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ATV Driver in Police Pursuit Dies After Being Shot

WHITE PLAINS, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police say an ATV driver has died after being shot by a trooper. Trooper Sean Wint says in a news release that the trooper was pursuing an all-terrain vehicle in Hopkins County, about…

4 Rescued After Boat Accidents a Half-hour Apart

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi authorities say they had to rescue four boaters after accidents about a half-hour apart. They're asking people to pay attention to the weather and small craft warnings. Department of Marine Resources spokeswoman Melissa Scallan says…

Man's Body Discovered in Boone Lake in Sullivan County

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A body has been retrieved from Boone Lake in Sullivan County. The Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/21BSJDz) reports a fisherman found a man's body on Saturday morning in Piney Flats. The body was taken to a hospital…

Automation May Replace Millions of Jobs in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A report released by the state of Tennessee suggests that up to 1.4 million people are at risk of losing their jobs to automation. Citing a study by the Center for Economic Research in Tennessee, the…

College Campus Crimes in Tennessee Drop 7 Percent in 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State statistics show a 27 percent increase in forcible sexual offenses on Tennessee college campuses last year. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's annual college crime study found that crime reported by state colleges and universities fell…

Construction worker dies at Shelby County site

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a worker has died while working on a construction project in Shelby County. Mickey Keaton, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, said the construction worker died Saturday at the site where a…

Church hosts egg hunt to teach Easter story

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Easter Egg hunts are in full swing across West Tennessee, just before Palm Sunday. Aldersgate United Methodist Church had their annual celebration Saturday, where kids cam eager to…

Motor Mania rolls through downtown Jackson

JACKSON, Tenn. -- More than a hundred vehicles lined up across the Hub City for an annual event. Motor Mania packed in cars of all types. Event coordinators say there were even…

Rolling for MS raises awareness to find a cure

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Normally three 6's have a bad connotation, but Saturday these numbers were able to help raise awareness for a silent disease. American Insurance Management hosted a Bunco tournament for…

Mother embraces son's killer after his guilty plea to murder

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The mother of a slain teenager embraced her son's killer after he pleaded guilty to a murder charge in a Mississippi courtroom. Circuit Judge Thomas Gardner III sentenced 18-year-old Amartrie Moss, of Corinth, to 30 years…

Sheriff's son charged

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bledsoe County's sheriff has jailed his own 26-year-old son on drug, gun and assault charges. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that deputies say they found 11.1 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a loaded weapon…

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