NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee says he supports placing more scrutiny over school libraries so that students consume “age appropriate” content. The Republican's remarks come less than a week after a local Tennessee school board attracted national attention…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The murder trial of a man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 is going to the jury. Travis Reinking does not dispute the facts — he was naked save…
SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Dozens of Tennessee National Guard members have returned home after a 10-month Middle East deployment. More than 190 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment returned Thursday. Another 140 soldiers are scheduled to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- State officials are proposing a new education funding formula. Both Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn introduced the new steps on Thursday. “Our approach is about funding students’ unique needs and that…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mark Green joined a bipartisan House delegation to Ukraine and Belgium late last month, saying the fear of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely united otherwise polarized political parties in Congress on the…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was being treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound suffered while attempting to make a traffic stop. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday that the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a Tennessee man lured the mother of his 2-day old daughter to a location in Memphis, shot the woman, and tossed the baby into the water off a boat ramp near the Mississippi River.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has reinstated a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that had accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants. A lawyer for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has once again reinstated a Tennessee ban on abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or because of the race or gender of the fetus. The ban is part of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Metro Council has approved a pilot program to bring license plate readers to the city’s streets for six months, despite widespread community opposition. The Tennessean reported that the legislation was approved Tuesday after more…
