NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The parents of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after Memphis jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation are seeking answers for their son and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator accused of violating federal campaign finance laws is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that he initially did so with “unsure heart and confused mind.” FILE -…
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dillon Brooks $35,000 on Friday for shoving a camera person on the sideline after chasing a loose ball in a loss in Miami. Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks,…
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say a library director has been fired after the actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron accused him of “unkind pushback” to visiting celebrities during a conservative event. Sumner County Mayor John Isbell told The Tennessean…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two years after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led the charge to allow residents 21 and older to carry handguns in public without a permit, younger adults could soon have the same privilege, with or without the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of 75 tool and die technicians at a Nissan assembly plant in Tennessee with thousands of workers will hold a long-delayed vote on whether to form a union. Those leading the drive hope for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers on Wednesday took another swing at adding a narrow exemption to one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States. FILE - Abortion-rights demonstrator holds a sign during…
MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant eight games without pay after determining that his holding a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was “conduct detrimental to the league.” Morant will…
JACKSON, Tenn. – The beginning of Ramadan arrives next week! Wednesday, March 22, many in West Tennessee and around the world will observe the beginning of Ramadan. Ramadan is a month of fasting, when Muhammad’s first revelations from the angel…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Tennessee state legislators proposed a law that could affect concealed carry laws. According to the West Tennessee Director of the Tennessee Firearms Association, Richard Archie, House Bill 1005 and Senate…
