FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear says he is starting an advocacy group to oppose Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's plans to dismantle kynect and scale back the state's Medicaid expansion. Beshear is scheduled to announce "Save Kentucky…
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - A chancellor has dismissed a lawsuit in which Sullivan County and the Sullivan County Board of Education sought about $2 million in liquor-by-the-drink tax revenues from Bristol and Kingsport. The Johnson City Press reports that, in…
TOPELO, Miss. (AP) - The Tupelo Public School District is moving forward with construction of storm shelters at three elementary schools. Andy Cantrell, director of operations for school system, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the designs for the shelters…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Jackson City Council has passed an ordinance aimed at regulating transportation-network companies like Uber. The Clarion-Ledger reports after months of discussion, Tuesday's vote was 3-1. The ordinance requires companies pay a $5,000 registration fee and…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A Hancock County jury wants body-worn cameras for all patrol officers with the sheriff's office and the Bay St. Louis, Waveland and Diamondhead police departments. The Sun Herald reports the grand jury made the…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Police have arrested three adults they say targeted a missing juvenile girl for human trafficking. The Sun Herald reports Biloxi police found the girl and the three adults Tuesday at a hotel and arrested the adults…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Abortion opponents in Mississippi, West Virginia and several other states are filing bills to ban an abortion procedure commonly used in the second trimester that opponents describe as dismembering a fetus. Courts have already blocked similar…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a Lexington police office will go before the Kentucky Parole Board next week. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Glenn Doneghy has a hearing on Monday. Prosecutor Ray Larson…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville's needle-exchange program is expanding to another site where people can swap dirty needles for clean ones. Public health officials say the new community site will open Feb. 17. The site will be open Wednesdays from…
DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Freed-Hardeman University and Nashville State Community College have agreed to offer joint enrollment that will provide a seamless pathway for community college students to complete a bachelor's degree. According to a news release from the schools,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposal to create a school voucher program to help cover private school tuition for children attending some Tennessee's worst public schools is scheduled for a floor vote in the state House on Thursday. A previous…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at an early voting organizing event in Memphis to rally supporters of his wife, Hillary Clinton, in the Tennessee primary. Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at a…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lawsuit filed by a group of women alleges that the University of Tennessee has violated Title IX policies and created a "hostile sexual environment" through a policy of indifference toward sexual assaults by student-athletes. [field59_video…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A convicted felon has been indicted on 17 counts in a shooting that injured an undercover Memphis officer who was serving a warrant. Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said in a news release on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State health and safety officials are warning that drug dealers are selling counterfeit pain medicines on the street that contain what could be deadly doses of a drug used often to treat cancer pain. The Tennessee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State officials say more than 300 Tennessee children have been enrolled in a program that aims to improve child literacy. The Tennessee Department of Human Services says The Governor's Books from Birth Foundation, together with Dolly…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Grizzlies center Marc Gasol is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his right foot after an MRI exam found the fracture earlier Tuesday. The Grizzlies said in a statement that Gasol was examined by team…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have released safety Michael Griffin after nine seasons in their first step toward improving their secondary. The Titans announced the move Tuesday. A first-round draft pick in 2007 at No. 19 overall out…
WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - Hundreds of supporters and critics of Franklin County High School's Gay-Straight Alliance attended the county school board's meeting to discuss the organization. Media outlets report the crowd packed the school's auditorium Monday night. Four people formally…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Sterling Properties of New Orleans has closed on a $48.1 million purchase of Hattiesburg's Turtle Creek Crossing. Sterling called the acquisition the largest in the history of the 40-year-old commercial real estate company. The 39.9-acre retail…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The head varsity softball coach at Kentucky County Day School has been arrested after police say he distributed child pornography. Media outlets report that Louisville Metro Police arrested 38-year-old Matthew graves on Monday. An arrest citation…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State University President Raymond Burse says Gov. Matt Bevin's proposed budget cuts would create a dire financial situation that could require the school to close. Media outlets report Burse sent a letter Monday to faculty,…
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) - The Yazoo County official says a 36-year-old man died in an apartment fire just outside the Yazoo City limits. Coroner Ricky Shivers says firefighters from two departments were called to the Shady Lane Apartment at…
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority has completed the installation of scrubbers at its coal-fired power plant in Gallatin to cut certain smog emissions by up to 98 percent. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the last…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A cyberattack by an unknown hacker has forced a school district to shut down all of its servers. Multiple news outlets report the Oxford School District was the victim of a crypto-ransomware attack, which began early…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - One of the four people killed on Sunday in Memphis was the brother of a 15-year-old girl shot to death in her sleep in a drive-by shooting last year. News outlets report that 25-year-old Cameron Stokes…
RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) - Officials in the counties surrounding Fort Knox are hoping that an economic analysis will help their communities discover methods to lessen reliance on the base in the face of military cutbacks across the nation. Lincoln Trail…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a Mississippi Department of Corrections parolee is back in custody. WLBT TV reports Michael Lester Morgan was arrested Monday night in Forest. Morgan escaped from the Rankin County Probation and Parole Office in Pearl…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Booneville woman is going to prison for what authorities said was a con game that victimized an elderly woman. Attorney General Jim Hood said Monday that 30-year-old Jessica Plaxico was sentenced to four years in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State health officials are urging residents in Kentucky to get the flu vaccine now if they haven't already had it. Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, senior deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, said in a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Federal officials say Kentucky could have to return more than $57 million in unused grant money because of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's decision to dismantle kynect. The federal government gave Kentucky a $289 million federal grant…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Radnor Lake State Park in Nashville has been named Tennessee's top state park. The Tennessean reports that Radnor Lake was named park of the year by Tennessee State Parks. It's the highest award for Tennessee's 56…
ROCKY TOP, Tenn. (AP) - The city of Rocky Top has settled a lawsuit with the copyright holders of the bluegrass song their town is named after. House of Bryant Publications sued what was then the town of Lake City…
The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and…
The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - Alcorn County's former purchasing clerk will report April 4 to begin serving more than two years in federal prison for a fraud conviction. William Paul Rhodes pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud in federal…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's brand new online school assessment test, known as TNReady, has crashed due to computer-networking glitches, forcing officials across the state to halt testing on the first day of its rollout. It's unclear how many schools…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine tells local media outlets that 56-year-old Michael Murray died Friday. DeVine says a preliminary…
LYNN GROVE, Ky. (AP) - Police say 22 people are facing charges after state troopers responded to report of a cockfighting event in southwestern Kentucky. A statement from Kentucky State Police says troopers were called to a building in Lynn…
Police are questioning witnesses to a shooting that left two men died and four others injured after a Mardi Gras parade in Mississippi. Pass Christian (kris-TYANH) Deputy Police Chief M.Y. Carbine told the Associated Press Monday no suspects are in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Supporters of a bill to create a school voucher program in Tennessee are keeping a close eye on the weather before deciding if they want to go through with a scheduled vote in the House on…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could mean two men convicted of murders in Kentucky as teenagers could become eligible for parole hearings or new sentencing hearings. The Courier-Journal reports the court ruled Jan. 25 that…
BUDE, Miss. (AP) - The Attorney General's Office has taken over the prosecution in a voting fraud case filed last year against five southwestern Mississippi poll workers. The Enterprise-Journal of McComb reports that a Republican Party poll watcher and a…
ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says an Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 12-year-old girl. The TBI said the Amber Alert was issued in East Tennessee for Constance Nichole Morris, who was last seen…
PETAL, Miss. (AP) - Worshippers have returned to their church that was destroyed three years ago by a deadly tornado. The Mount Vernon Missionary Church in Petal held its first service in a new sanctuary on Sunday. Pastor Carl Burkett…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A 56-year-old grandfather has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for shooting a 14-year-old boy who he believed had a sexual encounter with his 12-year-old granddaughter. The State Journal reports that Samuel Isaacs was sentenced…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is on the ground monitoring the site where a damaged barge may have leaked oil slurry last month. The Natchez Democrat reports the leak happened after a barge carrying oil…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say one man has died in a garage fire in Louisville. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said in a news release that 31-year-old Joshua N. Dyer died of smoke inhalation Sunday morning during the fire.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say less than 0.2 percent of people who have applied for welfare since July 2014 have failed a drug test mandated for some. Citing data provided by the Department of Human Services to The Tennessean,…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - At least a third of homicide victims in the three Mississippi coastal counties in a recent six-year period died in domestic-related shootings. Of 156 murders reported from 2009 through 2014, 52 people were shot in Hancock,…
