Posted: 7:41 PM A southern Kentucky town is up in arms over a request by a local tavern to allow pole dancers to be paid for entertaining patrons at a bar straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee line

Posted: 7:34 PM An atheist group awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a Spring Hill high school student who dressed up as Jesus Christ for Fictional Character Day

Updated: 5:51 PM An atheist group has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a Spring Hill high school student who dressed up as Jesus Christ for Fictional Character Day.

Posted: 5:43 PM The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added a West Tennessee man to its most wanted list.

Posted: 2:16 PM A public hearing in Dayton was described as a step toward a coal company's effort to get permits for two new underground mines

Posted: 2:13 PM Forecasters confirmed a tornado in Franklin

Posted: 2:08 PM The House passed a bill to allow parents to sue teachers or outside groups for promoting or condoning "gateway sexual activity" by students

Posted: 12:09 PM A public hearing in Tennessee is being described as a step toward a coal company's effort to get permits for two new underground mines.

Posted: 10:45 AM The military says a 22-year-old soldier from Tennessee has died from his wounds suffered in Afghanistan earlier this month.

Posted: 10:09 AM A southern Kentucky town is up in arms over a request by a local tavern to allow pole dancers to be paid for entertaining patrons at a bar straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee line.

Posted: 8:07 AM A Middle Tennessee woman is held in jail at Huntsville, Ala., in the death of her boyfriend nearly three months ago.

Posted: 7:46 AM Former Tennessee Valley Authority chairman S. David Freeman says the federal utility should "just stop" its nuclear reactor building program.

Updated: 8:01 AM Blount County and Oak Ridge are both taking part.

Posted: 5:43 AM A domestic kitchen certification course will be taught Friday in Nashville.

Posted: 5:42 AM Saturday is Casey Jones Day at the home and railroad museum named in his memory in Jackson, Tenn.

Posted: 5:37 AM Officials in Franklin, Tenn., say high winds overturned a car at a park and caused three minor injuries.

Posted: 5:30 AM A proposal to move up the cutoff date to meet kindergarten age requirements is headed to the governor.

Posted: 6:30 PM The House has passed Gov. Bill Haslam's $30.4 billion spending plan after rejecting several efforts to restore programs and to make a greater reduction in the state's sales tax on groceries.

Posted: 5:18 PM In closing arguments Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Van Vincent told jurors that Somali gang members recruited young girls, told them they were good at sex and that they could make money.

Posted: 5:14 PM East Tennessee State University will be an Olympic training site. The United States Olympic Committee picked the university in Johnson City as the training site for weightlifting.

Posted: 5:04 PM The unemployment rate continued its downward trend in the Volunteer state, falling below 8.0% last month, according to the latest figures from the Tennessee Dept. of Labor.

Posted: 11:12 AM A proposal to change the Tennessee Constitution to give the Legislature the power to confirm or deny the governor's appointments to the state Supreme Court justices, has cleared its second of four legislative votes.

Updated: 10:47 AM An attorney representing two former Hamilton County 911 dispatchers says his clients were fired after being accused of misusing an instant messaging system.

Posted: 9:41 AM Four people are charged with murder in the slaying of an Alabama man whose body was found in Tennessee over the weekend.

Posted: 9:38 AM Cracking concrete along the Chattanooga 21st Century Waterfront could cost millions of dollars to fix.