Tennessee News

Take Back Day is April 22

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennesseans are being asked to join in on National DEA Take Back Day! DEA Take Back Day is set for April 22, the same day as Earth Day, and is aimed at giving everyone the chance to…

LeBron, Lakers back in playoffs against Ja Morant, Grizzlies

By Terese M. Walker - AP Sports Writer LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are back in the NBA postseason, and the league's all-time leading scorer couldn't be more ready. James and the Lakers missed last year's playoffs, and…

Chattanooga park finds colorful solution to beaver problem

By Emily Crisman, Chattanooga Times Free Press undefined CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Chattanooga beavers are especially eager this year to acquire building materials for their dams from Ross's Landing, where the city's Parks and Outdoors Department is taking unusual measures…

Grizzlies guard Ja Morant files countersuit against teen

(AP) -- Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has filed a countersuit against the Memphis teenager suing the two-time All-Star, accusing the teen of slander, battery and assault over a pickup basketball game at Morant’s home last July. The lawsuit filed…

Expelled Justin Pearson could be returned to Tennessee House

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Commissioners in Memphis are scheduled to decide whether to return a Black Democrat to the Republican-led Tennessee House. Justin Pearson and a colleague were kicked out of the Legislature last Thursday following their support of gun…

As shootings hit close to home, govs wrestle with next steps

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two weeks after one of his wife's closest friends was killed in a Nashville school shooting, Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday called on Tennessee's GOP-dominant General Assembly to pass legislation that would keep firearms away from people…