Tennessee News

Deadline Monday to apply for FEMA aid after Tennessee floods

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The deadline is approaching for people impacted by deadly, destructive flooding in Tennessee to apply for federal aid. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says homeowners and renters with uninsured damage or losses in Dickson, Hickman, Houston…

Tennessee city adds statue for Black Civil War soldiers

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Four years ago, a deadly white supremacist riot in Virginia led pastors in Franklin, Tennessee, to call for the removal of a Confederate monument in their town square. A lawsuit and political maneuverings made that impractical,…

Former HCA CEO, wife donate $10M to Belmont medical school

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The former HCA Healthcare CEO who is currently Belmont University's board chairman and his wife have donated $10 million to the Nashville institution's new medical school. The private university says Milton Johnson and his wife, Denice,…

Tennessee officers fatally shoot man after pursuit on I-75

CARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say police in Tennessee fatally shot a man while attempting to take him into custody after a pursuit on Interstate 75. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that officers attempted to stop…

Tennessee plans 8 town halls on education funding formula

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials will hold eight town hall events as part of a new review of the state's K-12 education funding formula. The Department of Education says the events will take place Oct. 27 at Merrol Hyde…

Nashville cracking down on rowdy party bus industry

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s Metro Council has approved implementing new regulations for the city’s numerous entertainment vehicles that often loudly cruise down lower Broadway. The Tennessean reports that the council voted 33-3 on Tuesday on an ordinance that establishes…

Tennessee man pleads guilty in series of church fires

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations for setting fires at four churches. The U.S. attorney's office said in a news release that 28-year-old Alan Douglas Fox of Nashville admitted during the plea…

Officials: Tennessee can't drop COVID rule despite GOP push

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee labor officials say they are unable to reject a federal rule designed to protect health care workers from COVID-19 despite receiving stern instructions earlier this week from Republican lawmakers to do so. Labor and Workforce…

Tennessee prosecutor, others won't enforce some GOP-led laws

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won’t enforce some GOP-backed state laws. They are acting in response to some of the most controversial new changes in recent years — near-total abortion bans,…

Dog attack kills 6-month-old Tennessee baby

KODAK, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a dog in Tennessee fatally attacked an infant and was later killed by police when it acted aggressively toward first responders. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals told The Mountain Press that the large dog…