BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama-based construction company is settling claims that it built housing complexes that violate the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Documents filed in U.S. District Court in Birmingham Friday say Gateway Construction…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A prominent civil rights leader in Kentucky who became the state's first woman and African-American elected to the state's Senate has died. Georgia Davis Powers was 92. Raoul Cunningham, Kentucky NAACP president and longtime friend, says…
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Data gathered by The Associated Press shows 12 percent of Louisiana's federal funds "set-aside" to improve water infrastructure go toward administrative costs. While permitted, the use of the monies to fund salaries, travel and other expenses…
JACKSON, Tenn.,--Jackson Police are investigating a suspicious death near Highway 70 and Boardwalk Cove. According to a release from the Jackson Police Department, "Around 4:00 a.m., officers were dispatched the vicinity of Boardwalk Cove for an unidentified black female lying near…
JACKSON, Tenn.- This is just some of the synthetic marijuana known as K-2, seized when officers arrested 14 people in February of 2012. Friday, the suspects learned their fate. As a group, they'll spend more than 20 years in federal…
SPRINGVILLE, Tenn. -- Fishermen at the Big Sandy River were met with a warning Friday: eat bass taken from the river at your own risk. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man appeared Friday in city court on charges stemming from a November robbery at a Jackson pharmacy. Antario Montgomery is accused of threatening an employee and…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Tennesseans who want to vote in the March 1 presidential primary must register to vote by Monday. Local and state officials are recommending voters take advantage of early voting…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Ruby Hunter sits in a Jackson doctor's office Friday. It's a trip she said she's thrilled to make. "I'm able to walk around, go to the store by…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Troopers responded Friday morning to a rollover crash involving a log truck. The driver of the truck was traveling eastbound along Highway 114 and attempted to make…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police continue to investigate a Thursday night attempted robbery of an Exxon as the suspect remains hospitalized in critical condition as a result of a self-inflicted…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Emergency crews are on scene at a fatal wreck along the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near mile marker 90 in east Madison County. Lt. Brad Wilbanks with…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Students at St. Mary’s Catholic School solved math problems Friday for a good cause. The school hosted a Math-A-Thon in memory of James Forrest Kellar, a former St.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Fourteen members of an alleged drug ring manufacturing and distributing what is commonly called synthetic marijuana and bath salts have been sentenced to federal prison. The suspects were…
NEWBERN, Tenn. -- For the third time in less than three months, a Dyer County home ignites into flames. The home is now beyond repair, and investigators believe two of the fires…
