WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn.-Three Weakley County women stand charged with abusing the state's healthcare system. Donna Newsom of Dresden faces three counts of TennCare fraud, accused of altering prescriptions for her child to get Adderall. Donna Williams, also of Dresden, faces…
HENDERSON, Tenn.-- A nearly three-hour-long manhunt in Henderson ends with an alleged gunman still on the loose. Deputies, troopers and police officers could all be seen searching and area along…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The music is rocking, the coals are hot, and The Chicken Shack is back in business for the 44th year. "It was just something I enjoyed doing. I'm…
JACKSON, Tenn -- It is the single most important thing to survive a fire. A fire in Memphis claiming the lives of nine people including six children has fire officials going the…
JACKSON, Tenn.-Reports of gunfire sends Jackson police to a neighborhood in west Jackson early Tuesday afternoon. Officers said it happened along North Parkway just west of North Highland. Police said they…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville prosecutors are asking the judge who sentenced a former Vanderbilt football player to 15 years in prison for his part in a gang rape to order a new sentencing hearing with a different judge. The…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Forty seven Republicans were joined by 23 Democrats to vote to oust GOP Rep. Jeremey Durham from the Tennessee state Legislature. The 70 votes Tuesday were four more than the minimum…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new Tennessee law allows authorized pharmacists to dispense an overdose antidote. Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner said in a news release Monday that administering the drug known as naloxone can reverse opioid effects and prevent…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a house fire that killed six children and three adults in Memphis was caused by an electrical malfunction in an air conditioning unit's power cord in the living room. The Memphis Fire Department released…
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say an infant and a young child died in a northwest Georgia house fire. Glenn Allen, a spokesman for Georgia's fire marshal, tells The Associated Press there were five children and two adults in the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - More than 400 students and faculty from a Tennessee school have left their classrooms to serenade a teacher suffering from an aggressive form of cancer. Video of the group singing outside Christ Presbyterian Academy teacher Ben…
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - A veteran Wilson County Sheriff's Office deputy has been fired after being indicted on sex charges involving a 16-year-old. Sheriff Robert Bryan tells news organizations that 45-year-old Joseph R. Patton was a civil service process server…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man convicted in two of Nashville's most notorious cold cases has won a small victory at the state Court of Criminal Appeals. Jerome Barrett will get a new hearing on claims that his attorney was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a Metro Nashville police officer has shot and wounded an armed man. Metro Nashville police said in a statement that 38-year-old officer Jason Sweeney encountered the man Tuesday morning near a fire station while…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee authorities say a man has died two months after he was shot by deputies while he was wielding a knife in suburban Memphis. Susan Niland, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said Tuesday…
