NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Freedom Rider and civil rights leader Ernest “Rip” Patton has died. He was 81. The Freedom Rides Museum announced the death on Tuesday. Patton participated in the downtown Nashville civil rights sit-ins in 1960,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger A. Page has been elected as the chief justice for the state’s highest court. The state court system said Tuesday that Page was chosen by his colleagues to lead the five-member…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The leader of a local ministry was charged with stalking a Walmart employee in Tennessee and was also accused of resisting arrest after trying to bite police officers. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports 46-year-old Timothy…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have ramped up precautions at their team headquarters with their COVID-19 outbreak growing to four. Coach Mike Vrabel said Tuesday he is feeling almost non-symptomatic after receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment under doctor’s…
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Two 7-month-old twins were torn from their father's arms during devastating Tennessee floods that also claimed the lives of 16 others. Ryan and Rileighana were pulled out of Matthew Rigney's reach on Saturday just after he,…
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed at least 22. A statement sent Tuesday says the action frees up federal aid to help with…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Titans coach Mike Vrabel anticipated further testing would confirm he has COVID-19. He was right. So the Tennessee Titans practiced without their head coach Monday with Vrabel quarantined at home after testing positive Sunday morning. Special…
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The producers of Jack Daniel’s are offering the brand's first age-stated whiskey in more than a century with the upcoming release of a 10-year-old Tennessee whiskey. Limited supplies will be available starting next month. The product…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has hired Sammie Arnold as his new chief of staff. Arnold most recently served as the assistant commissioner of community and rural development for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Physician Jason Martin as announced that he’s running as a Democrat for governor in 2022. Martin on Monday argued that incumbent Republican Gov. Bill…
