Tennessee News

Loretta Lynn's flood benefit concert sells out

JACKSON, Tenn. -- A star-studded concert benefiting Middle Tennessee flood victims has sold out. Loretta Lynn's Friends Hometown Rising, to be held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on September 13, was announced last week. According the Opry's website,…

West Nile case in Shelby County Tennessee's 3rd this year

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Health officials say a person who contracted West Nile virus in Shelby County is Tennessee’s third case of the illness this year. In a news release Friday, the Shelby County Health Department did not identify the…

Over 200 evacuated after gas leak at Tyson Foods facility

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials are investigating a release of toxic ammonia gas at a Middle Tennessee chicken processing plant that led to the evacuation of more than 200 residents. The Tennessean reported that fire officials said the gas release…

FEMA continues to assist area flood survivors

MIDDLE Tenn. --- Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to help flood survivors. According to a news release received from FEMA, there are MARC offices opened in three counties to assist those who were affected by the floods that occurred…

Civil rights museum honors Michelle Obama, grassroots group

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Former first lady Michelle Obama and The Poor People’s Campaign have been chosen to receive Freedom Awards from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The museum said Wednesday that Obama and the campaign’s leaders,…

Judge blocks Tenn. gov's mask opt-out order in Shelby County

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements in Shelby County, the state’s largest county that includes Memphis. U.S. District…

Keith Urban's tour production manager, 72, dies from fall

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) — The longtime tour production manager for country star Keith Urban has died after falling from a stage while preparing for an Ohio concert. The Port Clinton News-Herald reports 72-year-old Randy “Baja” Fletcher died Aug. 27 at…

Gov. Lee has no plans to take up Texas abortion law

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he has no plans to introduce anti-abortion legislation similar to what Texas adopted earlier this year. Lee told reporters on Thursday that the state is awaiting a ruling on the state's…

Fired Tennessee vaccine director files federal lawsuit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The terminated vaccine director in Tennessee has sued the state in federal court and says she wants to clear her name. Michelle Fiscus was fired after Republican lawmakers objected to her promoting COVID-19 vaccinations for teenagers.…