Tennessee News

Shooter ID'd in Nashville private school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Metro Police Department has released several new details regarding a shooting at a private Christian school. This photo provided by the Metro Nashville Police Department shows officers at an active shooter…

Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty if a Tennessee man is convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage in Memphis that left three people dead and three others wounded. The announcement by Shelby County…

3 children, suspect dead after shooting at Nashville private school

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police: Nashville school shooter had detailed maps of school, entered building by shooting through door before killings. UPDATE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police believe 28-year-old female suspect in Nashville shooting was former student…

Freeway crash kills 6 youths thrown from car in Tennessee

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (AP) — A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said. Two adults were injured, one of them…

4 ex-cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death barred from police

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer…

Legislation seeks to bring term limits to Congress

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The State House passed legislation that calls for a convention of the states. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., finishes the vote to approve the Inflation Reduction Act in the House chamber at…

Lawmakers advance bills aimed at car theft, gun access

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Lawmakers passed a new bill in the hopes of reducing the number of car thefts in our state. House Bill 0548 would make it a class a misdemeanor to "possess a device, tool, machine, implement, or other…

Musicians fight threat of Tennessee anti-LGBTQ, drag bills

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this month targeting drag performances and transgender youth, many musicians living and working in the state felt their community, their audiences and their artistic expressions were also under fire. …

2 employees of town near planned Ford truck plant indicted

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two employees of a rural Tennessee town that resisted a takeover attempt by the state after Ford Motor Co. announced plans to build an electric truck plant nearby have been charged with the theft of town…

Teacher accused of sex abuse involving first-grade students

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A teacher at an elementary school in Tennessee has been indicted and arrested on allegations of sexual abuse involving multiple students in the first grade, authorities said. The teacher at Wallace A. Smith Elementary School in…