Tennessee News

Tennessee town reflects 1 year after grocery store shooting

The Daily Memphian - undefined COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Part of healing and moving from place of grief to hope involves looking back. Friday night, about 150 community members did just that on the front steps of Collierville Town Hall.…

Man suspected of driving over Tennessee officer in car found

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee authorities say they have found a man they believe fled the scene after hitting a police officer with a car and driving over him, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries. According to the…

Construction starts at Ford Blue Oval site in West Tennessee

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Building construction has begun at the future site of a factory where Ford and a South Korean company have joined forces to build electric trucks and batteries in rural West Tennessee, officials said Friday. [caption id="attachment_1205643"…

Worker wounded in Tennessee supermarket shooting sues Kroger

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An employee of the Kroger supermarket chain who was wounded in a mass shooting at a Tennessee store a year ago has sued the company, claiming it failed to protect employees from the fired contractor who…

Tennessee man, 3-year-old grandson die in house fire

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man and his 3-year-old grandson have died in a house fire, officials said. The Knoxville Fire Department responded early Monday to a blaze with two people trapped inside, news outlets reported, citing a statement…

Tennessee man indicted in deaths of girlfriend, newborn

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A grand jury indicted a Tennessee man on charges of killing his girlfriend and their 2-day-old daughter, officials said Thursday. Brandon Isabelle, 25, of Memphis, is accused of fatally shooting Danielle Hoyle, 27, and throwing the…

Tennessee judge continues to bar anti-abortion activists from clinic

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of anti-abortion activists will continue to be banned from interfering with patients and providers at a reproductive health clinic outside Nashville, a federal judge has ruled. In July, protesters attempted to enter the clinic…

Man charged in jogger death pleads not guilty in separate rape case

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded not guilty Thursday to raping a woman about a year before he was charged with kidnapping a kindergarten teacher during a pre-dawn run and killing her. A court-appointed public defender representing Cleotha…