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…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Knoxville branch of the NAACP is asking for a federal investigation into whether Knox County Schools are discriminating against areas with a high African-American population. The NAACP tells local media it sent a request to…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct has reprimanded a Montgomery County judge and ordered him to stop hearing cases in which his attorney wife is involved. The Leaf-Chronicle reports a cease-and-desist order filed Monday in Nashville…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky Senate panel has approved a bill to require any woman seeking an abortion to have a face-to-face meeting with a medical professional before the procedure. The measure cleared the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and…
EDGEWOOD, Ky. (AP) - St. Elizabeth Healthcare emergency staff saw an increase in heroin overdoses in 2015. St. Elizabeth released its 2015 report to The Kentucky Enquirer Monday. The report states that were about 1,168 cases of reversed overdoes in…
STARKVILLLE, Miss. (AP) - Starkville aldermen have unanimously decided to fire a Starkville Police Department officer. The Commercial Dispatch reports the aldermen made the decision to fire Jeremy Akins during a Monday meeting with Police Chief Frank Nichols. Akins and…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - An Arizona man is set for trial in a meth-trafficking case after numerous delays, including his failure to appear in court and his disappearance. Twenty-nine-year-old Xavier Terrazas is in custody pending trial on a court calendar…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi legislative committee on Wednesday starts holding a public hearing over a disputed Senate election in four southwestern counties. Republican former Sen. Melanie Sojourner is asking the Senate to overturn her 64-vote loss in the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Lottery is giving away a total of 1,500 free Powerball tickets, ahead of the record-breaking drawing for a $1.5 billion jackpot. Multiple media outlets report that state lottery officials are planning the Wednesday giveaway…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - A number of Natchez's residents report seeing coyotes in several residential areas, but animal control experts say the sightings are no reason to panic. Natchez's animal control officer Randy Meyers tells The Natchez Democrat the coyotes…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville's school board has joined Knox County Schools in calling for test scores to not be used for teacher evaluations this school year. The Tennessean reports that the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board unanimously voted Tuesday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Thirteen community colleges and 27 colleges of applied technology have been removed from Gov. Bill Haslam's plan for the massive privatization of the management and operation of nearly all state-owned buildings, including college campuses. In a…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A 32-year-old Gulfport man has admitted stealing 52 firearms in a burglary at Friendly Pawn and Auto in Saucier. The Sun Herald reports Octavia Jermaine Winters pleaded guilty Monday to theft of firearms from a licensed…
DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (AP) - A 51-year-old man accused of spying on a woman Dec. 9 from outside her window has been arrested on a felony charge of "Peeping Tom" voyeurism. The Sun Herald reports Michael Madison, of Diamondhead, faces a…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The president of the Singing River Health System's Board of Trustees says three longtime members of the board will step down in keeping with a settlement agreement between the board, Jackson County leaders and attorneys for…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi University for Women has started its first step toward a potential rebirth of its athletics program. The Commercial Dispatch reports university President Jim Borsig announced MUW will start the search for an athletic director…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Long Beach man was sentenced for driving impaired by drugs when he seriously injured a woman in a Long Beach head-on collision. The Sun Herald reports a judge sentenced 45-year-old Kelly Dwayne Hammons to 25…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A man who admitted to kidnapping and sexually assaulting two boys, and trying to kill one of them, will serve 72 years in prison. The Sun Herald reports 43-year-old James Harold Smith was sentenced…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A statement from Fort Campbell says U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter plans to speak to soldiers at the Army post. The statement says Carter will visit the sprawling post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican state Rep. David Hawk of Greeneville is seeking support for a proposal to have Tennessee lawmakers add a September session every other year. Hawk told his Republican colleagues on Tuesday that the current schedule of…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Prompted by new federal regulations, the state's two largest utility companies are closing several storage ponds that collect the coal ash burned by power plants. Kentucky Utilities says it will spend $678 million to meet federal…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The importance of mentors will be highlighted on Muhammad Ali's birthday. The Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville says International Mentoring Day is set for Jan. 17. The boxing great will turn 74 years old on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee House Democrats are celebrating a $100,000 donation from real estate mogul and former Nashville mayoral candidate Bill Freeman. Freeman on Tuesday criticized the Republican supermajority in both chambers of the General Assembly, including for refusal…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - James Harden scored 25 points, Dwight Howard added 17 points and 14 rebounds and the Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 107-91 on Tuesday night. Terrence Jones finished with 20 points for Houston, 10 in the…
