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Bipartisan vote to expel Tennessee House member

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…

Pharmacists can dispense overdose antidote in Tennessee

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…

Officials: Power cord malfunction caused Memphis deadly fire

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…

2 children killed in Georgia fire; 5 other people survive

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…

Hundreds of students serenade teacher battling cancer

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…

Wilson County deputy accused of sex crimes, fired

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…

Man convicted in notorious Nashville cold cases gets hearing

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…

Tennessee police shoot armed man who pointed gun at officer

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…

Officials: Man shot by Tennessee deputies in July has died

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…

Authorities call off endangered child alert for Ohio teen

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Authorities have called off an endangered child alert out of Ohio with a missing child, now on her way home. An alert went out Tuesday morning for Robin Roberts. A 15-year-old, police thought, was on her way to Tennessee.…

Fire officials demonstrate the importance of having working smoke detectors

HUNTINGDON, Tenn.-The Huntingdon Fire Department demonstrated just how important smoke detectors can be, if your house catches fire. The fire and rescue squad burned two condemned houses, Monday. Pictures shared with…

Police search for convicted felon in Chester Co.; Schools on Lockdown

CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Schools in Chester County have been put on lockdown while law enforcement conduct a manhunt. Parents with the Chester County School System received a notification Tuesday that the schools have been put on lockdown while police…