NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Sen. Randy McNally is asking the attorney general to fight a court ruling requiring a recount of a 2014 vote that made it easier to restrict abortions in Tennessee. Eight voters who support abortion rights…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A task force appointed by Republican House Speaker Beth Harwell to come up with a plan to expand access to health care in Tennessee has met for the first time. State Democratic Party Chairwoman Mary Mancini…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's high school graduation rate is getting closer to the national average. The State Department of Education says the graduation rate has increased significantly from 2011 to 2015 while dropout rates have decreased. In a news…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke says the city will commit $1 million for an expanded camera system to cut down on violent crime. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports Berke made the announcement in his third annual…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennova Healthcare will no longer offer long-term opiate medications to patients at the system's pain clinics. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports patients of the centers, affiliated with Tennova's Physicians Regional and Turkey Creek medical centers, have…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A preliminary hearing for the Hancock County man charged with capital murder in the death of a toddler has been delayed. WLOX TV reports Charles Connetti III will now go before a judge on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville police say they are beefing up security at a downtown bus terminal after four teenagers were shot there Monday. Police say 18-year-old Javious Chatman was seriously injured. Three teenage boys, two aged 16 and the…
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers has pulled funding for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer study of Lake Cumberland. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Rogers inserted a provision into a $37.4 billion spending bill his committee approved last…
PARIS, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say a farm worker found a human skill in a Bourbon County creek while checking on horses. Bourbon County Coroner Dee Gee Roe tells news outlets that the skull was found Saturday at a Paris…
MONTICELLO, Ky. (AP) - A south-central Kentucky man accused of killing his wife and then hiding her body in a well has pleaded not guilty to murder. WKYT-TV reports that 29-year-old Joseph A. Jones entered his plea through his public…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kid Rock said in a statement he's devastated about the death of his assistant who was killed in an ATV accident at the singer's home in Nashville, Tennessee. Metro Nashville Police Department said in a news…
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - The sister of a Kentucky state representative has died after a fire broke out in her Ashland home. News outlets that 59-year-old Melanie Sinnette was found unresponsive by her roommate Monday morning after the roommate was…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The Biloxi Police Department is using a new approach to patrol downtown streets. WLOX TV reports police are now using bikes. Chief John Miller hopes having the extra presence right on the street will make people…
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) - The Union County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of an inmate. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards tells WTVA TV the man's body was found Friday night from an apparent suicide by hanging. Coroner Pam Bowman identified…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police have arrested a man who they say raped a woman after claiming to be a sheriff's deputy. Media outlets report that Stanley Jefferson was arrested Monday on charges related to the Sept. 7 incident.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville police have arrested a man who they say left the scene of a car crash that killed two people. Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell tells local media that 19-year-old Malik Caldwell turned himself…
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - Richmond police have charged two men in connection with a string of vet clinic thefts. WKYT-TV reports that 42-year-old Timothy Ross and 45-year-old Jason Leffew both face burglary charges related to last year's thefts. The two…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Matt Bevin is traveling to Germany, France and Belgium this week as part of his first overseas trip as governor. Bevin is scheduled to arrive in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday to attend the Hannover Messe…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Harry's Fresh Foods is adding a production facility in Nashville that the company says will lead to the creation of 302 new jobs. The Portland, Oregon-based maker of refrigerated and frozen foods said it is investing…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Dr. Doug Rouse will become president of Mississippi's College Board on May 8, leading trustees who oversee the state's eight public universities. The Hattiesburg orthopedist takes over for Jackson's Alan Perry. Rouse earned a bachelor's degree…
BOSTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials say a lumber company plans to create at least 30 full-time jobs in Nelson County to produce hardwood for export to Asia. Gov. Matt Bevin's office said Monday that Legend Lumber Lee Corp. plans…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The state Senate has approved a proposal designed to lure large conventions to Missouri. Senators voted 27-4 Monday to create a grant that would cover up to half the operating expenses for conventions drawing at…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers are advancing a measure that would limit fees to carry a concealed firearm and expand the state's castle doctrine law. House members voted 115-34 Monday to send the bill to the Senate. Under…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kid Rock's assistant was killed in an ATV accident overnight at a suburban Nashville property belonging to the singer. The Tennessean reports 30-year-old Michael Sacha was found lying face down on the side of a driveway…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen is appealing a ruling that allowed a union vote ultimately won by the United Auto Workers at the German automaker's lone U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee. The National Labor Relations Board earlier this month declined…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police say they are investigating after a 15-year-old girl was killed in a drive-by shooting. Police told media that the shooting happened Sunday night near downtown. The girl's name hasn't been released. She was pronounced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Saint Thomas Health is expected to relaunch its heart transplant program that ended four years ago in the coming six months. The health system's CEO Karen Springer told The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1XQMvPo ) that they've been working…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man is set to stand trial again in the killing of a Memphis motel clerk. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/1MT1M1T ) jury selection will begin Monday in the retrial of Michael Rimmer in the death…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials say the number of measles cases in Shelby County has increased to six. The county's health department said Friday that it had confirmed two unrelated cases of the measles. On Monday, the department increased…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An abortion rights' advocate says an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would clear the way for putting restrictions on abortions is likely to be thrown out now that a judge has ordered a recount of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The president of a North Carolina-based testing company says he can't guarantee that all students in Tennessee will receive the state's new assessment in time to take the test. Measurement Inc. president and CEO Hank Scherich…
PHOENIX (AP) - The Phoenix City Manager's Office is back to nine semifinalists in its search for a new police chief. City officials announced Monday that Deputy Police Chief Nathaniel Allen of Knoxville, Tennessee has withdrawn his candidacy. They say…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews has settled with two hotel companies that were found partially to blame for a stalker posting secretly-recorded nude video of her on the Internet. A jury in March had already…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say two people are in custody in connection with the shootings of four people at a downtown Nashville bus terminal that left one person critically wounded. Officials say they recovered a gun believed to have…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kid Rock's assistant was killed in an ATV accident overnight at a suburban Nashville property belonging to the singer. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1NNohQA) reports 30-year-old Michael Sacha was found lying face down on the side of a…
MONTICELLO, Ky. (AP) - Authorities have arrested the husband of a woman whose body was found in a well in south-central Kentucky. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets that 29-year-old Joseph Jones was arrested Saturday on charges of…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee police chief has offered an apology after his officers handcuffed and arrested 10 elementary school students. Murfreesboro Police Chief Karl Durr told The Tennessean he's "so sorry this incident happened" and that he thinks…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Natchez has temporarily halted new billboards going up in the city. The Natchez Democrat reports the Board of Aldermen recently placed a moratorium on billboards in light of a current review of the city's ordinance. The…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A former Army medic has been sentenced to five years in prison in Hancock County Circuit Court for touching a child for lustful purposes. The Sea Coast Echo reports Anthony Milner was sentenced Thursday…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A 39-year-old Perkinston man has admitted having child pornography, including videos of a girl and naked man that he downloaded on his desktop computer. The Sun Herald reports William Woodward pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Police say 65-year-old Gulfport woman died at a hospital after her car was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light at U.S. 49 at Mississippi 53. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove The Sun Herald…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga police have made an arrest in a shooting that killed a 27-year-old man. Media outlets report that Cornelius Douglas was killed in an early morning shooting Sunday in East Chattanooga. Responding officers found another man…
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) - Hazard police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Kentucky River Regional Jail. Media outlets report that 27-year-old Samantha Campbell escaped Sunday morning from the jail. Campbell had been jailed for escaping home incarceration.…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A Hattiesburg woman and her boyfriend are serving life sentences for stabbing the woman's 64-year-old grandmother to death. The Hattiesburg American reports that 27-year-old Kendrayla Keyes and 30-year-old Cutrell Smith Varnado were turned over to the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A National Park Service report shows that more than 1.7 million visitors to national parks in Kentucky spent $113.5 million in the state last year. The report says that spending resulted in 1,784 jobs and had…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died after police used a stun gun on him in a Gulfport restaurant. Local news outlets report that the incident occurred Saturday night after police responded to a disorderly conduct call.…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (AP) - A Sequatchie County woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for the alcohol poisoning of her 11-month-old son. Media outlets report 28-year-old Heather M. Oakes was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to felony criminal…
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - A former guard at an East Tennessee juvenile detention facility is facing charges including statutory rape and official misconduct. Dandridge Police Chief Carson Williams told media that Brianna Rose Garber is also charged with sexual battery…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a man is the second person to face charges in connection with a 17-year-old homicide case in Dickson County. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says 57-year-old Wallace Brasel, of Lyles, has been indicted on…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Jefferson District Court judge who jailed a witness without a hearing has been given a public reprimand. The Courier-Journal reports that the Judicial Conduct Commission has voted 4-1 to publicly sanction Judge Sheila Collins for…
