Tennessee News

Update: TN Department of Correction searches for inmates

CHATTANOOGA–Tenn. --Tennessee Department of Correction captures missing inmates. The Tennessee Department of Correction has captured the two missing inmates from Chattanooga. According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, the two inmates who left the Chattanooga Release Center Friday night were…

Chattanooga homeless hospice center opens cancer home

Emily Crisman, Chattanooga Times Free Press undefined CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Welcome Home of Chattanooga, a nonprofit organization that provides hospice care to the homeless, has opened a cancer respite home to provide shelter to homeless people receiving cancer treatment.…

TN Department of Correction searches for inmates

CHATTANOOGA–Tenn. --Tennessee Department of Correction searches for two inmates. The Tennessee Department of Correction is asking for the public’s help in locating two inmates. The inmates walked away from the Chattanooga Release Center Friday night and are now listed as…

Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand

By David Sharp - Associated Press (AP)--The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit annual…

Tennessee Sales Tax Holidays are coming soon

According to the Tennessee Treasury Department, three sales tax holidays are coming up in Tennessee. The first sales tax holiday is for Gun Safes and Safety Equipment. It will begin next week on Friday, July 1, and will end on…

Charlie Daniels' first "Volunteer Jam" will be released

By: Marige Szaroleta--AP writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Charlie Daniels fans will be able to listen to his first Volunteer Jam in its entirety. “Charlie Daniels and Friends: Volunteer Jam-1974” features The Charlie Daniels Band, Toy Caldwell and Paul Riddle…

Tennessee man charged with killing tenant in machete attack

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee rooming house manager has been charged with killing a tenant with a machete during an argument over parking, state prosecutors said. Leaford Anderson, 53, has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the…

Rausch to continue leading Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he will appoint David Rausch to serve a second term as director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Rausch, a U.S. Army veteran, has been TBI director since 2018. Rausch has…

Tennessee GOP leaders urge delay of toddler COVID-19 shots

SUMMARY NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Top Tennessee Republican House leaders are urging Gov. Bill Lee to delay the state’s health department from distributing and promoting the COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. In a letter sent to the Republican…