GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Temporary one-lane closures are expected on Newfound Gap Road at Great Smoky Mountains National Park starting Tuesday. The park said in a news release that the closures will occur on a 1.8-mile stretch of roadway between…
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) - The U.S Department of Labor has funded a grant worth $3.4 million to help retrain out-of-work coal miners in Kentucky. Shuttering coal mines have left thousands of miners in the state without a job, many of…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Some members of the Natchez-Adams County School District Board of Trustees believe discussions need to start soon on the selection of a new superintendent. Board President Amos James tells The Natchez Democrat that the trustees have…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson, Miss., police are investigating the death of a 78-year-old woman whose body was found under her house. Jackson news outlets report that the body of Louise Baker was found Sunday. Her friends and relatives had…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Rehearsals are underway in Murfreesboro leading to an attempt to break the Guinness world record for largest square dance in July. The Daily News Journal says participants don't have to know how to do-si-do to be…
PARIS, Ky. (AP) - More than a quarter-century ago, Jim Huggins led the investigation into the death of an FBI informant that ended with an agent pleading guilty to manslaughter. Now he's helping filmmakers tell the story in a movie…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - The body of a 15-year-old has been recovered from the Leaf River. Glen Moore, the Forrest County Emergency Management Agency director, tells the Hattiesburg American that the teenager disappeared while swimming near the Evelyn Gandy Parkway…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson leaders are preparing to sign a "sister city" agreement with a city in the West African nation of Senegal. Tuesday's 4 p.m. event will unite Jackson and the city of M'bour (uhm-BOOR'). A sister city…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Locally famous for waving at each passing vehicle in his Rocky Hill neighborhood of Knoxville, Army veteran Kenny Neely has been told by his doctors to get his affairs in order. He has lung cancer and…
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - A U.S. Department of Energy contractor says radioactivity levels have dropped at an Oak Ridge sewage treatment plant in the past two years. The Knoxville News Sentinel says levels of radioactivity at Rarity Ridge Wastewater…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Another Mississippi government agency says state budget cuts beginning July 1 are likely to cause service reductions. Chris Howard, the Department of Rehabilitation Services director, says his agency will cut vocational rehabilitation and aid to disabled…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The Fayette County coroner's office says a pedestrian on Interstate 64 has died after being hit by multiple vehicles. WKYT-TV reports the coroner's office said four different vehicles, including a box truck, are thought to have…
GRENADA, Miss. (AP) - A man charged with killing his 8-month-old daughter by leaving her in a hot car says the baby was everything to him. The Clarion-Ledger reports that tears flowed down 25-year-old Josh Blunt's face as he talked…
Snapper collar won the Mississippi seafood crown for a chef from Jackson, while grouper cooked in a plastic bag did the job in Louisiana for a Monroe chef. Alex Easton of Manship Wood Fired Kitchen will represent Mississippi and Blake…
MCHENRY, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say they've arrested a Jackson County man accused of using Facebook to threaten a state marine patrol officer who had ticketed him for careless driving and driving without proof of insurance. The sheriff's office says…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In an effort to prevent the spread of insects, Tennessee State Parks officials are warning people at campsites to use only heat-treated wood or wood collected nearby. State forester Jere Jeter says the transportation of firewood…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Authorities in the Mississippi Delta say rural mothers whose premature babies are in intensive care will be able to get their breast milk delivered to their babies, thanks to a $1.9 million, three-year grant. The W.K.…
DIXON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police say a jail fugitive in Webster County is back behind bars. State Police said Sunday in a news release that 33-year-old Scott A. Sullivan was caught. Details on his capture weren't immediately released.…
SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol says four people have died in an accident on Interstate 24. Media outlets report the crash involved an overturned westbound vehicle Saturday in Smyrna. Highway Patrol Sgt. Travis Plotzer says the vehicle…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Area Transit Authority has 38 malfunctioning buses that were taken out of service long before completing their anticipated life spans. The Commercial Appeal reports that the buses sit in a parking lot behind the…
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) - Relatives and friends say a man gunned down at his front door was friendly and loved children, but almost never left his home. His girlfriend, Tanya Butler, tells the Enterprise-Journal that 34-year-old Zerrick Ward left the…
NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a teenager's drowning at a rock quarry in eastern Tennessee. Cocke County Sheriff Armando Fontes identified the victim as 14-year-old Tyler Sisk. Media outlets report Sisk and a friend were walking in knee-deep…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - Police say a Memorial Day cross display in Kentucky that honors the names of 5,000 veterans of conflicts dating back to the Revolutionary War has been vandalized by a driver who plowed through the crosses. Jennifer…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The head of the Jackson public works department has resigned, leaving an understaffed department and ongoing problems at its water treatment facilities. City officials told the Clarion-Ledger on Saturday that Kishia Powell has resigned after starting…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold says he won't leave office despite facing federal corruption charges. The Daily News Journal reports Arnold sent a text message Saturday to one of the newspaper's reporters that said he had…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold is facing public corruption charges after being named in a 14-count indictment that accuses him and others of benefiting from a scheme to sell electronic cigarettes to inmates in the jail…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four Marines and a sailor killed during an attack on a Chattanooga reserve center last year have been honored at a memorial outside the state Capitol. The Friday service memorialized Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Education officials say the principal of a Tennessee high school where three basketball players are accused of rape is among 16 that will be replaced next year. The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/1sfyMI2) reports that Hamilton…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam says he wants to talk with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump about education, health care and whom he might appoint to lead federal agencies if elected. Speaking to reporters in Nashville on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the domestic violence arrest involving the husband of a top aide to Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke. Exactly what led to the alleged domestic incident is unclear, but it resulted…
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The family of a hiker who died after getting lost on the Appalachian Trail in Maine isn't going to second-guess searchers. A statement Friday evening says Geraldine Largay's family members witnessed the efforts of hundreds of…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Paducah city leaders are seeking to have City Hall be on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, a designation that could enable the city to receive historic tax credits for costly repairs to…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Shelby County man charged in a series of rapes has been convicted for a second time. The Shelby County district attorney's office says 37-year-old Michael Richardson was convicted this week of aggravated rape…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Residents at an apartment complex in Gulfport have been evacuated after a fire took place. Gulfport Fire Battalion Chief Chris Henderson tells WLOX-TV that the blaze started around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the South Pointe Apartments.…
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A popular venue for music concerts and other entertainment in downtown McComb is getting a new name. The Depot Pavilion will be rechristened "The Bo Diddley Pavilion" in honor of the late rock 'n' roll legend.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's attorney general says a dozen workers for a Flora construction company are accused of identity fraud and violating the Mississippi Employment Protection Act. Attorney General Jim Hood says all 12 are undocumented immigrants, and have…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Officials are working to clean up hundreds of dead fish that washed ashore in Gulfport. Local media outlets report the Harrison County Sand Beach Authority set out Thursday to clear the beach of the dead animals.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The former coach of Olympic hurdler Mamie Rallins says she was a "hard worker" who achieved success on and off the track. Legendary Tennessee State University track and field coach Ed Temple says in a new…
QUITMAN, Miss. (AP) - A historic wooden bridge spanning the Chunky River in Clarke County is getting a fresh coat of paint Saturday because of recent vandalism. The Meridian Star reports volunteers with the East Mississippi Foothills Land Trust will…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles is launching an initiative to combat hunger. The state Department of Agriculture says the effort will include farmers, businesses and charitable and faith groups. Quarles is scheduled to introduce members of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation is halting road construction on the state's highways over the Memorial Day weekend. The state expects nearly 700,000 drivers to be on Tennessee roads over the three-day weekend. Road work will…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials say unemployment rates fell in 83 of the state's counties between April 2015 and April 2016. Jobless rates rose in 33 counties and stayed the same in four. The Kentucky Office of Employment and…
HORSE CAVE, Ky. (AP) - Gary Russell was leading a group of geology students on a five-hour tour of a Kentucky cave when he turned a corner and saw water rushing by where water wasn't supposed to be. He had…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive about transgender students in public schools. The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Louisiana, Utah, Arizona…
ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for a Wisconsin man targeted in a nationwide probe of Gangster Disciples street gang members say he should be freed while awaiting trial and allowed to return home, where he contributes to the arts and music…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A state court has rejected the claim of a convicted rapist who filed an appeal arguing a trial court was wrong for allowing a service dog to be present while his victim testified. The Commercial Appeal…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The mother of a 1-year-old shooting victim has been fatally shot, four months before she was to testify against the man accused of paralyzing her daughter. News organizations report that 26-year-old Bianca Horton was found dead…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam and top aides have used the Republican's personal email server to communicate about official business. A records request by WTVF-TV in Nashville found (http://bit.ly/27U9yzt ) that the email accounts are linked to the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has received the top ranking from all three major credit rating agencies. The state had held top ratings from Moody's Investor Services and Fitch since 2010, but has now added a AAA rating from Standard…
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) - An East Tennessee man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the drunken-driving death of a former state representative. The Kingsport Times-News (http://bit.ly/1Z3NyMv ) reports James D. Hamm Jr. of Kingsport was sentenced Thursday…
