Posted: 9:59 AM The second Mid-South Autism Conference is in Southaven this week, and its theme is "Reason for Hope." The conference opens Monday at Landers Center and continues through Wednesday.

Posted: 9:54 AM Since the hunt was implemented in 2009, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has issued five permits each year. Four winners are selected by lottery and the fifth permit is sold to the highest bidder.

Posted: 9:53 AM A Kingsport widow is giving Tusculum College nearly $4 million to honor her late husband, although the couple had no previous connection to the institution.

Posted: 7:10 AM Clarksville Police have charged a couple after their infant was found alone in a motel room.

Posted: 4:12 AM Tennessee will begin taking bids this week for a chance to participate in the state's fourth annual managed elk hunt.

Posted: 4:11 AM A Kingsport widow is giving Tusculum College nearly $4 million to honor her late husband, although the couple had no previous connection to the institution.

Updated: 5:28 PM Adam Edwards and Marsha Shelton face number of charges, including three counts of first degree murder, three counts of felony murder, and conspiracy to commit robbery.

Posted: 10:15 PM The Metro Public Health Department is looking into complaints that a woman received more than 200 bedbug bites during a one-night stay at a Nashville hotel.

Posted: 3:32 PM The idea for the fountain came from a group of current African-American students who were inspired by a panel discussion featuring some of those first black students at the school's centennial celebration last year.

Posted: 3:28 PM The manufacturing operation announced Friday between TPR and Federal-Mogul will produce cylinder liners for aluminum block automotive engines.

Updated: 3:18 PM The state Senate plans to hold hearings to investigate allegations that officials at Tennessee State University changed more than 100 students' grades without instructors' permission.

Posted: 11:59 AM A police affidavit states Baxter admitted shooting Thompson in the head and using a shovel to decapitate him. Police believe Thompson was killed Sunday.

Posted: 11:55 AM T The Hamilton County Commission has ejected two men who are opposed to the body opening meetings with prayer.

Posted: 11:50 AM The newspaper announced Miller assumed the post after having served as publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina.

Updated: 11:43 AM Voters can begin casting their ballots for the August 2 state primary and county general elections as soon as Friday.

Updated: 12:56 PM New information about the two parents accused of starving their two-year-old to death.

Posted: 3:14 PM State Finance Commissioner Mark Emkes announced Wednesday that tax collections came in at $130 million above estimates in June, which brought the year-to-date surplus to $540 million.

Posted: 2:28 PM The investigation dates back several months and includes requests for extensive records for services provided to Medicare patients in the four intensive care units at Vanderbilt.

Posted: 2:27 PM A federal discrimination complaint filed against Rutherford County Property Assessor Bill Boner has been dismissed on a technicality.

Posted: 2:24 PM Murfreesboro city officials say a firefighter did not violate city policies when he berated a beggar on his personal Facebook page while off duty.

Posted: 2:15 PM For nearly 95 years, the facility in Pikeville has housed the most troubled youth under state care. It had been operated by the Department of Children's Services.

Posted: 10:00 AM A medical examiner investigator says first responders and doctors tried every option to save the lives of two young Bradley County brothers who died after being left outside on a hot day.

Posted: 7:55 AM Some water service customers are steamed at Bell Buckle over rates they say are unequal and illegal.

Posted: 7:52 AM A recent audit has found that improper safeguards led to missing money and drugs seized by two anti-crime task forces run by law enforcement officers in Wilson County.

Posted: 5:22 AM A federal judge in Memphis is expected to rule on whether voters in six Shelby County municipalities should be allowed to decide if they want their own school districts.