A Tennessee jury has convicted three men charged with operating a sex trafficking ring run mostly by Somali refugee gang members. Another six were acquitted of all charges.

Tennessee is building more community tornado shelters while other states are using federal funds to help homeowners build their own.

A western Kentucky sheriff says there is reason to believe a missing high school freshman got into a car with a man she met on the Internet.

Police said the business owner confronted Freeman with the thefts and she promised to repay the money, but did not. Freeman will be arraigned in Criminal Court later this month.

Police in Clarksville have charged two teenagers in the shooting death of a Fort Campbell soldier.

Authorities say her father, 27-year-old Jonathan Fowlkes, took Ayden from his home at around 12:30 Friday morning.

Middle Tennessee State University is preparing to award its 100,000th undergraduate degree.

The Mayor's Field Day Saturday in Nashville is Mayor Karl Dean's health challenge to fight obesity.

On Wednesday, students from McMinn Central and McMinn County High Schools participated in Youth Government Day, where groups of students were sworn-in to various elected and appointed offices for the day to observe and learn about county government

USA Cycling also announced Thursday that a Women's Professional Road Race and Time Trial National Championship has been created and will be held in Chattanooga to coincide with the men's event.

Citizens who violated booking requirements of state misdemeanor citations they received are getting a second chance in Nashville Friday and Saturday.

One man and two horses from California are on their way to New York City in hopes to raise money and awareness for a rare diseases.

Testimony has begun in the court martial of a Fort Campbell soldier charged with killing his estranged wife and another woman.

A committee of the Shelby County Commission has voted to approve the sheriff buying two tiny remote-controlled drone helicopters.

Record March warmth and not too much April rain have the crop year in Tennessee off to a great start. Now the concern is timely rainfall.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol says it will aggressively enforce seat belt and impaired driving laws Saturday during Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Eastman Chemical Co. has received awards from the American Chemical Council for the 19th straight year.

An East Tennessee Amber Alert for a missing teen out of Cookville in Putnam County has been cancelled.

Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed a measure that tried to force Vanderbilt University to exempt student religious groups from its nondiscrimination policy.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the selection of Mark J. Arildsen of Brentwood; Amelia Dmowska of Knoxville, and Caroline M. Orr of Memphis as 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars.

The Rutherford County property assessor is facing allegations of sexual harassment, retaliatory firings, cheating on a test and artificially inflating home appraisals.

The local prosecutor asked the TBI to investigate after receiving complaints from several members of a Giles County Amish community.

For the first time in its 111-year history, the Belle Meade Country Club has granted full membership to a woman.

A meeting on treatment of minority children in Shelby County's juvenile justice system generated discussion in the wake of a federal report on Juvenile Court.

The Volunteer State held on to its 4th place ranking, trailing only Texas, Florida, North Carolina. Florida and North Carolina switched spots this year, while Indiana eked up one notch to round out the Top 5.