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,…
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) - Teachers and parents at a Lawrenceburg high school have voted to allow students to wear a variety of clothing that were previously banned, including pajama pants. The Paducah Sun reports that an Anderson County High School…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Fort Campbell soldier has been charged in a drunken driving accident that killed another motorist in November. The Leaf-Chronicle reports that during its January session, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted 26-year-old Jacob Ryan Clark…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man charged in a drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old girl in Memphis has pleaded guilty to a federal gun possession charge. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jordan Clayton entered the plea Friday in federal court in Memphis…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Celebrated inventor and scientist Thomas Edison is being remembered in his old Kentucky home. A daylong birthday party is planned for Saturday, Feb. 13 at the historic Thomas Edison House in the Butchertown neighborhood in Louisville.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky is calling for volunteers for its Citizen Foster Care Review Boards, which work with the courts to ensure the state's foster children are placed in permanent homes as quickly as possible. The Administrative Office of…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - ABC's "Shark Tank" cast member Lori Greiner will be the featured speaker at a conference next month in Chattanooga. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports Greiner will headline an entrepreneurial summit for women. Greiner will share…
JASPER, Tenn. (AP) - An east Tennessee woman has been indicted in the death of her boyfriend's 6-year-old son. A Marion County grand jury last week indicted 30-year-old Holly Rutledge of Whitwell on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville is launching a community-wide effort to raise money for children in Flint, Michigan, who have been impacted by that city's drinking water crisis. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer says the effort will serve the long-term needs…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a 30-year-old woman has been arrested on charges of murder and child abuse in the death of her boyfriend's son. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Hinds County Sheriff's Department says a traffic stop Wednesday resulted in one of the largest interdiction seizure of methamphetamine - reportedly valued at $3 million - in state history. Officials said in a news release…
IRVINE, Ky. (AP) - Estill County Emergency Management says there are 19 confirmed salmonella cases and 41 people with gastrointestinal illnesses in the county. In a Facebook post, Estill County Emergency Management says the health department is investigating the salmonella…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Danika Donatti first met her biological father when he was in hospice dying from complications of a disease she might also carry. Donatti, 18, was adopted shortly after birth. She has known the names of…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - Three of the six former Hancock County firefighters have been indicted by a grand jury on arson charges after a string of suspicious fires in 2014 and early 2015. The Sun Herald reports those…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former Gov. Mike Huckabee's exit from the presidential race doesn't just open up a new hunt for his home state's Republican delegates in the March 1 primary. It could also expose where the rifts lie…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The same year Tennessee's pro-gun Legislature made it legal for some to be armed in bars, lawmakers also took a quieter step toward keeping guns away from domestic abusers. The 2009 law requires people who have…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The final pieces are coming together for commercial air service to start again in Tupelo, five months after the last carrier left. Corporate Flight Management, based in Smyrna, Tennessee, is set to begin its Tupelo-Nashville connection…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Budget problems are forcing the Mississippi Department of Corrections to cut the state inmate population at county regional jails. The agency, in a news release, said it began Friday removing 602 inmates from 13 of the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections is now seeking the girlfriend of parolee Michael Lester Morgan as an accomplice in his escape this week. The department, in a news release Friday, said Kimberly M. Sellars is wanted…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Georgia Davis Powers' funeral turned into a celebration of a life that broke down barriers as a civil-rights icon and the first African-American woman elected to the Kentucky Senate. The Courier-Journal reports the celebration Friday in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An alleged sex offender on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted List has been captured by police. Officials say John Lamb was arrested in Rutherford County Thursday afternoon, about an hour after he…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jefferson County Public Schools has announced it is not requiring teachers to give students diagnostic tests for the rest of the year. The Courier-Journal reports that JCPS made the decision recently in response to concerns about…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg Public School District employees have been notified of pending job and salary cuts. The Hattiesburg American reports letters of the cuts were sent out to employees Thursday. Interim superintendent Greg Ladner says the district will…
PETAL, Miss. (AP) - The Petal Fire Department has updated its gun policy to include rules that are in line with new Mississippi laws. The Hattiesburg American reports that the Petal Board of Alderman voted unanimously to approve the updates…
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the theft of thousands of dollars of diesel fuel, including some believed to have been stolen from a Federal Aviation Administration radar tower in eastern Kentucky. Kentucky State Police spokesman Shane Jacobs said…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A union official says more than 60 percent of Jefferson County Public Schools say they have felt unsafe on the job. School district Chief Operations Officer Michael Raisor tells The Courier-Journal that school officials will be…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Young adults in Adams County may have to curb their tobacco habits. The Adams County Board of Supervisors says the county will hold a public hearing soon to discuss a proposed ordinance that would raise the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - The Columbus mayor's office says the city's new police chief will begin his duties on Feb. 19. Oscar Lewis III, who was chosen from among three finalists for the job on Jan. 19, is currently serving…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two Gulfport police officers suffered minor injuries after a fender bender involving three of the department's patrol cars on U.S. Highway 90. Sgt. Damon McDaniel tells The Sun Herald several officers were dispatched to a call…
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (AP) - A Morristown woman has been accused of filing a false report after she told police she was kidnapped last week. Morristown police said in a news release that 25-year-old Ciara Mae Holt had told officers that…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A 54-year-old Gulfport man who took some of the weapons stolen from a Saucier firearms dealer to a drop-off spot has been sentenced to prison for 21 months and fined $1,200. The Sun Herald reports Andre…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An alleged sex offender on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted List has been captured by police. Officials say John Lamb was arrested in Rutherford County Thursday afternoon, about an hour after he…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court says a lawyer who was embroiled in a sex-scandal with a drug-addicted client deserves more punishment than a board's recommended 30-day suspension of his law license. The state's highest court on Thursday…
