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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…

Firefighter arrested

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A firefighter in Mississippi has been arrested on suspicion of driving a fire truck while drunk. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson told media that 34-year-old Phillip W. Gasaway, a member of the Unity Fellowship Volunteer Fire…

Escaped inmates

LINDEN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say two jail inmates who escaped custody in Perry County have been captured. Authorities also said Raymond D. Gibson and Michael William Brown escaped jail on Friday night. Both were found in a briar patch…

Virtual school

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The legislature's failure to shut down an academically-troubled virtual school run by a for-profit corporation has left some education leaders wondering whether Tennessee lawmakers really want to fix schools or have sold out children to powerful…

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