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.
Posted: 5:43 AM More than 60,000 pages of Tennessee newspapers dating from 1850 to 1876 are now online at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Posted: 5:37 AM Johnson City area law enforcement officers will participate Friday morning in the Special Olympics Torch Run.
Posted: 5:35 AM A proposal that would prohibit students from dressing in an "indecent manner" at school has been signed by the governor.
Posted: 7:28 PM A proposal to help Tennesseans get off unemployment and find a job has passed the Senate.
Posted: 7:23 PM Proposals that increase penalties for making or selling imitation drugs are headed to the governor for his signature.
Updated: 6:10 PM A measure to require drug testing as a condition for receiving welfare has passed the Senate.
Posted: 6:06 PM Federal prosecutors have finished their case against a group of nine defendants charged in a conspiracy to commit sexual trafficking operated by Somali gangs.
Posted: 5:21 PM A proposal that increases the penalty for domestic assault is headed to the governor for his signature.
Posted: 5:17 PM A proposal that would require roll-your-own cigarette retailers to pay a licensing fee and tax and adhere to certain restrictions has passed the Senate.
Posted: 4:28 PM A 3-year-old girl has died as a result of injuries she sustained in an accident in Warren County where she was riding in an all-terrain vehicle driven by her father.
Posted: 4:25 PM Police thought they might discover drugs when they raided the south Nashville condo of a convicted felon this week. They weren't expecting to find the three American Alligators inside the residence.
Posted: 4:21 PM Federal prosecutors have finished their case against a group of nine defendants charged in a conspiracy to commit sexual trafficking of children operated by Somali gangs.
Posted: 12:36 PM The 85-year-old lawmaker was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Tuesday for tests after he experienced high blood pressure and felt dizzy in a caucus meeting.
Posted: 12:25 PM The House has voted to approve a Republican bill aiming to require children to be older before they can enroll in kindergarten over Democrats' arguments that the measure is aimed at laying off teachers.
Posted: 12:01 PM An investigation into the possible assault of two inmates at the Madison County Penal Farm has resulted in the demotion of an officer.
Posted: 11:14 AM The board chairman of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center told the Chattanooga City Council he was nearly certain liability insurance could be obtained, now that a donor has pledged to pay for it.
Posted: 11:11 AM Emergency officials in Memphis are teaming up with federal agencies to create a network of river gauges and weather monitoring stations along Mississippi River tributaries
Posted: 11:09 AM The contractor is putting the span together at the Lyon County Riverport. It will be taken by barge to the bridge and hoisted into position by cranes.
Posted: 10:35 AM The Tennessee Senate paid tribute to country music legend Charlie Daniels.
Posted: 10:30 AM Metro Nashville Police have charged a man in the killing of one man and the injuring of another at a homeless camp near downtown.
Posted: 10:26 AM Pinnacle Airlines will furlough 450 of its pilots over the next 18 months.
