A 14-year-old boy charged with intentionally setting a house fire that killed his mother is scheduled to appear before a judge.

The outgoing dean of Vanderbilt University's Divinity School says how history views American religious life over the past decade may not be what we expect today.

Henry and his cousin, 19-year-old Brendan Barnes, were charged with murder and robbery after the body of 55-year-old David Strong was found in his home in October 2010.

Unicoi County officials hope to get a better idea about the threat of sinkholes. County Mayor Greg Lynch told the Johnson City Press he plans to form a task force to look at the issue

The video shows one person shooting bottle rockets into the pants of a fraternity member who appears to be passed out and doesn't notice.

Larry Grohn and Jack Benson square off after neither won 50 percent plus one vote required to claim the office in the March 5 election. Benson is an incumbent council member.

Officials in Murfreesboro have closed a section of a greenway after a second hole opened in the ground near the path.

Dyersburg police have arrested an 18-year-old student in connection with a fire set at Dyersburg High School that is being investigated along with several other fires in the area.

A judge who presided at the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will speak and take audience questions at Tennessee State University.

The forum takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday at Glencliff High School in Nashville. It will focus on the issues surrounding reform. Immigrants also will share their stories.

Universities, cooperatives, food producers, for-profit industries or community-based organizations may submit proposals for project funding.

Legislation that would make cock fighting a felony is dead this session after failing to pass the Senate.

The House has given final approval to a proposed constitutional amendment to ban a state income tax in Tennessee.

Two veterans courts are going to receive $40,000 in grant money from an agency of the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Authorities say a 4-year-old who gained access to a loaded gun during a family cookout has shot and killed the wife of a Wilson County sheriff's deputy.

Police in Chattanooga say a work van ran a traffic signal and struck a van taking a dozen people to an adult daycare center.

An audit found $8,500 from several fundraising collections at the school had been misappropriated and financial records were manipulated to conceal the thefts.

Kentucky State Police say 24-year-old Daniel M. Milam of Memphis, Tenn., was driving a 1999 Ford Taurus south on U.S. Hwy. 641 near Hazel at about 3 p.m. CST when the car went off the road for unknown reasons.

The ABC-affiliated station said Walden had a passion for keeping viewers safe from violent weather and was equally committed to service through numerous charity organizations in Memphis.

State officials say that disaster damage restoration services company Servpro is planning to expand its corporate headquarters in Gallatin.

Dale Hollow Dam Road stretches across the dam and will be closed from Monday to May 29. Pedestrians and bicyclists will also be prohibited from crossing the dam.

Authorites are investigating what they believe was a murder-suicide that left three people dead in a Lincoln County home.

Investigators have not released the exact cause of his death, and what started the fire is also still being investigated.

When they arrived on the scene they discovered a woman had been shot and was lying between two buildings.

The 72-year-old mechanical engineer from Athens, Tenn., isn't sure why he got the presidential pardon in March. His attorney says they may never know.