Tennessee

U.S. 05/06/21, 20:46

The Tennessee State House has voted to pass a bill banning the teaching of controversial critical race theory in public schools. The theory comes from the radical left and seeks to impose the idea that America is hopelessly rooted in racism from its history and constitution. The bill was approved by ...

Politics 04/09/21, 16:53

Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed constitutional carry legislation into law, which will allow most adults in the state to carry handguns without a permit. "I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn't be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise their #2A rights," Lee announced in a tweet on Thursday ...

U.S. 03/04/21, 15:53

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced that a joint operation with the Department of Children's Services and the U.S. Marshals Service led to the rescue of 150 missing children from across the state. Meanwhile, the concern is growing over many migrant children entering the southern border illegally unaccompanied. "Operation Volunteer Strong" ...

U.S. 03/03/21, 17:38

High school principal Barton Thorne, from Shelby, Tennessee, is suing his school district after being suspended from his position after posting a video urging students to be cautious about restrictions on free speech and thought that Big Tech is enabling.  Thorne's comments came shortly after the Jan. 6 riots on Capitol ...

U.S. 03/05/20, 05:40

A couple in Etowah, Tennessee, and their young child are among the 24 people killed in the devastating tornadoes in the middle of Tennessee on Tuesday, March 3, authorities said. The twisters that struck in the hours after midnight shredded more than 140 buildings and buried people in piles of rubble ...

U.S. 03/03/20, 08:23

At least five people have been killed after tornadoes hit central Tennessee, including one that ripped through the metropolitan Nashville area, early Tuesday, March 3. Many others were injured and along with businesses and homes flattened and tens of thousands of residents are without power. The National Weather Service said that ...

U.S. 08/26/19, 14:42

A Nashville hospital opened a milk bank last week so moms can donate their frozen breast milk. According to Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee (MMBTN), a milk depot collection site was opened at TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital. The nonprofit organization MMBTN provides safe donor milk to benefit preterm and ill infants in ...

U.S. 06/14/19, 21:25

Workers at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted Friday night against forming a factory-wide union, handing a setback to the United Auto Workers' efforts to gain a foothold among foreign auto facilities in the South.The vote of hourly workers began Wednesday and concluded Friday. Preliminary results show 833 employees voted ...

U.S. 06/13/19, 03:52

The Latest on fatal police shooting in Memphis (all times local):3:30 a.m.A spokeswoman with the Tennessee Borough of Investigation says U.S. Marshals went to a home in Memphis to look for a man with felony warrants before the suspect was fatally shot.Authorities maintain a perimeter around the crime scene after ...

Politics 06/01/19, 11:08

Taylor Swift says she's kicking off Pride Month by asking Tennessee's Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander to protect LGBTQ rights and support the Equality Act. The pop star, who lives in Tennessee, posted a letter on social media early Saturday that she supported the House's recent passage of the Equality Act, ...

Baseball 05/29/19, 15:13

Tennessee finally has ended the longest NCAA Tournament drought of any Southeastern Conference baseball program by earning its first bid since its 2005 College World Series appearance.Now the Volunteers want to try to match that 2005 team's accomplishment by also getting to Omaha, Nebraska. Tennessee (38-19) is the No. 2 ...

U.S. 05/29/19, 13:21

Authorities say a 12-year-old girl who is one of the victims of a Tennessee man accused of killing eight people was found partially undressed and lying on top of a serrated knife, baseball bat and part of a broken rifle.District Attorney General Ray Whitley and law enforcement officials revealed the ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 16:56

The Latest on the trial of the Tennessee man convicted in a 2017 church shooting (all times local):4:45 p.m.A Tennessee man convicted of murder in a 2017 Nashville church shooting will spend the rest of his life behind bars.Judge Cheryl Blackburn listens to testimony during the sentencing phase of Emanuel ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 14:39

A Tennessee man convicted of murder for shooting up a Nashville church in 2017 was suffering from severe mental illness. That's according to testimony from a Vanderbilt University forensic psychiatrist during a Tuesday sentencing hearing.Emanuel Kidega Samson faces life in prison for killing Melanie Crow and wounding seven other people ...

Tech 05/27/19, 09:12

In an exam room at East Tennessee Children's Hospital, all eyes were on 14-year-old Tinsley Allen as he became the first patient in Tennessee and one of the first in the nation to be fitted with a South American medical device.But Tinsley's eyes were on his future: eight months to ...

U.S. 05/24/19, 14:40

A jury on Friday found a man guilty of first-degree murder in a shooting at a Nashville church two years ago that left a woman dead and seven wounded.Jurors deliberated less than five hours before delivering the verdict against Emanuel Kidega Samson. He was found guilty on all 43 counts ...

U.S. 05/23/19, 16:08

The Latest on the Tennessee church shooting suspect's trial (all times local):3:55 p.m.A jury is considering whether to convict a man charged with fatally shooting a woman and wounding seven people at a Nashville, Tennessee, church in 2017.Emanuel Kidega Samson testifies in his own defense Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in ...

U.S. 05/23/19, 14:26

Jurors on Thursday heard jail calls in which a suspect charged with fatally shooting a woman and wounding seven people at a Nashville church in 2017 laughs about it with his then-girlfriend.The October 2017 calls were replayed in court Thursday as the Nashville trial of 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson approached ...

Entertainment 05/22/19, 23:22

A massive new exhibition and entertainment hall is set to open at Elvis Presley's Graceland in Tennessee with three museum-style exhibits, including one focused on the life and career of late boxing great Muhammad Ali.Graceland officials say the 80,000-square-foot (7,432-square-meter) Graceland Exhibition Center opens Saturday to guests visiting the Presley-themed ...

U.S. 05/22/19, 18:20

A key Republican leader who is next in line to take over the Tennessee House said on Wednesday he believes the women who have accused a Republican member of sexual misconduct. Speaker Pro Tem Bill Dunn said it is the speaker's responsibility to investigate the claims three women have made against ...