Posted: 11:28 AM Citing the seriousness and viciousness of the attack on the couple, Blankenship said there are no reasonable prospects for rehabilitating the boys.

Posted: 11:25 AM Memphis Police Department Col. Mike Ryall said the driver suddenly accelerated as the officers were checking the car for suspicious activity.

Posted: 5:28 AM TSU President Glenda Baskin Glover said in a statement that Jackson's message will be extremely powerful as the nation commemorates the anniversary of the historical event.

Posted: 5:20 AM Ken Paulson, former editor at USA Today and CEO of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the next dean of the College of Mass Communication at MTSU.

Posted: 12:00 PM Sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing colleges from creating policies requiring student groups to open membership to all students and allow all members to seek leadership posts.

Posted: 11:55 AM The measure would eliminate a $107-per-night hotel payment for the 33 legislators who live within 50 miles of the state Capitol.

Posted: 11:53 AM The soldiers are members of the "Wings of Destiny" Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. The unit is part of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade.

Posted: 10:17 AM A park naming committee is looking over citizen suggestions for new names for three Memphis City Parks that were earlier stripped of their Confederate identities.

Posted: 10:15 AM Society President and CEO Wayne Pacelle called the legislative bill an attempt to prevent animal welfare groups and the media from exposing illegal cruelty against animals.

Posted: 5:46 AM Final completion on the $147 million project on the Murfreesboro campus is scheduled to be ready for faculty and staff to move in by the fall of 2014.

Posted: 5:45 AM The Shelby County sheriff's office has collected more than 5 tons of paper and nearly 300 pounds of prescription drugs at a shredding and disposal event.

Posted: 5:34 AM Flood warnings have been issued in Tennessee and Kentucky as the Mississippi River starts to slowly rise from northern floodwaters.

Posted: 5:32 AM A Tennessee woman has filed a lawsuit claiming that her teenage son was assaulted by a pro-abortion rights activist outside an Alabama clinic.

Updated: 10:12 AM A Maury County maintenance worker has been killed when a large lawnmower rolled over on him on a hill. Officials did not immediately release the maintenance worker's identity.

Updated: 5:21 AM In his third public address following a federal raid at Pilot Flying J headquarters, CEO Jimmy Haslam said he was embarrassed by parts of the investigation

Updated: 7:42 PM From school children to climatologists, Earth Day is a celebration of our environment. But in East Tennessee it's more than just fretting over global warming or hugging a tree.

Posted: 2:04 PM A father and son are accused of tricking an elderly Shelbyville man out of more than $60,000 by pretending to be investment brokers.

Posted: 1:53 PM A father and son are accused of tricking an elderly Shelbyville man out of more than $60,000 by pretending to be investment brokers.

Posted: 1:51 PM The bassist for the rock band 3 Doors Down remains jailed after being accused of driving under the influence and causing a fatal crash that killed a motorist in Nashville over the weekend.

Posted: 12:02 PM State lawmakers will review the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's files on allegations against District Attorney General Steve Bebb of Cleveland.

Posted: 11:56 AM A tractor trailer driver who took his rig up a closed street where the trucks are not allowed ended up spilling 30,000 pounds of mulch onto the roadway.

Posted: 10:48 AM East TN sheriff's $2.4 million lawsuit against the county over his department's funding is set to go to trial on Wednesday.

Posted: 10:12 AM An attorney has been hired to help respond to the report.

Posted: 6:31 AM The man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator is expected back in court Monday, and the hearing could reveal what evidence authorities have collected.

Posted: 6:29 AM The Delta Regional Authority is sweetening the pot for cross-state applications for federal grants to strengthen training partnerships between community colleges and employers.