Tennessee News

Nurses worry conviction for dosing mistake could cost lives

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Patient safety and nursing groups around the country are lamenting the guilty verdict in the trial of a former nurse in Tennessee. RaDonda Wright was found guilty of homicide last week for administering the wrong medication…

Tennessee House advances school book scrutiny bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee House has passed legislation that lets school boards deem books “obscene” and threatens to withhold education funding and slap public school librarians with criminal penalties if orders to remove them aren’t followed. The House’s…

Is this the year? Bill aims to make Bible a State book of Tennessee

https://youtu.be/EjRufufAjOY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Is this the year? Another resolution to make the Bible an official State book of Tennessee is moving forward in the Tennessee legislature. House Joint Resolution 0752 is sponsored by Rep. Jerry Sexton. Legislators have tried…

TN lawmakers push penalties in transgender athlete ban

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly a year after banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports, Tennessee Republican lawmakers are attempting to pass harsh penalties against public schools that violate the measure. According to the proposed legislation, Tennessee’s Department of…

Reports: Memphis, Hardaway facing serious NCAA violations

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Memphis and men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway have been accused of serious violations of NCAA rules, including failing to cooperate with an investigation. That's according to The Daily Memphian and The Commercial Appeal.…

Country music singer Jeff Carson dies in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A publicist for Jeff Carson says the country music singer has died in Tennessee. Jeremy Westby of 2911 Media said in a news release that Carson died of a heart attack at a hospital in Franklin.…

Deputies chase taxi cab through parts of Alabama, Tennessee

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say an Alabama taxi driver is facing several charges in Tennessee after leading deputies on a chase through both states. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama says the pursuit began Wednesday in Huntsville, when…

Former nurse guilty of homicide in medication error death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the accidental death of a patient because of a medication error. She was also found guilty of gross neglect of an impaired adult.The…