NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jurors are expected to hear more testimony from sportscaster Erin Andrews on how her life was affected when a stalker secretly made nude videos of her and posted them on the Internet. Andrews told jurors Monday…
IUKA, Miss. (AP) - People with old, unpaid fines in Tishomingo County can avoid additional contempt of court charges by settling their accounts during March. In an effort to clear a backlog of old fines and warrants, Sheriff John D.…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - The superintendent and assistant superintendent of the NatchezAdams School District have asked the federal courts to either toss out the jury verdict against them or at least grant them a new trial. The verdict - that…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A group of University of Kentucky faculty wants to establish a center that focuses on social justice and inequality. Psychology professor Christina Brown tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that she has been working on the proposal for…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A former Hattiesburg Water Department employee has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two counts of credit card fraud. The Hattiesburg American reports 27-year-old Dennis Dejon Martin, of Brusly, Louisiana, was sentenced Feb. 16 to two years…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - City of Pascagoula is looking for a lighthouse keeper and tour guide for the newly restored Round Island Lighthouse. City spokeswoman Anne Pitre tells The Sun Herald she would apply for the job herself, if it…
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (AP) - The man who pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in a crash that killed a Hermitage doctor has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison. Media outlets report that in August 2014, 22-year-old…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Harrison County grand jury has found no wrongdoing in an officer-involved shooting that wounded a 19-year-old man. The Sun Herald reports the shooting occurred when the suspect lunged at a Gulfport police officer with a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee voters are heading to the polls to make their choices in the state's Super Tuesday presidential primary. The primary comes after several days of spirited campaigning around the state by all five candidates seeking the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A nonprofit foundation has formed to help support Kentucky State Police. A statement from police headquarters in Frankfort says the mission of the Kentucky State Police Foundation is to support the agency, its employees and the…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The city of Gulfport is moving ahead with plans for a destination aquarium on a downtown property it owns. The Sun Herald reports that the city's urban development agency, the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission, is requesting proposals…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is expecting a wildfire at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area to extinguish itself in the next couple of days as rain moves into the area. The agency said in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposal to allow skunks to be kept as pets in Tennessee has fallen short in the state House amid concerns about spreading rabies. The bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby received 44…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A former Jackson County Sheriff's deputy faces embezzlement charges for allegedly pawning more than $10,000 worth of equipment owned by the sheriff's office. WLOX-TV reports Sheriff Mike Ezell said 55-year-old Alexander Herman Kieper Jr., of Biloxi,…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport downtown merchants are eager to capitalize on a new attraction, but work on Fishbone Alley ground to a halt for a while. The Sun Herald reports Gulf Breeze Landscaping of Gautier began demolition Jan. 3,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Chattanooga prosecutor was outraged when police said three members of a high school basketball team shoved a pool cue into a freshman's rectum, causing injuries that required emergency surgery. But a police detective three hours…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Eleven Kentucky sites have been approved for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The register is the nation's official list of historic and archaeological resources deemed worthy of preservation. The sites approved by the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol says its officers made two separate traffic stops on Interstate 20 that resulted in the discovery of large amounts of drugs. On Friday afternoon, the Highway Patrol says its officers stopped a…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg police officers will soon be 100 percent equipped with body cameras. The cameras are making their way into daily use by all uniformed officers. The Vicksburg Post reports the department is assigning cameras to officers…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Authorities are sounding the alarm about a new and deadly twist in the country's addictions epidemic in the form of a deadly painkiller disguised as other medications. Tennessee officials say they've seen two dozen cases in…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is staying out of an interesting free speech debate about the power of school officials to discipline students for things they write or say away from school. The justices on Monday left in place…
SUMMIT, Miss. (AP) - Following the devastating fire that destroyed the landmark Dixie Springs Cafe, there are plans for the restaurant to return by the end of the year with a new owner who's the great-grandson of the original proprietor.…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A woman has died and a man is not expected to survive after a shooting at a Lexington residence. Lexington police say officers were called to the house Sunday morning after a report of an assault…
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - State Police say an inmate who escaped the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex near Eddyville has been caught. Kentucky State Police said in a news release Sunday that Lostia M. Shreves of Cecilia was found at a…
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) - A Pass Christian man is in the hospital after being shot in the face. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson tells media outlets that the victim, whose identity has not been released, was driving his vehicle…
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) - After a $600 million repair of the Wolf Creek Dam that impounds Lake Cumberland, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says cities and businesses that have long drawn the water for free will have to start…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - Authorities have ruled that an Iraq War veteran accidentally drowned in Hancock County two months ago. County Coroner Jim Faulk told The Sun Herald on Saturday that an autopsy confirmed 27-year-old Alex Toups accidentally…
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) - DeSoto County authorities have closed a road near a dam breach, but one official said the problem doesn't pose a significant threat to area residents. The Commercial Appeal reports that closing a segment of Kelly Road…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jurors could soon hear testimony from sportscaster Erin Andrews as well as the man who stalked her and posted nude videos of her on the Internet. Andrews and her mother could testify as early as Monday…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The co-founders of a Hixson nursing home business paid themselves six-figure salaries and drove company-financed Porsches while failing to pay employees, utility bills, taxes and creditors. That's according to court documents reported in the Chattanooga Times…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentuckiana parents concerned their kids might be using drugs now have the option of hiring their own drug dog. The Last Chance K9 Service opened in New Albany, Indiana, in September. Owner Michael Davis tells The…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Two people have been arrested on charges they tried to sell thousands of dollars in stolen role-playing game cards at a shop in south Mississippi. Biloxi police investigator Nick Sonnier told The Sun Herald that 31-year-old…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Girl Scout cookie fanciers in Knoxville have the opportunity to pick up a few boxes without even getting out of their cars. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports about nine girls from Troop 28018 were setting up…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Metro Nashville police have charged a man in connection to a fatal shooting near downtown Nashville. Media outlets report that 24-year-old Jonathan Hudspeth has been charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of 27-year-old Jacquard…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga's urban forester says two new tree planting projects will allow newlyweds to mark their vows and others interested in honoring loved ones. The Times Free-Press reports that Gene Hyde got the idea from an environmental…
IRVINE, Ky. (AP) - Estill County officials are furious after not being told by Kentucky officials that low-level nuclear waste from drilling operations in other states was dumped illegally in their county last year. Judge-Executive Wallace Taylor told news outlets…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two former executives of a Mississippi company have been sentenced to prison for a scheme to defraud investors in a product billed as a monitoring system for nursing home patients. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan…
CARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A rock slide has shut down Interstate-75 in both directions in Campbell County, about 30 miles from the Kentucky border. Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesman Mark Nagi wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday that motorists…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies say an argument ended with one man dead, another with multiple gunshot wounds. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove tells The Sun Herald 23-year-old Richard Doby, of Gulfport, died Saturday night of a gunshot wound…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man who served 15 years in prison, including time on death row, in the killing of a Memphis police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting a teenager. Media outlets…
MONTICELLO, Miss. (AP) - Authorities are investigating an apparent cross burning in south Mississippi. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department notified the FBI about Thursday's discovery of what appeared to be a small cross burning on the side of a road…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga's urban forester says two new tree planting projects will allow newlyweds to mark their vows and others interested in honoring loved ones. The Times Free-Press (http://bit.ly/1pfqZbG) reports that Gene Hyde got the idea came from…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man who served 15 years in prison, including time on death row, in the killing of a Memphis police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting a teenager. Media outlets…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi authorities say they have arrested four women accused of engaging in a scheme to smuggle cellphones, tobacco and other contraband into state prisons. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/1Ur84GL ) that one suspect - 22-year-old Sherrice Richardson,…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police are investigating after Shepherdsville officers shot a suspect Friday evening. According to an account by state police, officers responded at about 5 p.m. to a complaint of a suicidal man armed with a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The co-founders of a Hixson nursing home business paid themselves six-figure salaries and drove company-financed Porsches while failing to pay employees, utility bills, taxes and creditors. That's according to court documents reported in the Chattanooga Times…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The U.S. Marine from Massachusetts killed in a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last summer is being honored this weekend by the Springfield St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee. Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan was posthumously selected as the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two former executives of a Mississippi company have been sentenced to prison for a scheme to defraud investors in a product billed as a monitoring system for nursing home patients. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Girl Scout cookie fanciers in Knoxville have the opportunity to pick up a few boxes without even getting out of their cars. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports about nine girls from Troop 28018 were setting up…
MONTICELLO, Miss. (AP) - Authorities are investigating an apparent cross burning in south Mississippi. WJTV-TV reports that the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department notified the FBI about Thursday's discovery of what appeared to be a small cross burning on the side…
