Posted: 5:10 PM The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Knoxville district court in ruling a defendant's confession was not voluntary.

Posted: 5:09 PM A relative says that Don Pelts, founder of Memphis-based barbecue restaurant Corky's Ribs and Bar-B-Q, has died.

Updated: 4:31 PM Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a reduction in the state's sales tax on groceries.

Posted: 2:06 PM Women working to get clean, are getting pregnant in the process, and the implications for their babies can be deadly

Posted: 1:25 PM The U.S. Justice Department has reached a lawsuit settlement with architects and civil engineers accused of violating the Fair Housing Act at apartment complexes in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee.

Posted: 1:15 PM City officials in Jackson seek to padlock three businesses following an undercover investigation into counterfeit and stolen merchandise being sold.

Posted: 1:09 PM As the Memphis city school system is being phased out, the district is preparing to fire 97 teachers and is evaluating 46 others for possible termination.

Posted: 1:06 PM A federal prosecutor says no charges will be filed against two former Chattanooga police officers in the beating of an inmate.

Posted: 6:34 AM In honor of National Police Week, the agency, along with the state Safety Department and Homeland Security, will have its annual memorial service at 9 a.m. Friday at the Safety Department's headquarters

Posted: 6:31 AM Bluff City's Sullivan East High School has won top prize in Tennessee's first-ever "Battle of the Belt" competition to increase seat belt usage.

Updated: 6:25 AM Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Pilot Flying J over allegations that the nation's largest diesel fuel retailer bilked customers out of rebates.

Posted: 6:19 AM The U.S. attorney's office for West Tennessee says 25-year-old Justin Shawn Baker has been charged with violating the civil rights of students and faculty of the Margolin Hebrew Academy in Memphis.

Posted: 11:36 PM Police arrested a Kingsport couple Monday night, after a child they were babysitting drove a car and crashed it into a house.

Posted: 5:13 PM State and Memphis-area authorities say five people have been charged with illegal dumping of commercial refuse on city lots.

Posted: 5:12 PM Longtime Sen. Douglas Henry says his health and the high cost of campaigning were factors in his decision not to seek re-election next year.

Posted: 5:09 PM A fire has burned through a Wayne County cabin, killing a couple and their 10-month-old son.

Posted: 5:06 PM A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany because that country does not allow home schooling.

Posted: 5:03 PM A utility is cleaning up a drilling slurry spill at a state natural area where it is laying a gas pipeline in Nashville.

Posted: 11:29 AM A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany because that country does not allow home schooling.

Posted: 9:49 AM Sheriff David Woolfork said that beyond the clown getup, there was no detailed description of the attempted intruder or the car he was seen driving away in.

Posted: 8:45 AM Three people, including the man's wife, escaped from the burning home, which was destroyed by the fire.

Updated: 10:26 AM The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced Tuesday it awarded the work to Lojac Enterprises Inc. to clear debris from state Route 25 in Carthage. The bid was just under $117,000.

Updated: 5:59 AM Tennessee health officials are urging people to take a five-minute online assessment about whether they are at risk for hepatitis C.

Updated: 5:53 AM Certification covers such food as baked goods, jams and jellies and candies. People who cater birthday and wedding cakes are not required to take the course.

Posted: 5:47 AM Two Spring Hill men have pleaded guilty to painting swastikas and racial slurs and hanging nooses at the homes of African-American families.