GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A fire has destroyed a two-story annex structure on the site of a torn-down historic hotel in the Elkmont area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The National Park Service said in a news release…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - The mayor of Ocean Springs has contacted Uber, and she told city aldermen the ride-hailing company wants to be in operation by July 1. Mayor Connie Moran says the company wants to have a party…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Ocean Springs aldermen have decided to stop issuing permits for short-term rentals under the new city law until they can agree on how opposition from neighbors can be resolved. The 13 homes issued permits since…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Clarksdale police corporal who was shot in the face two months ago has returned home. Media outlets report Derrick Couch was discharged from the hospital Wednesday. A police escort took him from the hospital to…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - A 4-year-old boy has been hospitalized after authorities say his mother accidentally ran over him in the parking lot of a hospital in Vicksburg. Multiple media outlets report the incident happened Tuesday evening at Merit Health…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has hired a veteran of Alison Lundergan Grimes' 2014 Senate run to lead her Kentucky campaign ahead of next month's presidential primary. The Clinton campaign has hired Elizabeth Cantrell Brooks as…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A University of Southern Mississippi organization has been recognized for encouraging dozens of students to become organ, eye and tissue donors. WDAM-TV reports the College of Health Ambassadors Wednesday received $500 from the Mississippi Organ Recovery…
CAVE CITY, Ky. (AP) - A south-central Kentucky country music radio station owner has bought a closed recreational park in Cave City. The Courier-Journal said David Froggett Jr. purchased the two tracts of land and buildings for $295,000 at auction…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has announced the dates and locations for next month's Big Orange Caravan. The caravan begins in Atlanta on May 4 before hitting the Volunteer State. The caravan also will make stops May 5 in Chattanooga,…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi State University senior has earned the nation's most prestigious scholarship for students dedicated to public service. The university said Wednesday that Natalie M. Jones, an English and sociology double major from Flowood, is one…
HENDERSON, Tenn. (AP) - An investiture ceremony is planned for Monday for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger Page in the West Tennessee community of Mifflin, where he was raised. Gov. Bill Haslam will ceremoniously administer the oath of office to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet says it has hired a woman to serve as state highway engineer for the second time in the cabinet's history. Transportation Secretary Greg Thomas announced Patty Dunaway's appointment on Wednesday. Her appointment is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lengthy debate over a proposed veto override, partisan squabbling and a disagreement over a tax cut have delayed the planned conclusion of the legislative session. As the House slowly churned through its calendar into the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a law that would allow teachers and other employees with handgun carry permits to be armed on the campuses of the state's public colleges and universities. The bill, which was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State officials say six Tennessee cities will each receive $50,000 grants to encourage business growth in their downtown areas. Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd said Tuesday that the Tennessee Main Street Entrepreneur Grants will…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Police have identified the bodies of two people who were found dead earlier this week in a Johnson City apartment. Johnson City police said in a news release that 56-year-old Constance Bradley was found dead…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Metro Council has approved a $2.1 million settlement to end a legal dispute about how corrections officers are paid. The Tennessean reports the council approved the settlement Tuesday. The settlement has two parts: $1.9 million…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are scrambling to try to conclude their business for the year on Wednesday. The House started the day with a lengthy list of bills pending, including efforts to cut the Hall tax on investment…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis official says workers are making emergency repairs to a broken sewer line that is spewing about 1 million gallons wastewater per day into a Mississippi River tributary. This is the third sewage spill in…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A revised Shelby County Schools $950 million budget includes the closing of nine schools before the fall. Media outlets report that Superintendent Dorsey Hopson presented the budget revisions to the school board Tuesday evening. The tentative…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Tennessee women's athletic director Joan Cronan now has a street on campus named in her honor. Tennessee officials announced Wednesday that the street serving as the entrance to the Cronan Volleyball Center, Sherri Parker Lee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - ZZ Top is postponing several dates on its tour after bass player Dusty Hill fractured his shoulder before a show last week in Texas. The rock band said in a statement on Wednesday that concert dates…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart has sent an email asking fans to participate in an online survey about Neyland Stadium as the school conducts a renovation study. The email Hart sent Tuesday says the survey includes…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Norfolk Southern is eliminating 135 jobs and reducing operations at a rail yard in Tennessee as part of its overall response to reduced freight traffic. The Norfolk, Virginia, based railroad said Wednesday that it will stop…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR has suspended the Xfinity Series crew chief for Ty Dillon for a penalty at Bristol Motor Speedway. Nick Harrison was hit Wednesday with a P3 penalty because his Richard Childress Racing entry did not use…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee death row inmate Gary Cone has died at a Nashville hospital of natural causes. He was 67. The state Department of Correction said Cone died at 9:38 a.m. Tuesday. The Commercial Appeal reported Cone was…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knoxville police officer is among seven people charged with taking part in a prescription drug ring. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said at a news conference Wednesday that 38-year-old Joshua Hurst faces charges of conspiracy…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The state House has failed to override Gov. Bill Haslam's veto of a bill to make Tennessee the first state to designate the Bible as its official book. Forty-three members voted to re-pass the bill, falling…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Treasury official says Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Chattanooga say they are taking steps to stop a rash of gang violence over the last few days. Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told media outlets on Tuesday that the department is sending more…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state will pay a $250,000 penalty to Kentucky's two largest newspapers to settle a lawsuit over obtaining records of child abuse deaths and serious injuries. Monday's agreement with the state ends seven years of litigation…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources has denied Jackson County's request to limit menhaden fishing to at least a mile off the county's mainland. Tuesday's vote was unanimous and came after the commission listened to arguments…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Opposing approaches could sink a legislative effort to defund the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee. Some lawmakers have vowed to strip funding from the office for promoting an annual "Sex Week,"…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- House Republican leader Gerald McCormick is vowing retribution for companies that spoke out against a transgender bathroom bill in Tennessee. While McCormick said he favored a decision to withdraw the bill for the year, the Chattanooga…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say two members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi have been convicted on charges including racketeering and murder. A news release from the U.S. Justice Department says 44-year-old Frank George Owens of D'Iberville and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The General Assembly has passed legislation that would allow Tennesseans to register to vote online. The House on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that the Senate had earlier approved. The measure allows Tennesseans to go online…
MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - Manchester Memorial Hospital has started a program to reduce the number of newborn babies suffering from drug withdrawal. WKYT-TV reports that the hospital is giving pregnant mothers a drug called Subutex to treat their drug addictions…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee university is investigating whether six nooses arranged in the colors of the rainbow and hanging from a tree near the art building were part of an art project. Bill Pesinger is a spokesman with…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State and the University of Mississippi Medical Center have launched a new partnership aimed at addressing the state's health care challenges. A news release from Mississippi State says the new initiative will build on long-standing…
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) - A man has been arrested following the discovery of a Wisconsin man's body inside a box along a Kentucky road. The Mercer County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Monday that 61-year-old Clarence Michael Hicks…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers are on track to impose rules that for the first time limit officials' ability to pocket campaign money for personal use. House and Senate negotiators filed a conference report Monday on House Bill 797,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Legislature is close to passing a bill that would make clear that fantasy sports betting is legal, but would also regulate it and put a tax on it. The House on Monday night passed the…
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - A Lauderdale County jury has returned one of the largest personal injury verdicts in the county's history, finding Dollar General at fault for injuries sustained by a Kentucky delivery driver five years ago. News outlets report…
LOUDON, Tenn. (AP) - An Italian tile maker says it is expanding its manufacturing operation in East Tennessee, investing $30 million and adding 40 jobs. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Del Conca USA will add two production lines at its…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A man has been arrested after Jackson Airport authorities say he became aggressive aboard a flight. Jackson Municipal Airport Authority Chief of Police Terry Miller tells local media Chase Randal Jackson was arrested Sunday and charged…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A bridge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closing temporarily on Wednesday for repairs. The park says in a news release that Metcalf Bottoms bridge will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday for up to…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A University of Kentucky alumnus and his wife have given $7 million to rename the Department of Biomedical Engineering, adding an endowed chair and two endowed fellowships. The university says the gift from F. Joseph Halcomb…
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) - A McComb man has been indicted for first-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 5, 2015, shooting death of his 10-year-old cousin, according to Pike County Circuit Court records. The Enterprise-Journal reports that Willie J. Wilkinson…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A group that raises money to send a Georgia student to a Mississippi college or university has canceled its goodwill events apparently in protest over the state's new "religious freedom" law. The Sun Herald reports the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville police are investigating the death of a toddler found inside a parked car outside an elementary school. Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell said the boy was about 3 years old and was in cardiac arrest when…
