NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's lead investigative agency is looking into a state prison inmate death that authorities are calling a homicide. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Susan Niland identified the deceased Riverbend Maximum Security Institution inmate as 40-year-old Bradley…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Donor Services registered 107,000 new organ and tissue donors in Tennessee last year, surpassing its goal of adding 100,000 donors. The new registrations came during the nonprofit’s inaugural #BeTheGift Challenge, with individuals and organizations challenging…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled House has advanced legislation banning Memphis from requiring police officers to live in the county they patrol. The proposal was initially introduced as a statewide ban. However, the bill was tweaked on the House…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- State Representative Chris Todd joined more than a dozen other Tennessee lawmakers in the "Spend a Day in My Wheels" challenge. The event challenged a bipartisan group of 14 lawmakers to spend their workday in a wheelchair…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After three decades of discussing change, it may now be happening. "They deserve funding that fits every student's individual needs and circumstances. This formula is designed to do just…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit backed by the Tennessee Democratic Party seeks to block new Republican-drawn redistricting maps for the state House and Senate. The challenge filed in Davidson County Chancery Court by three voters Wednesday argues they violated…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The University of Tennessee held their State of the University address on Wednesday. The chancellors from each UT campus spoke on the 2021 year and how the university handled the second year in a pandemic. Despite the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Tennessee lawmakers are mulling a proposal advocated by the governor to make Juneteenth a state holiday. On Tuesday, a Senate panel advanced the legislation backed by GOP Gov. Bill Lee. House lawmakers briefly stalled the bill hours later,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Garth Brooks is returning to Nashville this April for a concert at Nissan Stadium. Brooks was originally scheduled to perform for the first time at the stadium last year, but the show was canceled due to severe…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Delta Dental is helping 25 Tennessee schools get a new water fountain. Delta says the schools will receive the Water's Cool @ School grant to get an Elkay bottle filling station. The schools include: West Bemis Middle…
