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Tennessee Children's Services Commissioner Viola Miller says proposed additional cuts by Gov. Phil Bredesen would be "very painful." More>>
A Nashville judge has ruled a law that allows handguns in Tennessee bars and restaurants is unconstitutional. More>>
Students at Tennessee's public colleges and universities could be facing a five percent tuition increase. More>>
Law enforcement officers in Tennessee are targeting rural areas for motorists and passengers not wearing seat belts. More>>
Gov. Phil Bredesen says another tax hike to shore up Tennessee's unemployment trust fund appears unavoidable. More>>
A foreign currencies trader who cheated investors in more than 20 states to support a lavish lifestyle and buy presents for a girlfriend has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. More>>
A Kingsport football player who died during a game in Knoxville earlier this year had a heart valve problem, according to the medical examiner's report. More>>
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbons says he is releasing five years of tax returns and his current investment information to the media. More>>
The Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a directors' board meeting not to expect performance bonuses this fiscal year. More>>
The family of a nine-year-old Justin White, of Middle Tennessee, said he died from complications from the swine flu. His parents want the public to know how deadly the virus can be. More>>
TennCare officials say they will be forced to cut some enrollee benefits if Gov. Phil Bredesen asks them to make a 9 percent reduction in spending. More>>
The historic Walnut Street Bridge will close for five months beginning in December to replace asphalt with timbers. More>>
Family and friends said farewell Wednesday to Army Spec. Fred Greene, 29, of Mountain City, who was gunned down with 12 others earlier in November in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. More>>
A legislative panel that drew the ire of Gov. Phil Bredesen for delaying approval of a contract to operate a biofuels plant in East Tennessee has now signed off on the funding. More>>
A spending bill for veterans programs and military construction projects approved by the Senate could bring more than $100 million to Tennessee. More>>
Gov. Phil Bredesen says he won't choose sides in the Democratic gubernatorial primary contest. He says he doesn't believe his endorsement would make a difference in which candidate will be nominated. More>>
State health officials say more than 33,000 calls have been received at a toll-free line created more than three years ago to help Tennesseans quit smoking. More>>
Tuesday evening, Army Spec. Frederick Greene's family held visitation in Mountain City. More>>
Tennessee faces a major budget crisis again next year. The state has to cut as much as $1.5 billion from its bottom line next year as a result of falling tax revenues. More>>
The Army says soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but that it has made progress in stemming the problem in recent months. More>>
A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses a Middle Tennessee school district of promoting Christianity in violation of the U.S. Constitution. More>>
An audit by the state comptroller's office raises questions about whether two wildlife agencies are protecting two species of fish. More>>
Tennessee has plenty of legendary people and places, but a new exhibit at the Tennessee State Library uncovers the truth about the state's best-known myths and tales. More>>
The state Department of Economic and Community Development says Tennessee leads the nation in the number of events this week during Global Entrepreneurship Week. More>>
Tammy Renee Silas pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of kidnapping a newborn baby in Tennessee and taking him to Alabama. More>>
Tennessee's bleak budget picture is leading Gov. Phil Bredesen to expect the next six months to be what he calls his "most difficult time as governor." More>>
Tennessee officials say a stretch of U.S. Highway 64 buried under a rock slide will not reopen for at least two months while the debris is cleared away. More>>
The body of a Tennessee soldier who was killed in the shooting spree at Fort Hood was flown to his hometown and escorted through some of his favorite places in East Tennessee. More>>
Four men have been charged in the death of a Fort Campbell soldier who was shot following a dispute at a Clarksville nightclub. More>>
Family members are upset over prosecutors reducing a murder charge against a man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor of 40 years. More>>
Former state Sen. Lou Patten says he will run again for his former seat being vacated by Sen. Dewayne Bunch, a fellow Cleveland Republican. More>>
A former teacher at Portland High School convicted of having sex with a student has received the maximum sentence of 12 years in prison. More>>
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam has reported raising another $1 million since June 30 for his Republican gubernatorial campaign. More>>
A state trooper has been suspended for 15 days without pay and will be required to attend diversity training after he accidentally sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees. More>>
A Bluff City woman who mistook a police officer for a car hop at a Sonic drive-in is charged with DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia. More>>
Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wife. More>>
Volkswagen's deadline to accept applications online for jobs at its new assembly plant in Chattanooga is one minute before midnight Sunday. More>>
Several students and staff members at Gra-Mar Middle School in East Nashville were taken to hospitals Thursday following a gas leak. More>>
Tennessee's subsidized health care plan will stop accepting new enrollment at the end of December due to budget constraints. More>>
Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker says he won't get involved in whether state House Speaker Kent Williams should have his GOP credentials restored. More>>
TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in north Alabama has a fire response problem that could lead to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission civil penalty. More>>
Investigators have the diary of a nurse accused of shooting her ex-husband, a chiropractor, at his Signal Mountain clinic and the defense attorney is asking to see it. More>>
A former merchant contends that selling merchandise branded with slogans and pictures critical of President Barack Obama got him evicted from an East Tennessee mall. More>>
A group of music figures has begun a campaign against mountaintop coal removal. More>>
A state audit shows that former Signal Mountain Middle-High School principal Eddie Gravitte is most responsible for hiring an uncertified teacher's assistant with no bachelor's degree to teach upper-level, high school math courses. More>>
A second rock slide has closed U.S. 64 in East Tennessee in both directions, and a state transportation spokeswoman says it could be three weeks before the scenic highway along the Ocoee River reopens. More>>
Gov. Phil Bredesen says he's open to measures such as furloughs and contract freezes to soften state employee layoffs. More>>
A new poll shows Southerners are fretting about job loss and the economy and don't think the federal government is doing enough to help. More>>
Members of the Engineering Association at the Tennessee Valley Authority have voted to affiliate with the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. More>>
With less than a year remaining before Tennessee's gubernatorial election, the four GOP candidates have been ramping up their pitches for why they should be the nominee. More>>
A Nashville judge has authorized the widow of retired NFL player Steve McNair to sell the restaurant he opened shortly before his death. More>>
Gov. Phil Bredesen says conversations between the head of a legislative panel that questioned state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol and a potential private investor has allayed the company's fears over the viability of the project. More>>
A Nashville condominium complex has dropped its claim against the estate of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. More>>
An advocacy group is making a second attempt at getting the courts to block a state law penalizing counties that put a high percentage of children in foster care. More>>
Republican legislators are at odds over whether to criticize the state's largest anti-abortion organization for supporting a Democrat. More>>
Two Tennessee members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted with the majority in passing a health care reform bill over the weekend. More>>
It's the giving season, but it's also deer hunting season. More>>
The annual Sundance Film Festival is expanding to Nashville and seven other cities. More>>
Relatives of a Tennessee soldier who was killed in the shooting spree at Fort Hood say he was a loving family member who exemplified the Army's values. More>>
Protesters from across Tennessee demanding limited government are sending "pink slips" to their elected officials. More>>
House Speaker Kent Williams wants to be reinstated into the Republican Party before the beginning of next legislative session in January. More>>
Tennessee's unemployment rate for October has not been released yet, but economists predict it could be dangerously close to 11 percent. More>>
Gunfire at a Chattanooga playground where children were playing nearby left one man dead and another wounded. More>>
With the drought conditions of the past couple of years washed away by above average rainfall this summer and autumn, the wildfire season has begun in Tennessee. More>>
The Internal Revenue Service is looking for Tennesseans to send refunds that have not yet been delivered. More>>
Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large investment for East Tennessee. More>>
A suspected serial rapist in West Tennessee has been arraigned and will be back in court Jan. 7. More>>
Murfreesboro police say a man's body found in a burning apartment trash bin near the Middle Tennessee State University campus was not a homicide victim. More>>
An Alabama woman has been indicted on charges of kidnapping a Tennessee newborn. More>>
A first-degree murder warrant has been issued for a man sought in the violent death of his girlfriend as her children slept in their rural mobile home in southeastern Tennessee. More>>
Congressional ethics investigators say North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately when a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the TVA. More>>
An Army Special Forces soldier who admitted to police that he was stockpiling military-grade explosives outside his home near Fort Campbell was released from jail into the custody of his wife. More>>
With the expiration of a federal highway funding act, the federal government has rescinded $190 million in transportation funding to the state. Projects in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga are losing about $30 million. More>>
Some state lawmakers say they were misled in approving $70 million for an initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol and have delayed approval on part of the project. More>>
A former Memphis police officer has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing money from Hispanic motorists while on duty. More>>
Tennessee lawmakers are exploring the creation of a state Department on Aging and Adult Services. Currently, services for Tennessee's elderly population are spread over at least nine different More>>
While faced with a continuing state budget crunch that likely will mean laying off more state employees, Tennessee legislators have received a $14-a-day increase in their compensation for expenses. More>>
A Ten Mile woman, Kelly Maynor, 39, has been arrested on allegations of embezzling more than $50,000 from a rural Baptist church where she is treasurer. More>>
Blasting is under way as crews try reopening Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line where a massive rock slide closed the road in late October. More>>
The state of Tennessee has received an additional $12 million in federal funding from the U.S. More>>
Site Selection magazine has ranked Tennessee among the five best states in the country for business climates. More>>
A Tennessee dentist is offering quite a deal for all that candy trick-or-treaters collected during Halloween. More>>
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen says the state is preparing for an increase in unemployment claims once the General Motors Corp. assembly plant in Spring Hill closes its doors later this month. More>>
Gov. Phil Bredesen says the influx of federal stimulus money has "concealed" the extent of Tennessee's budget woes. He is asking state departments to plan for six percent spending cuts when he holds budget hearings later in November. More>>
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation wants to start charging local police agencies for testing done at the state's crime labs. More>>
The Internal Revenue Service says about 70 percent of Tennesseans have filed their tax returns electronically in 2009. More>>
The Department of State's Tennessee State Library and Archives division has been honored by the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. More>>
An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested after a pair of hunters found about 100 pounds of explosives outside his home near Fort Campbell. More>>
The Tennessee Education Lottery Board of Directors has approved adding Mega Millions to the state games. More>>
The U.S. Geological Survey reports three small earthquakes within hours of each other in East Tennessee, including a magnitude 3.0 earthquake that shook enough for people to notice Sunday. More>>
Supporters of blocking public access to the names and addresses of Tennesseans with handgun carry permits appear to have a hard time keeping their hands off the records. More>>
Crews hope they can begin drilling rocks at the top of a massive rock slide on I-40 near the N. C.-Tenn. state line after rain delayed their progress over the weekend. More>>
Some Tennessee Republican lawmakers are trying to put the state at the forefront of a national state sovereignty movement, but one Democratic leader says their effort is "lunacy." More>>
An engineer involved in the construction of Interstate 40 through a portion of western North Carolina said more than 40 years ago that workers could barely complete the project because of rock slides. More>>
Tennessee is leading the rest of the states when it comes to the number of bankruptcy petitioners who try to repay their debts with court-approved repayment plans. More>>
A dispute over the future of a congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is heading to court. More>>
Lobbyists banned from making personal contributions to lawmakers are still finding a way to get money to them through political action committees. More>>
A judge has dismissed a $3 million lawsuit against the city of Clarksville, the mayor and other officials that accuses them of retaliating against firefighters for their political views. More>>
A Nashville police officer who was seriously wounded when police said he was shot by an escaped inmate has filed a lawsuit against the private prison company that runs the Mississippi facility. More>>
Tennessee transportation and safety officials are working to help drivers safely negotiate detours around a rock slide just inside North Carolina on Interstate 40. More>>
Tennessee National Guard units from Dickson and Waverly will be returning home this weekend after a yearlong deployment to Iraq. More>>
A U.S. Army soldier on leave from Iraq has been indicted on charges he killed his friend in a car wreck. More>>
There are about 5,000 kids in foster care in Tennessee. The Department of Children's Services says many of them are abused, neglected or just unruly. More>>
Currently, there are 87 men and two women inmates on death row in Tennessee. Six of them are from Knox County. More>>
The Tennessee Education Department says it's taken steps to toughen the state's achievement standards to make students more competitive. More>>
Former Tennessee Titan Eddie George is planning a major overhaul of Nashville's historically black Jefferson Street district. More>>
A recent report shows the effectiveness of Tennessee's pre-kindergarten program diminishes after the second grade, but supporters say it still provides a valuable foundation that will help at-risk children succeed. More>>
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has signed an emergency declaration to help with cleanup from a rock slide which has blocked traffic on Interstate 40 near the Tennessee border. More>>
Attorney General Bob Cooper says landlords can ban their tenants from bringing firearms into their property even if they have handgun carry permits. More>>
Workers at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center in southeastern Tennessee have been involved in testing aerodynamics, stability and other aspects of NASA's Ares 1-X flight vehicle launched for the first time Wednesday. More>>
A state prisons spokeswoman says it appears Michael Sean Allen, 28, an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex hanged himself in a cell. More>>
Office furniture former state Sen. Paul Stanley bought with campaign funds is sitting in legal limbo in a legislative storage space. More>>
State transportation officials say clearing Interstate 40 where a rock slide blocked the highway in both directions near the North Carolina-Tennessee line could take longer than first thought. More>>
The Tennessee Department of Revenue is holding free bimonthly tax workshops for new businesses in Nashville, Knoxville, Johnson City, Memphis and Chattanooga. More>>
The Giles County sheriff says a teenager in critical condition in the burn unit of Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be charged in the slayings of a mother and her two children. More>>
The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary has filed formal misconduct charges against Davidson County General Sessions Judge Gloria Dumas. More>>
Engineers have chosen to begin removing unstable boulders, then build an access ramp at the site of a massive rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina - Tennessee border. More>>
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen says the renewable energy sector has been the most promising area of discussion while on a trade mission to China. More>>
Memphis police say the second of two children found locked inside a house alone during a fire has died. More>>
The Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville has ruled in favor of a rezoning that would allow a Bible-based theme park to be built in Rutherford County. More>>
About 230 members of the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade are returning to Fort Campbell after a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan. More>>
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said he has heard and seen enough about global climate change to make him a believer. More>>
Shelbyville businessman Pat Marsh has been sworn into the state House and assigned to the commerce and transportation committees. More>>
The city of Clarksville is planning a display of trees that will honor the 101st Airbone Division. More>>
Police say they expect to charge a second suspect in a Giles County fire that killed a mother and her two sons. More>>
Police say a high school student has been arrested for the deaths of a Giles County mother and her two children who were found in a house fire. More>>
A Memphis man was arrested and charged with providing an AK-47 assault rifle to juveniles after police responded to shots fired near a high school. More>>
Rhea County investigators say a 4-year-old child was inside a sport-utility vehicle that was struck by a shotgun blast during a dispute in East Tennessee over a drug deal. More>>
Authorities in Middle Tennessee say a house fire that killed a mother and her two sons is being investigated as a homicide. More>>
Highly flammable women's robes sold by Blair LLC are now linked to nine deaths, and the company is expanding a recall to include more products imported from the Pakistani manufacturer. More>>
A federal judge has sentenced Jimmy L. Goddard, the former president of a Southeast Tennessee bank, to 6.5 years in prison in an embezzlement case. More>>
Two people have been killed when an ambulance and a Tennessee state vehicle collided in an emergency lane on Interstate 65 south of downtown Nashville. More>>
The weak economy and higher prices are snuffing out cigarette demand around the world. And that's happening most vigorously in the U.S., where a federal tax hike, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma have cut demand at least 10 percent. More>>
Thirteen people have been indicted in Nashville and 11 have been arrested in connection with a cocaine distribution conspiracy that the U.S. Attorney's Office believes is run by the La Familia Mexican drug cartel. More>>
TVA, looking outside the region for major quantities of renewable energy, has agreed to buy 450 megawatts from two wind farms in North and South Dakota. More>>
Several counties in Tennessee and Georgia are eligible for federal disaster assistance following severe storms and flooding last month. More>>
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is laying out a plan that he says could boost Tennessee's primary education system to the best in the Southeast within five years. More>>
A report by federal health officials commends Tennessee and Mississippi for limiting the amount of sodas and junk food in their schools. The report shows students can't buy candy or salty or high-fat snacks at nearly 72 percent of Tennessee middle and high schools. More>>
Researchers are examining a complete juvenile tapir specimen found at the Gray Fossil Site and Natural History Museum. More>>
A paternity test has revealed that former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was not the father of a teenage girl from Mississippi. More>>
The State Building Commission says the University of Tennessee can sell its president's house. More>>
Ten West Tennessee counties have begun a work force development and education initiative designed to help attract a megasite. More>>
Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper has issued a legal opinion that says people who have received pardons for their felony drug convictions can own any type of firearm except handguns. More>>
Child care scholarships are still available for low income working families in Tennessee. More>>
Muddy fields across Tennessee have bogged down the harvest. The latest crop bulletin from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows cotton lags a month behind normal. More>>
The Shelby County District Attorney General's office has declined to file immediate charges in the case of a fire that left one young boy dead and another critically injured after they were left alone in a duplex. More>>
A day after Nashville police provided fresh information about the slaying of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, they acknowledge his mistress exchanged messages for weeks with the man who sold her the murder weapon. More>>
Ambassadors from the U.S. and seven other countries urged Japan on Friday to quickly resolve a growing number of international child custody disputes, a day after Japanese police freed an American man accused of snatching... More>>
