Tennessee News

Tennessee parks offering low-cost kayaking instruction

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Twelve Tennessee State Parks are joining the American Canoe Association to offer low-cost kayaking instruction next week as part of National Safe Boating Week. ACA Tennessee estimates there are approximately 1 million people regularly paddling Tennessee…

3 Tennessee students named Presidential Scholars

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education says high school students from three Tennessee cities have been named Presidential Scholars. Greta Li of University School of Nashville, Shawn X. Meng of White Station High School in Memphis and…

Ex-nurse sentenced to probation in patient medication death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient has been sentenced to three years of probation. RaDonda Vaught reacts to victim impact statements during her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on…

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,…