NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery's top deputy has dropped out of contention for a state Supreme Court opening and instead is joining Gov. Bill Lee's office as his chief legal counsel. Lee's office on Wednesday announced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s medical licensing board has voted to remove from its website its stated policy against the spread of coronavirus misinformation by doctors. Tuesday's vote came amid pressure from a Republican state lawmaker and a new law…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Rhodes College has announced the appointment of Jennifer M. Collins as the Memphis school’s 21st president. According to a news release on the appointment, Collins has served as…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Memphis, Tennessee, are investigating a gas station shooting that resulted in the deaths of two teen girls in Memphis, Tennessee. Police say another teen girl and a 9-month old boy were wounded Friday night…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years, died Saturday after a long battle with vascular dementia. He was 89. The Opry is the longest-running radio show in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has granted clemency for the first time since taking office to 17 people. Among those granted clemency include a man who was freed in 2019 after spending 12 years in prison for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has halted dozens of exemptions that allowed businesses and public entities to require people to take COVID-19 preventive measures in spite of a state law severely limiting them. In making the announcement Wednesday, state Comptroller…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 6-year-old lawsuit challenging how Tennessee funds public schools might be paused until after the upcoming legislative session. The Tennessean reports that Memphis and Nashville’s school districts and the state agreed to put the proceedings on…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — An oral history of a deadly wildfire that began in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and devastated Gatlinburg in 2016 will be easily accessible to the public beginning on Tuesday. That’s when Rising from the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight allegedly punched a flight attendant and pulled another attendant’s hair before being subdued. Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Nicole Aguiar says Nashville International Airport police removed the passenger for…
