Tennessee News

New Tennessee law allows police officers in private schools

By Kimberlee Kruesi- Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Friday signed a law allowing private schools to contract with local law enforcement so they can hire school resource officers, days after a Nashville shooting at…

Theater group sues to block Tennessee's new anti-drag law

An LGBTQ+ theater company is suing to try to block Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law that placed strict limits on drag shows, saying it violates the First Amendment. Drag performer Loosey LaDuca arrives at the season 15 premiere…

Search, rescue underway in Covington

COVINTON, Tenn. -- According to the Covington Police Department, search and rescue is underway follow a severe storm. The department says that roads are impassable, and that efforts are underway to clear Highway 51 near the local hospital. Find…

Memphis shooting leaves 2 police officers, suspect wounded

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two Memphis police officers and a suspect were wounded in a shooting during a foot chase in the city, authorities said. The shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of a person with a gun…

Two officers, suspect reportedly shot in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A large police presence could be found outside the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis on Thursday. The scene came after two officers were reportedly shot in the Whitehaven area. The Memphis Police Department posted to Facebook,…

Funerals set for 3 of the Nashville school shooting victims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for one of the adults and two of the children who were killed in this week's school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that…

FACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged: that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years. A…

911 calls reveal terror at Nashville school during attack

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities released 911 recordings on Thursday that capture the terror inside a Nashville elementary school during a mass shooting this week, as callers pleaded for help in hushed voices while sirens, crying and gunfire could be heard in…

2 killed, 5 wounded in shooting outside Memphis restaurant

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two men were killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting outside a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, police said Thursday. Police were looking for suspects after the shooting Wednesday night that authorities said began…

Man gets 25 years in roadside killing of Tennessee nurse

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man who shot and killed a Tennessee nurse as she was driving to work two years ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, according to the Nashville district attorney's office. In January,…