NASHVILLE -- Senate Education Committee Chairman Dolores Gresham introduced five bills Wednesday aiming to protect students across the state. "Tennessee parents, when they send a child into public education in Tennessee, they…
WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Two sisters are charged with aggravated assault in an alleged attack on their neighbor outside Martin. Patricia Higgins, 61, and Margaret Richards, 57, are accused of attacking the woman with a baseball bat, according to a…
TRENTON, Tenn. -- Police are searching for two brothers wanted in connection with a Wednesday shooting that sent a man to the hospital. Cameron Banks, 21, and Deandre Banks, 19, both…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Sanitation workers who went on a strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago are being remembered as courageous men who made important contributions to the civil rights movement. A handful…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A suspected gunman in a Sunday shooting who was captured Wednesday afternoon faces an attempted murder charge. Braxton Taylor, 19, of Jackson is charged in a Sunday shooting near the 1200 block of North Highland Avenue that…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man is charged with attempted murder on accusations of shooting at a man Monday near Lane College. Bryan Cordell Burchett, 19, is accused of firing a handgun out of a car window at another man who…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Nashville Mayor Megan Barry says she had an extramarital affair with the former head of her security detail. In a news release Wednesday, the mayor said she accepts full responsibility for the pain she caused her…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn -- The West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation introduced a first of its kind program, designed for child welfare agencies to assist young children and their families. Thanks to an…
HORNSBY, Tenn.--Fire officials say a Hornsby home went up in flames Wednesday night. At 6p.m., Bolivar Fire and Hornsby Fire officials say the house fire was near Highway 64 in Horsnby. They…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Area Relief Ministries says many are living in less fortunate circumstances within our city, but some of them choose to live on the outskirts within a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is working to make things easier for patients across West Tennessee and the Hub City. A ribbon cutting was held Wednesday for a new outpatient…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is investigating after nearly 100 birds were found dead near the Madison County and Crockett County line. TWRA Wildlife Officer Amy Snider says…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Could the future of Greek life on Tennessee college campuses be in jeopardy? "Being Greek is not negative. It's very positive," Vice President of Student Affairs at Lane College…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee man accused of rape appears in court. Dalton Leslie, 20, appeared Wednesday morning in court. He is charged with raping a woman. In June of 2017, court…
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