NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe died early Friday morning, his family announced on social media. The Lexington, Kentucky, native was 84. No cause of death was given. Born James Dee Crowe in 1937, his career spanned…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a Tennessee boy was fatally shot early Christmas morning. News outlets cited police in reporting the 12-year-old boy was among three people killed in two separate shootings in Memphis on Saturday. Memphis police tweeted…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Scientists detected two early morning earthquakes in Kentucky. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter near Jackson, Kentucky, was detected around 3:30 a.m. The USGS recorded a second 2.6 magnitude quake…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say a review has led them to adjust the state's number of COVID-19 deaths to 20,644, up by about 2,700. On Wednesday, Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey told reporters the review precedes a January change…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee is facing a lawsuit for denying public access to a consulting firm's report recommending how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Citizen Litigation Group helped file the lawsuit last week…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has found a woman guilty of stabbing four of her children to death in 2016. Criminal Court Judge James Lammey Jr. rejected Shanynthia Gardner’s insanity defense in the deaths of the children, who…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- State officials are one step closer to changing the face of school funding. Governor Lee and Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn met Tuesday to discuss a new framework…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that nearly 21 inches of rain that fell in 24 hours, leading to a deadly flood in Tennessee over the summer, was a state record. The weather service tweeted that…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brig. Gen. Cassandra Howard will be the new director of the Joint Staff for the Tennessee National Guard. Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes announced the selection. The guard said in a news release that Howard…
ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) — A company says its chief executive officer has died in a small plane crash in Tennessee. In a Facebook post, MYGOFLIGHT says CEO Charles Schneider died in the plane crash on Thursday near McGhee Tyson Airport…
