NASHVILLE -- The director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has issued a statement regarding the Thursday morning TEMA alert test, apologizing for confusion the alerts may have caused. The messages went out to mobile devices across the state Thursday…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - Officials at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area are accepting comment on a proposed timber salvage sale stemming from storm damage in July. Land Between the Lakes supervisor Tina Tilley says more than 200…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say an apartment property manager and her mother have been charged with stealing more than $8,000 in rent payments from tenants. The Shelby County district attorney's office said Wednesday that 40-year-old Candace Monie and her…
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - The wife of a Tennessee man who died during a scuba dive in the Florida Panhandle is suing the dive shop. The News Herald (http://bit.ly/2cf2TbT ) reports the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Panama City claims…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two men have pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting a 19-year-old after a dice game at Tennessee State University last year. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2bJMlrh ) reports that on Wednesday, 20-year-old Robert Tunstall and 20-year-old Chris Gatewood…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager has been shot and wounded near a Memphis high school. Memphis Fire Department senior operator Gerald Wilks tells local news organizations that the 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg Wednesday afternoon…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Arraignment is scheduled Sept. 19 for owners and officials of a company charged with conspiracy involving 7,800 tons of potentially explosive artillery propellant eventually abandoned at a Louisiana facility. They're accused of lying to get contracts…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam says the longtime director of the Tennessee State Museum is retiring. Lois Riggins-Ezzell, who has led the state museum since 1981, will step down at the end of the year. After that, she…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - An ex-basketball coach for three Tennessee high school students who were convicted of assaulting their teammate has asked a judge to dismiss charges against him. Media outlets report Andre Montgomery asked Wednesday that his four charges…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Waste Management will observe the Labor Day holiday on Monday, and garbage collection will be delayed by one day, according to city officials. Monday's service will be Tuesday, and Tuesday's service will be Wednesday, according to a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The search is on for a new president at Jackson State Community College. A public forum Thursday gave people from campus and the community an opportunity to…
UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Union City apartment where three gunmen reportedly demanded guns and money. Officers responded around 2 a.m. Thursday to a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man is facing harassment and unlawful exposure charges on accusations of sending intimate photos of his ex-girlfriend to her co-workers when she tried to cut off contact with him. John…
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn --- The Haywood County Board of Commissioners finally approved a budget to send to the state. It is already two months into the fiscal year and Wednesday the state sent down an ultimatum if they had not approved…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The National Labor Relations Board is ordering Volkswagen to engage in bargaining with a group of skilled trade workers who voted to be represented by the United Auto Workers union at the German automaker's lone U.S.…
