Tennessee News

Nurses protest Tennessee sentence for deadly medical mistake

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nurses have traveled from around the country to protest outside the courthouse where a former Tennessee nurse will be sentenced for causing the death of a patient. RaDonda Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide…

Tennessee GOP leaders not planning to ban contraception

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Top Republican leaders in Tennessee say they don’t have plans to ban contraceptives as they await a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case will be overturned. A…

Tennessee Attorney General Slatery won't seek another term

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says he won’t seek another eight-year term as the state’s top legal counsel. FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019 file photo, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery,…

Tennessee man freed after 30 years in prison

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who served 30 years of a life sentence for the fire that killed his girlfriend is now free. A judge vacated his murder conviction, declaring that 65-year-old Claude Garrett “has shown actual innocence.”…

27 schools recognized for STEM/STEAM efforts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Schools across Tennessee are being recognized. According to a news release, 27 schools received the Tennessee STEM/STEAM School Designation for 2022. Schools for STEM include: Barret's Chapel School, Memphis-Shelby County Schools Black Fox Elementary School, Murfreesboro City Schools…

Volkswagen Tennessee job fair seeks 1000 production workers

UPDATE: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — In a story published May 10, 2022, about a Volkswagen job fair in Tennessee, The Associated Press erroneously reported the shifts for which they are hiring. They would primarily be second, third and night shifts,…

Tennessee expects changes to lethal injection protocol, staffing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the state’s lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out, including how the procedures are staffed. State corrections officials made…

TN Commissioner of Education meets with GYO grant recipients

HENDERSON, Tenn. -- TN Commissioner of Education meets with grant recipients. According to information received from Bramblett Group, the Tennessee Commissioner of Education recently visited two recipients of the $100,000 Grown Your Own grant. The grant, used to increase the number…

Alabama-based Pop’s Que and Stew recalls frozen stew product

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama-based business is recalling more than 12,000 pounds of its frozen stew products that were made without a federal inspection. Pop’s Que and Stew, of Opelika, Alabama, is recalling about 12,472 pounds of the Brunswick…