Posted: 6:19 AM Police reports indicate that Lovett's wife, 55-year-old Sarena Lovett, told authorities that they had been arguing around midnight on April 4 when he pulled a pistol out of an armrest on a coach.
Posted: 6:15 AM Police say Phillips filed an identity theft report at a Millington credit union, alleging that someone opened five accounts using his name and mounted $20,000 in debt.
Posted: 6:10 AM McCauley has led the 278th since May 2011. He was deputy commander when the regiment was deployed to Iraq in 2010. He was also with the 278th on its first Iraq deployment in 2004.
Posted: 6:02 AM Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville introduced Republican Sen. Jeff Mullis of Chickamauga, Ga., during a floor session on Wednesday.
Posted: 5:49 AM Federal prosecutors are seeking to shut down a Memphis-based company based on claims it prepared false tax returns in at least three states.
Posted: 5:45 AM Prior to coming to Nashville in 2004, Rivera worked in federal prosecutors' offices in Puerto Rico, Florida and New York.
Posted: 5:43 AM Tennessee's beer taxes outstrip any other state's because the bulk of the levy is based on price rather than volume. The more a beer costs, the higher the taxes that must be paid to buy it.
Posted: 5:40 AM Officials have arrested three teenage boys, charging them with 24 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Investigators said they connected the youths with the email account.
Posted: 5:37 AM International Paper and a forest conservation group are announcing a plan to protect endangered forests in key paper producing areas of the South.
Posted: 10:17 AM Police say a high school football coach's first arrest came because the 15-year-old girl he was texting was really a police officer.
Posted: 10:09 AM Before last year's elections, the executive director of the Senate Republican Caucus obtained a copy of the entire database of handgun carry permit holders in the state
Posted: 8:20 AM Investigators said the victim was sitting in a car Monday when 22-year-old Darius Bell demanded he take off his pants and hand them over.
Posted: 8:17 AM Chattanooga's final city council seat has been decided in a runoff election between incumbent Councilman Jack Benson and challenger Larry Grohn.
Posted: 8:11 AM A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of Timothy Allen for his role in a telemarketing scheme that prosecutors said targeted seniors.
Posted: 6:42 AM The Memphis Democrat was first elected in 1972 and is the longest-serving current member of the House of Representatives and second-longest in the entire Legislature.
Posted: 6:24 AM Franklin County authorities say they have arrested two suspects in the beating death of a man near Cowan and are searching for two others.
Posted: 6:20 AM A former Memphis police officer who lost his job after fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy told his superiors that he had known the youth about a month and had been trying to mentor him.
Posted: 6:16 AM Republican Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver of Lancaster withdrew the bill Tuesday after lengthy debate spanning several meetings of the House State Government Committee.
Updated: 2:40 PM Whites and blacks came together in Memphis in the 1960s to create a soulful blend of gospel and rhythmic blues despite the segregation that was in place.
Posted: 5:56 AM A Carroll County sheriff's investigation will be sent to the district attorney after a toddler shot and wounded his mother with a handgun.
Updated: 8:14 AM Virginia State Police say 33-year-old Jason T. Byrns of Kingsport, Tenn., is being held at the Duffield Regional Jail on charges of attempted capital murder and eluding police.
Posted: 1:17 PM The event is the 10th installment in the "In Performance at the White House" series. It is scheduled for broadcast April 16 on PBS stations.
Posted: 1:15 PM A Davidson County Election Commission member's statement that the motor voter law had let thousands of non-residents register as voters locally hasn't held up in a state review.
Posted: 1:02 PM A 14-year-old boy charged with intentionally setting a house fire that killed his mother is scheduled to appear before a judge.