Tennessee News

Fant's big game powers No. 3 Tennessee past UT Martin 65-24

By Al Lesar - Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This day in Princeton Fant's career at Tennessee was a long time coming. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound redshirt senior came to Rocky Top as a running back with a strong arm.…

Tiny Tennessee fish protected, but US has yet to say where

By Travis Loller - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It was a crisp fall day when biologist Bernie Kuhajda drove to a nondescript trickle of water running through a Middle Tennessee cow pasture to try to keep a small,…

CMT will show Loretta Lynn memorial commercial-free

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A memorial service at the Grand Ole Opry in honor of Loretta Lynn will be carried live and commercial-free on CMT. Performers for the Oct. 30 celebration include Brandi Carlile, Crystal Gayle, Darius Rucker, George Strait,…

Tennessee school staff accidentally broadcast prayer meeting

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees of Chattanooga's Bess T. Shepherd Elementary School blasted a prayer meeting over the school's exterior loudspeaker during the night, although district officials said it was an accident. An unidentified neighbor who could hear the praying…

Tennessee Tech develops sensors to help detect flooding

By Caroline Eggers, WPLN-FM- undefined NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Extreme rainfall events, and the dangerous floods that follow them, are happening more often in Tennessee. This risk grows as the climate warms. To respond to this risk, climate scientists, engineers…

Tennessee man charged with murder in death of toddler

TROUSDALE COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Tennessee man is behind bars in connection with the death of a toddler earlier this year. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 21-year-old James Curtis Yates is facing charges of felony murder and aggravated…

Codefendant in Tennessee campaign fraud case pleads guilty

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville social club owner on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a campaign finance scheme that also involves a Tennessee state senator's failed 2016 congressional campaign. Joshua Smith, left, leaves federal court with…

Witnesses describe shooting that set off Memphis rampage

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man testified Tuesday that he saw an acquaintance shoot his friend and business partner, unprovoked, outside his Tennessee home in a killing that authorities said sparked a daylong crime rampage that paralyzed Memphis. Marcus Cash…

Authorities: 1 dead in small plane crash on Tennessee road

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A small plane crashed Tuesday on a road in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, killing one person, authorities said. In this photo released by the Brentwood, Tennessee Police Department, the wreckage of…