NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University is one of five schools nationwide to win the Andrew Heiskell Award for innovation in international education. The awards from the New York-based Institute of International Education showcase the most innovative and successful…
MORGANFIELD, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky State Police charged a Morganfield man with murder after he allegedly hit a 17-year-old bicyclist while driving under the influence. Steven W. Freeman, 22, is being held at the Union County Detention Center. State…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials say an automotive supplier plans to create several dozen jobs with new operations in Simpson County. Gov. Matt Bevin's office said Thursday that the $5.6 million investment by TMM USA Inc. will create 42…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission plans to travel to eastern Kentucky to discuss broadband-based economic opportunities. Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers says FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will visit his district on Monday to meet…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A colony of bees on the roof of Nashville's new convention center didn't survive the winter. WPLN-FM reports that officials don't know what killed the 100,000 honeybees that had been brought to the Music City Center…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - The trial of a Vicksburg man accused of killing his uncle with an ax has been set. The Vicksburg Post reports 35-year-old Joseph Patton was arraigned Monday after being indicted on murder charges in January. His…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Arbor Day isn't until Feb. 12, but the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District is giving folks the opportunity to get a head start on the celebration. The Vicksburg Post reports 35,000 hardwoods and…
PEARL, Miss. (AP) - State authorities are searching for a parolee who fled the Rankin County Probation and Parole Office after having a revocation hearing related to his Dec. 3 arrest in Hinds County. The Mississippi Department of Corrections, in…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas would give prison officers a pay raise, attempt to boost staffing at mental hospitals and grant lawmakers greater oversight of spending at the state's largest university under a budget-balancing plan a legislative committee approved Thursday.…
WAYNESBORO, Miss. (AP) - Emergency management officials are on the scene of a train derailment in Wayne County. WDAM-TV reports about five cars jumped the tracks around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Deputy Director of Wayne County Emergency Management Agency Keven Stevens…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A proposal to allow terminally ill patients in Florida to use medical marijuana is headed to the Senate floor. Sen. Rob Bradley's measure, which passed the Fiscal Policy Committee on Thursday, has gone back to its…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia law doesn't require religious officials to perform same-sex marriages, and a bill making that clear is moving through the Georgia House. The "Pastor Protection Act," the first of several proposed religious exemptions for opponents of the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The two state mental hospitals in Kansas would receive an additional $3 million total in their current budgets under a proposal approved by a legislative committee. The House Appropriations Committee added the money Thursday to budget…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's U.S. Senate race has its first Democratic contender. New Orleans lawyer Caroline Fayard, who has never held elected office, announced her campaign Thursday, saying she represents a "new generation of leadership." Fayard ran unsuccessfully…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday approved hundreds of millions of dollars of state money and incentives for a tire plant in western Hinds County and a shipyard in Gulfport. German tire and auto-parts maker Continental AG will…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Hardin County officials say they will appeal a federal judge's ruling that overturned a local law banning mandatory union membership. U.S. District Judge David Hale invalidated the so-called "right-to-work" law on Wednesday. He said only state…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday joined four other states in calling for a national convention on amending the U.S. Constitution to bring about limits to federal power - what one supporter touted as the "atomic bomb of…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Questions remain after state health officials said last week that water in some Jackson area homes tested positive for lead above recommended levels. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Environmental Protection Agency says a repeat sampling Friday indicated…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky Sen. Marlow Cook, who served in Washington during Richard Nixon's presidency, has died. He was 89. Cook, who also held local office in Louisville in the 1960s, died Thursday morning in his hometown of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal court case brought by a military widow whose husband committed suicide is testing Tennessee's medical malpractice statute after a judge said the state's laws led to "seemingly unfair results" for the soldier's family. The…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has formed a committee to decide the fate of a controversial Great Depression-era mural that features black workers toiling in a tobacco field, black musicians playing for white dancers and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers have joined four other states in calling for a national convention on amending the U.S. Constitution that one supporter called the "atomic bomb of politics." The resolution sponsored by Republican Rep. Sheila Butt of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky House committee has defeated a Republican-backed bill to exempt public school projects from the state's prevailing wage. Union construction workers in the audience cheered each time a lawmaker voted against the measure. Democrats were…
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) - An Arkansas company is asking Letcher County residents to consider drinking treated water from abandoned coal mines. The Mountain Eagle reports the county currently gets water from Carr Creek Lake. But at a Water and Sewer…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The National Weather Service says four tornadoes touched down Tuesday in eastern Mississippi. Joanne Culin, a meteorologist in the Jackson office, says Thursday that an EF1 tornado with winds of 110 mph hit southern Newton County.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Labor leaders at Brown-Forman have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the spirits maker of unfair labor practices. Teamsters Local 89 President Fred Zuckerman tells The Courier-Journal workers rejected two proposals before…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Officials are trying to salvage a historic Greek Rival house in Natchez after a section of it caved in. The Natchez Democrat reports Historic Natchez Foundation Executive Director Mimi Miller believes the Melmont, which was placed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Donald Trump's plane was diverted to the Nashville International Airport after the control tower received a report that the plane was experiencing engine trouble. News outlets report that the Republican presidential candidate made a brief stop…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a newly promoted detective has been arrested after responding to a prostitution ad. Metro Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron tells news outlets that 57-year-old Ronnie Williams, a detective with the Fairview Police Department, was…
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) - Lucedale businesses will soon be able to sell beer and light wine, but the new perk comes with some heavy strings attached. The Mississippi Press reports the Lucedale City Council unanimously approved its light wine and…
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) - A Horn Lake man has been sentenced to 20 years for child exploitation after investigators found him in possession of child pornography. The Commercial Appeal reports 57-year-old Kenath Dewayne Peal will serve five years with the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Federal authorities have taken a Columbus Middle School educator into custody after a grand jury indicted the teacher on charges of aiding a methamphetamine ring. The Commercial Dispatch reports Paul Jackson, who is listed as "lead…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A new national survey shows Kentucky and Arkansas lead the nation in the largest drops of the number of people without health insurance. The Gallup-Healthways survey shows more than 20 percent of Kentuckians did not have…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Montgomery County lawyer has been suspended from practicing law by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Leaf-Chronicle reports that John Edward Herbison of Clarksville was suspended on Wednesday because officials said he accepted a non-refundable $7,500…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Jackson County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 55-year-old man who they say sent threatening and harassing messages to a church in Ocean Springs. Multiple news outlets say Vincent Salvador Drummond, of Ocean Springs, faces a…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers will meet Thursday morning to consider incentives for a tire plant in western Hinds County and a shipyard in Gulfport. Gov. Phil Bryant announced the special session Wednesday, saying the combined deals would create…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A jury has acquitted a former Memphis police officer of rape, but has found him guilty of official oppression. The Commercial Appeal reports that 55-year-old John Smith was given the maximum two-year sentence for the oppression…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Rand Paul has ended his presidential campaign after a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. But the lasting impact of his once promising presidential bid could be a caucus in his home state. Kentucky Republicans changed…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Lexington is rethinking how it notifies elected officials and the public during emergencies in the wake of a fire that destroyed a beef cattle auction business in Lexington. City spokeswoman Susan Straub tells news outlets that…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Nearly a year after the fatal shooting of a University of Kentucky student during a robbery, the three young men charged with murder in his death are set to ask for new bonds so they can…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Authorities have arrested three men accused of conspiring to kidnap a circuit court judge. Multiple news outlets report that the Lee County Sheriff's Department arrested 24-year-old Thomas Waddell, 27-year-old Matthew Fowler, and 22-year-old William Randolph on…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Memphis say a juvenile court corrections deputy has been indicted in an altercation with a 15-year-old boy. The Shelby County sheriff's office says Willie Jones was indicted Wednesday on charges including child abuse, assault,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The tributes are continuing for Georgia Davis Powers, a civil-rights icon and the first African-American woman elected to the Kentucky Senate. Powers will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday afternoon. Powers died last…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bipartisan legislative proposal would clear the way for public-private partnerships on transportation projects in Tennessee. Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro said at a press conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday that the bill…
BEREA, Ky. (AP) - The Berea College Appalachian Fund has awarded a $10,000 grant to Kentucky Highland Investment Corporation to start an initiative designed to make grant writers seeking federal funds more successful. Officials said in a statement that the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Clean Water Network has released a report showing the state issued 93 percent fewer enforcement orders against water polluters in 2015 than it did in 2007. In a Wednesday news release, network Executive Director…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The Wives of Warriors makes a generous donation to several Mississippi officers. Last September, the group held their first 5K race to raise money for bulletproof vests. WTVA-TV reports on Wednesday they provided a vest for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State officials are urging Tennesseans to be careful about driving impaired on Super Bowl Sunday. Many people will be driving to bars or to Super Bowl parties to watch football's biggest game. Officials with the Department…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Louisville workshop on brownfield redevelopment is being offered for bankers and property development professionals. The Feb. 24 event is sponsored by the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection and the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - The Warren County Board of Supervisors has approved a number of requests from County Tax Assessor Ben Luckett to correct the county's tax rolls. The Vicksburg Post reports that the requests were approved Monday. Luckett says…
