CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two Fort Campbell soldiers have been arrested after Clarksville police say they were impersonating police officers. The Clarksville Police Department says in a Facebook post that Brett Jewell and William Jones were arrested Tuesday on three…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A deported immigrant has pleaded guilty to a firearm violation. The Sun Herald reports 27-year-old Carlos Efrain Chavez-Alas, from El Salvador, pleaded guilty Monday to possession of a firearm by a person unlawfully present in the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A bill that would let physicians exempt children from Mississippi's vaccination requirements is advancing in the state House. A split Education Committee voted Tuesday to push House Bill 938 (http://bit.ly/1S02JWj ) to the full chamber for…
GRENADA, Miss. (AP) - Three wounded Mississippi state troopers described dead state narcotics agent Lee Tartt as a "hero" in videos broadcast at Tartt's funeral. More than a thousand people, including Gov. Phil Bryant, attended Tuesday's services held at Grenada's…
GULFORT, Miss. (AP) - A Mexican national arrested in Waveland has admitted smuggling people into the United States though he knew they did not have permission to enter the country. The Sun Herald reports 41-year-old Roberto Esquivel-Alonso was arrested Nov.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country music producer Tony Brown has been arrested and charged with domestic assault after being accused of beating up a female family member. The Tennessean reports that the 69-year-old was booked in to the Metro Nashville…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee has filed a motion to strike a reference to Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning from a lawsuit that alleges the school has violated Title IX policies in its handling of sexual assault…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The chairman of a Mississippi Senate committee on government transparency is telling the public not to use cellphones or other electronic devices while his committee meets. Tuesday is the first big deadline of the legislative session,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lawyer for Erin Andrews says the sportscaster was shocked, humiliated and traumatized when she discovered that someone had secretly filmed her nude and posted the video on the Internet. Andrews has filed a $75 million…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A nonprofit group that spent millions of dollars to support Sen. Mitch McConnell's 2014 re-election has paid for a statewide TV ad to criticize former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear's efforts to save his health care reforms.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Republican leaders are keeping any presidential primary endorsements to themselves as the state wraps up the final day of early voting on Tuesday. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters that there's a "good chance" he…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A former Democratic state House candidate has been found guilty of failing to report child abuse in a case involving students at an education program run by the Kentucky National Guard. Multiple media outlets report that…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rick Barnes says Tennessee coaches says head coaches at the university do not "want the stereotype out there that there's something there that isn't true." Barnes, the men's basketball coach, and the 15 other Tennessee head…
MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol says three people have died in a crash on Interstate 65. THP spokesman Bill Miller told media that two vehicles crashed head-on about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday in Middle Tennessee after one vehicle…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says he is unsure of the need to restore limits on liquor store ownership that existed before a new state law to allow wine to be sold in supermarkets. The state liquor…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - With the funding of its early childhood education program uncertain, Jefferson County Public Schools is warning more than 500 Head Start staff members that their positions could be gone this fall. News outlets report that the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam is taking issue with a move by fellow Republicans in the Legislature to order the state attorney to sue the federal government over the refugee resettlement program in Tennessee. The governor told reporters…
SNEEDVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has obtained indictments for the mayor of Sneedville and his associate in an ongoing vote-buying investigation. The TBI says in a news release that agents began investigating Mayor Wayland Dean Rhea…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - School districts around the Hattiesburg area are preparing for and keeping an eye on severe weather that is likely to hit the area Tuesday afternoon. The Hattiesburg American reports Hattiesburg, Forrest County and Petal school districts…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - University of Southern Mississippi police officials say an investigation is ongoing into who wrote a racist note on a Cook Library bathroom stall sometime over the weekend of Feb. 12-14. The Hattiesburg American reports University Police…
GRENADA, Miss. (AP) - A Grenada reserve officer is in critical condition after he was involved in a wreck while escorting the motorcade of a fallen agent. Police Chief Garrett Hartley said Monday that Kenny Engle is currently at a…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A Harrison County grand jury has indicted 16 criminal defendants as habitual offenders and decided 13 qualify for prosecution with enhanced penalties. The Sun Herald reports the recommendations were listed in the final report for the…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Salaries, jail maintenance and civil service issues are among Troy Peterson's top concerns in his second month as Harrison County's sheriff. Peterson told The Sun Herald Monday deputies will continue to leave the county for higher…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A 30-year-old man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop. Biloxi police officers booked James Michael Magnusen Jr., of Biloxi, Monday on charges of assault on a police officer,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - An affidavit filed in federal court says the shooting of a U.S. postal worker in Louisville was the result of a drug deal. According to court documents made public Monday, investigators suspect the Feb. 10 shooting…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State officials are recommending more restrictions on fish consumption. The Courier-Journal reports the recommendations come after state officials found mercury in more fish from more waterways across the state. Officials now say everyone should limit how…
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge in Tennessee has sentenced a South Carolina man to serve 15 years in prison for his role in a ring involving a synthetic drug made in China that has been called one of…
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Coal Academy is planning an event next month to mark the opening of its new Mine Training Facility in southeastern Kentucky. An open house is set for March 10 from 4 to 7 p.m.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The State Collaborative on Reforming Education says it is accepting applications for the Tennessee Educator Fellowship class of 2016-2017. The collaborative, known as SCORE, said Monday it is taking applications for the program through April 8.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tuesday is the last day of early voting for Tennessee's presidential primary on March 1. More than 214,000 people voted through Saturday, with about two out of three ballots cast in the Republican primary. Tennessee's ballot…
PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Lamar County has been awarded a $30,000 two-year waste tire grant by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. According to a press release Monday, the tire grant will be used to "continue the local waste tire…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee head coaches will hold a rare joint press conference Tuesday morning, two weeks after a group of unidentified women sued the school over its handling of sexual assault complaints made against student-athletes. Athletic department spokesman…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House speaker says that because voters kept the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag 15 years ago, they should get to choose again if the design is reconsidered. Republican Speaker Philip Gunn also…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A new statewide school district could take control of faltering local school districts and keep them indefinitely in hopes of improving academic performance, under a bill advancing in the Mississippi House. The House Education Committee approved…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state Senate has passed a resolution directing Tennessee's attorney general to mount a legal challenge to the federal refugee resettlement program. The chamber voted 27-5 on Monday to pass the resolution despite Republican Gov. Bill Haslam…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government is offering about 45 million acres for oil and gas leases in the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico at sales on March 23. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the Central…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police in New Orleans say they have issued a warrant for a third suspect - and they are trying to identify a fourth suspect - in the beating of a pizza delivery man on Bourbon Street.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Anyone licensed to carry a gun in Georgia could carry concealed handguns on public college campuses under a bill passed Monday by the Georgia House. Athletic facilities and student housing, including sorority and fraternity houses, would be…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The state Legislature has confirmed the appointment of Medina native Roger A. Page to fill a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities have released the names of three people killed in a head-on collision in Knoxville. Local media outlets report the Tennessee Highway Patrol says 43-year-old Herman Maldonado of Sevierville, 72-year-old Margaret Bowles of Seymour and 38-year-old…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce says it will pay for billboards and newspaper ads to raise awareness about Kentucky's public pension debt. Kentucky Chamber President and CEO Dave Adkisson said Kentucky's $36 billion public pension debt…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Board of Regents system has plans to create a task force that will research campus safety and security. The Commercial Appeal reports that TBR acting chancellor David Gregory told board members Thursday about his…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - January revenue of $100.5 million for Mississippi's 12 Gulf Coast casinos is $13 million higher than the $87.3 million posted in January of last year. That is a 15 percent increase. In a report on the…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's governor says he's still working with legislative leaders on a bill exempting opponents of same-sex marriage from government penalty for declining to serve gay couples. Gov. Nathan Deal indicated that changes to the bill are coming…
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A new Michigan law eliminates the classification of "policewomen" from use by state police. Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed a bill modernizing existing law by removing the title from the state police list of ranks and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Officials say Kentucky's first pollinator protection plan seeks to reduce the state's honeybee losses. The plan outlines best management practices for beekeepers, landowners, government agencies and pesticides applicators to help slow the rapid die-off of honeybees…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - Henderson Fiscal Court has selected Bruce Todd to serve as interim judge-executive following the recent death of Judge-Executive Hugh McCormick. The Gleaner reports Todd was chosen to fill the position on Saturday. Todd will serve until…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a man has been arrested on charges in the hit-and-run death of a woman in Memphis. Shelby County Jail records show 49-year-old Walter Williams was being held Sunday on charges that include vehicular homicide,…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - When Texas' conservative Legislature passed a law requiring public universities to allow concealed guns on campus, it also gave the state's private institutions of higher learning the chance to follow suit. None has so far. More…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The director of Missouri's public defenders is warning that the state's chronically underfunded system for representing poor people has become a "house of cards" that could face a federal lawsuit if it's not improved. The…
