Updated: 8:09 AM Former U.S. Rep. John Tanner of Union City is one of 37 additional attorneys to join an expanding major law firm's Nashville office.

Posted: 4:18 AM Maury County Mayor James Bailey says the government will be fair with General Motors over the company's in-lieu-of-tax agreement.

Posted: 4:16 AM Chattanooga is celebrating neighborhoods this week with various special events.

Posted: 4:15 AM The Tennessee Highway Patrol has five new canines, and their handlers, in the force.

Updated: 4:47 PM The body of Adam Mayes will be utilized by the University of Tennessee.

Posted: 5:47 PM The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians wants the tribe's casino to have new live dealer games in place for the July 4 holiday now that its new compact with Gov. Beverly Perdue can be carried out.

Posted: 5:45 PM Environmental activists seeking an end to mountaintop removal mining were forced by Capitol Police to leave the Washington offices of Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers and other members of Congress

Updated: 6:06 PM Rescuers say the nature of the terrain where a teen fell off of Signal Mountain helped save him from more serious injuries. The 17-year-old boy fell over a bluff on Wednesday while helping with landscaping.

Posted: 5:09 PM An interim police chief has been appointed to lead the Millington Police Department, after the current chief resigned.

Posted: 1:04 PM According to new numbers released by AAA on Wednesday, the national average has dropped for 49 out of the past 50 days and last month saw the largest monthly decline since last November.

Posted: 11:24 AM Children's advocates say a new report on the welfare of children in Tennessee supports their belief that more preventive care programs will benefit youth long term, as well as save the state money.

Posted: 11:21 AM A elementary school bookkeeper is accused of misappropriating more than $8,000 over the span of eighteen months, according to an audit by the state comptroller's office.

Updated: 12:25 PM Police in Rogersville have charged a man with beating his mother with his fists and throwing one of her crutches at her, leaving her critically injured.

Posted: 8:49 AM A total of 180 workers will have been laid off in less than a month by the Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing plant in Chattanooga by the end of this week.

Posted: 8:47 AM A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in a horse soring case that drew national attention after undercover video was shot inside a Collierville stable.

Posted: 8:44 AM The Memphis City Council has rejected the mayor's call for a property tax increase, reducing the tax rate instead.

Posted: 5:03 AM Those attending an employment assistance workshop Wednesday through Friday in Dyersburg will leave with a resume in hand.

Posted: 4:59 AM The Sons of Confederate Veterans plans two Civil War Sesquicentennial ceremonies Wednesday in Memphis.

Posted: 4:23 AM State transportation officials pledge to minimize traffic delays as much as possible on Interstate 24 near Manchester during the four-day Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival beginning Thursday.

Posted: 2:54 PM The lawsuit seeks to prohibit them from meeting with each other in a 1.43-square-mile area south of downtown Nashville that includes city parks and neighborhoods.

Updated: 2:37 PM Chattanooga Police say a man they arrested in an assault on a prostitute told them he wanted to emulate serial killer Ted Bundy.

Posted: 9:46 AM Commissioners expressed concern when Mathes told them the population at the current jail reached 302 this week. The new jail is built to hold 296 inmates

Updated: 2:38 PM Shelby County sheriff's office spokesman Chip Washington says the 17-year-old boys were found Tuesday morning about 3 1/2 miles from where they launched their boat Monday afternoon.

Posted: 6:03 AM A White House official is to meet Tuesday in Nashville with American Indians.

Posted: 5:59 AM An event to connect area veterans with services in their communities is Tuesday at Jackson State Community College.