FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state Department of Insurance is selling assets of the failed Kentucky Health Cooperative to satisfy its debts. The nonprofit insurance cooperative sold insurance policies on kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange. But it shut down in…
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Environmental Law Center says it intends to sue the Tennessee Valley Authority, alleging the authority has knowingly stored toxic waste in unlined pits for more than 40 years. Media outlets report the lawsuit,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The FBI says it has arrested a member of the Aryan Brotherhood who allegedly sold drugs to an undercover officer and then offered to be a hit man. The FBI says Jeffery A. Howard was arrested…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposed system of financial incentives designed to spur affordable housing in Nashville has been voted down by the Metro Planning Commission. Media outlets report that on a six-month deadline, a consultant and Metro planning staff…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A port official says the Mississippi River has reopened through New Orleans about seven hours after barges collided in the busy waterway. Port of New Orleans spokesman Matt Gresham says the river reopened about 10:20 a.m.…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The Tupelo Parks & Recreation department has switched to a computer-based system that not only eliminates paper waste, but also allows residents to register online from home. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the department eased…
ATLANTA, GA (AP) - A man accused of helping a 24-year-old woman rob jewelry stores across the South is scheduled to appear in court for a bond hearing. Records show that 35-year-old Lewis Jones III is due in a federal…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - An upcoming late season open deer hunt at West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area near Paducah will go on as scheduled, but will be slightly downsized because of flooding along the Ohio River. The Paducah Sun reports…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Over 17,000 food stamp recipients in eight Kentucky counties must begin part-time work, education or volunteer activities in order to keep their benefits under a newly reinstated requirement. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the rule had been…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville Boy Scout leader is accused of raping a boy over a period of several years. Police said in a news release that the victim, now 17, told investigators that 44-year-old Darrell G. Fisher had…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli told a Knoxville audience that while prescription drug and heroin abuse have become epidemic in Appalachia, resources to fight the problem haven't grown at the same rate. The Knoxville…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Chancery Courts in Forrest and Lamar counties will begin voluntary electronic filing of court documents on Monday. E-filing will become mandatory Feb. 15. The Hattiesburg American reports the entire 10th Chancery Court District is expected to…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Jackson County grand jury has indicted an Ocean Springs man accused of setting fire to his parents' home and firing a shotgun at responding police officers. The Sun Herald reports 53-year-old Timothy Beaugez is out…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Officials say DNA has confirmed the identity of an 82-year-old woman who died in a Gulfport house fire. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove told the Sun Herald on Thursday that Lillie Mae Williams died Jan. 6…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Several Mississippi high schools are offering students a new, free way to avoid remedial classes in college. The Sun Herald reports the Southern Regional Education Board designed the math and literacy classes for students who would…
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) - College is said to be some of the best four years of students' lives, and Alcorn State University is hoping to keep it to four years by lowering the credithour requirements for undergraduates. The Natchez Democrat…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Officials are preparing for the complete closure of an Ohio River bridge at Louisville to allow construction crews to make improvements to the 52-year-old bridge. One lane of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge is currently…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival is this weekend, and sponsors are celebrating the event's 25th anniversary. The festival takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Hiwassee Refuge. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is the primary sponsor.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - More than 11.6 million passengers traveled through the Nashville airport in 2015, a new record in the facility's nearly 80-year history. The passenger total marked a 6 percent increase over the previous year. The airport celebrated…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is holding a job fair for military spouses at Fort Campbell. The event is part of a national program that seeks to improve the lives of working military spouses.…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Housing Corp. is looking for volunteers to help count Kentucky's homeless population. The count will begin at sunrise on Jan. 27 and continue for 24 hours. The point-in-time count is known as the K-Count.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Three high school officials have been charged with failing to report the sexual abuse of four basketball players. The criminal complaint filed by the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office on Thursday reveals a far broader assault…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A person familiar with the deal says the Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with Jon Robinson, Tampa Bay director of player personnel, as their new general…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee cornerback Cameron Sutton will return to school for his senior season rather than entering the NFL draft. Sutton announced his decision Thursday via Twitter. Sutton tweeted, "I have decided that there are some team, academic…
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee are investigating the shooting and wounding of a man by a sheriff's deputy. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine told local media that the shooting took place near a restaurant in…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - For the third day in a row, barges have hit a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. The Coast Guard says it's evaluating ways to reduce the chance of future accidents, after three in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller says he has agreed with U.S. environmental officials not to publicly discuss the next steps in addressing the German automaker's emissions cheating scandal. Mueller told The Associated Press after a speech to…
Southern Comfort's parent company says it is selling the iconic brand to a rival in a $543.5 million deal. Liquor producer Brown-Forman Corp. said Thursday that both Southern Comfort and Tuaca will be sold to Sazerac. Brown-Forman CEO Paul Varga…
MUNFORD, Tenn. (AP) -- The top lottery official in Tennessee is on the way to the town where one of three winning tickets for the world-record Powerball jackpot was sold. A news release says Tennessee Lottery President Rebecca Hargrove is…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear is returning to work for the Stites & Harbison law firm. Beshear will work in the firm's Lexington office, which he supervised from 1987 until his election as governor in…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) - The city of Moss Point will break ground on a new police station. The Mississippi Press reports the two-story facility will sit near the main fire station on Bellview Avenue in Moss Point. It will…
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - A central Kentucky man has formed a new task force to push for changes in state law, as well as judicial and correctional systems, in the wake of a fatal shooting of a Richmond police officer…
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - Eastern Kentucky University officials are asking students returning to campus next week to leave their hoverboards behind. The Richmond Register reports the school has joined more than 30 other universities nationwide that have banned or restricted…
JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A Campbell County judge has struck down a lower court judge's practice of forcing poor people whose charges were dropped to pay for legal services they did not use. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1OP4Ydo ) reports…
The Natchez Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/1Sj5Itz) the commemorative specialty tags can be purchased at the Adams County Tax Collector's office. Those who pre-ordered them should bring their current tag to the office and be assigned a new tag. For those who…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - An Alabama man and a Mississippi woman have been sentenced in unrelated drug cases in Jackson County. District Attorney Tony Lawrence tells The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/1RnmdEH) 39-year-old Angelo Stevens, of Monroeville, Alabama, pleaded guilty to one…
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) - The trial has begun in the case of a Millington father charged in the death of his 12-year-old disabled daughter, who died from gangrene and infected bedsores. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1SOozMn ) reports that opening statements…
ST. MARTIN, Miss. (AP) - Police say a student who reportedly found a note saying a bomb would explode inside St. Martin Junior Middle School has been arrested and accused of writing the note. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1PcW98Z) Jackson…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A 43-year-old Ocean Springs woman says addiction prompted her to acquire fraudulent prescriptions. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1nkKaA0) Keri Dionne Hinds was working at a doctor's office when she started getting a nurse there to write…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has unveiled a twofold plan that would both put oyster harvesters back to work and save an oyster reef from possible damage. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1URa5Kb) the auditorium at…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg Zoo officials say Sampson the jaguar has died. In a news release, zoo officials say that the animal was humanely euthanized Wednesday afternoon following a decline in his qualify of life due to old age.…
GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Two women have been charged after police say they embezzled more than $74,000 from a Greenville financial service center. Greenville Assistant Police Chief Michael Merchant tells the Delta Democrat-Times (http://bit.ly/1UQRuOg) that both 29-year-old Crystal B. Jones…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Moss Point woman has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the 2014 stabbing death of her boyfriend during an argument. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1UQPUMv ) 23-year-old Shakendra Latrice Galloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday to…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The latest on winners in a record Powerball drawing (all times local): 1:40 a.m. Lottery officials in Tennessee say the winning ticket for the record Powerball jackpot in their state was sold in Munford, north of…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - The Hattiesburg Public Schools license plate has arrived at area tax collectors' offices for purchase. WDAM-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1OPZDT1 ) for those who pre-ordered a tag, it is now available to pick-up. More than 300 of the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky health officials are reporting an increased number of whooping cough cases in the state. Health officials reported 87 cases between August and December of last year. The state Department for Public Health says the highest…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - The National Park Foundation is providing funds to help with transportation costs for students making field trips to Land Between The Lakes in western Kentucky and Tennessee. The grant will help pay for transportation for…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic state Rep. Joe Armstrong's trial on federal tax charges has been delayed by six months. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Armstrong's attorney said he needed more time to prepare for the trial, and that…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is reviewing proposed guidelines for management of the state's elk herd and wants the public's ideas and opinions. The draft is available online at http://fw.ky.gov , and people…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A person familiar close to the situation says Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin has an interview with Tennessee on Friday for the Titans' head coaching job. The…
