NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State auditors say the Tennessee Department of Education failed to provide adequate oversight while rolling out its problem-plagued student assessment test in the spring, which resulted in widespread delays and sparked outrage among lawmakers. According to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- An East Tennessee prosecutor says authorities have dismissed charges against a black man who was filmed being struck by a white police officer while he was handcuffed earlier this month. News outlets report prosecutor Alan Dunn…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A traffic website has ranked Tennessee drivers number 8 of the top 10 states with the most aggressive drivers during the holidays. GasBuddy is a website that…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson police are cracking down on holiday thieves. "During the holiday season, there's more opportunities for people to do something like that, and we want to…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Many Humboldt police officers were outside Walmart Tuesday night, but it was all for a good cause. Twenty children and their parents shopped with Humboldt police…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Crews responded Tuesday afternoon to a fire at a vacant Madison County house. The Madison County Fire Department responded around 4:45 p.m. when a passerby reported the house fire in the 700 block of Reeves Road in…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Police are searching for two men after stolen Christmas presents, guns and other items were found in two Dyersburg homes. Police say Jakobe Johnson, 20, and Roderick Turner,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- One person was taken by helicopter to the hospital after a crash Tuesday afternoon in south Jackson. Police say a person was airlifted to a Memphis hospital after the crash on South Highland Avenue. At least two vehicles…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The holiday season is all about giving and receiving. "We felt like there's so much done for the children, it's really wonderful. We want the children taken care…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The FBI is warning shoppers to be aware of cyber criminals and their creative ways of stealing money and personal information. Here are some tips provided by the FBI to avoid becoming a victim of cyber fraud. -…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Some local government offices are closing for the holidays. For the Christmas holidays, Madison County government offices will close at noon on Friday, Dec. 21. Normal business hours will resume on Dec. 26. The offices will close again…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police in East Tennessee say a missing teenager was recently seen in Dyersburg. Bridgett Gordon, 14, has been missing from Wartburg, Tennessee, since Dec. 3, according to the Wartburg Police Department. Police say Gordon was seen…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Three juveniles have been transferred to adult court on charges related to an October shooting that left a woman injured. The three face charges…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Sheriff John Mehr is praising the fast response of deputies that led to two arrests after a weekend robbery at a local gas station. Deputies with the Madison County Sheriff's Office responded just before 10 p.m.…
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- An East Tennessee city's downtown Nativity scene has lost its baby Jesus for the second year in a row. After the figure's theft last year, the people responsible for the Nativity scene on Kingsport's Church Circle…
