervisors has entered…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A former civilian retail worker at Keesler Air Force Base has been sentenced for taking more than $30,000 in alcohol out with the trash. The Sun Herald reports Dameon Mack, of Biloxi, received a restitution order…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Lucedale man, who also faced trial over a sawed-off shotgun, has pleaded guilty to his role in distributing marijuana in George County. The Sun Herald reports 46-year-old James Denson Tanner faces up to five years…
SAUCIER, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a 34-year-old Saucier woman is accused in the theft of more than $7,000 from a woman for whom she worked as a caretaker. Harrison County deputies arrested Brandy Dawn Taylor on Tuesday. She faces…
