KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say two members of motorcycle gangs have been fatally shot during a fight that broke out in the parking lot of a bar. Knoxville police say a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is looking into a state prison inmate death that authorities say was reported as a homicide. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Leslie Earhart identified the deceased Riverbend Maximum Security Institution inmate as…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has declined to sign a new law requiring governments and businesses to treat immunity from a previous COVID-19 infection as equal to getting vaccinated in their policies. The legislation became law Friday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey is leaving state government next month. Gov. Bill Lee announced Pierce's departure on Thursday. It is effective May 31. Lee will name a successor…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is suing Family Dollar over the discovery of 1,000 rodents in a distribution facility in the state that prompted the discount retail chain to recall items purchased from hundreds of stores in the South.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have closed out the 2022 legislative session by passing a bill that lets a politically appointed panel remove books from public school libraries statewide through a new veto power over local school board decisions.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominated General Assembly is nearing the finish line of an overhaul of the state formula for funding its multibillion-dollar K-12 education system. The House passed its version Wednesday after Democratic lawmakers were abruptly blocked by…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans have advanced legislation that would place more scrutiny over what books are placed in public school libraries just moments after the bill’s House sponsor said any inappropriate book should be burned. The measure is…
Nashville recap: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Here is a brief summary of some of the bills and issues addressed in Nashville on Wednesday: In the House Floor Session SJR0055 to remove section that states that no minister of the gospel…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The annual lottery to view the synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park opens on Friday. Every year, thousands of visitors gather in the park's Elkmont area to observe the Photinus carolinus, a firefly…
