Posted: 5:47 AM Rear Adm. Kevin Cook took over from Rear Adm. Roy Nash on Thursday in ceremonies at the National World War II Museum.

Posted: 5:43 AM The Tennessean has announced that Laura Hollingsworth has been named its new president and publisher.

Posted: 5:40 AM Sheriff Ed Graybeal said 35-year-old Charles Frederick Young III of Limestone died Thursday morning at Johnson City Medical Center, where he was taken from jail.

Posted: 8:03 PM -Thousands of fans joined some of country music's biggest stars in mourning George Jones.

Posted: 7:39 PM State Rep. Joe Carr of Murfreesboro is joining the race to oust embattled U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais.

Posted: 1:51 PM A 5-year-old Kentucky boy was using a rifle made for children when police say he accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister Tuesday.

Posted: 12:35 PM A Bradley County man has been killed when his riding lawnmower flipped. At least two other mowing deaths have occurred this spring in Tennessee.

Posted: 12:26 PM The sheriff's office announced Wednesday that deputies spotted 46-year-old Devitoe Farmer leaving a house that was under construction and arrested him without incident.

Updated: 9:09 AM The late country music superstar's funeral will be held Thursday morning at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Jones died last week at 81.

Posted: 5:54 AM State officials say a company that makes floor and trunk mats for automobiles is expanding its facility in Manchester, adding 75 jobs in the process.

Posted: 5:42 AM Corker will be in Johnson City on Thursday morning at East Tennessee State University and will talk with students, faculty and local business leaders.

Posted: 5:40 AM Transportation Department Commissioner John Schroer says the network of bike lanes across the state is growing and he plans to continue dedicating funding for programs such as Safe Routes to School.

Posted: 5:38 AM When the Legislature failed to extend the life of the Judicial Nominating Commission, it effectively ended merit-based selection of judges in Tennessee.

Posted: 5:33 AM The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a jury verdict that forces Metro Nashville to pay $30 million for the city's use of a piece of property that is located at the site of the new convention center.

Posted: 5:31 AM A former corrections officer has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring contraband to the inmates at the Maury County jail in exchange for cash.

Posted: 5:30 AM A Civil War raid by Union troops that resulted in destruction of rail lines in southwest Mississippi was unveiled in Summit over the weekend.

Posted: 1:52 PM When the legislature failed to extend the life of the Judicial Nominating Commission, it effectively ended merit-based selection of judges in Tennessee.

Posted: 1:51 PM The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing Peppers' death, which is routine, but no foul play was suspected. An autopsy will be conducted.

Posted: 10:26 AM The unified board of the Memphis and Shelby County schools has suspended its superintendent search.

Posted: 6:27 AM The family of a U.S. airman who died overseas in a training accident earlier this month is planning a funeral for him in Lebanon.

Posted: 6:22 AM Memphis City Council member Janis Fullilove has been acquitted in domestic violence court after her attorneys argued prosecutors didn't prove the domestic violence charge.

Posted: 6:20 AM Shaffer was found guilty in the 2009 bludgeoning death of Sidney Dempsey in Huntsville and pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife, her son, brother, father and a neighbor in Lincoln County, Tenn.

Posted: 6:18 AM U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was in Nashville with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper Tuesday to drum up support for Internet sales tax collection and an immigration overhaul.

Posted: 9:08 PM Gov. Bill Haslam says he is no closer to making up his mind on whether to veto a bill that makes it a crime to video record animal abuse.

Posted: 5:11 PM Fire management officials in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park plan a 155-acre prescribed burn in the Canadian Top unit adjacent to Cataloochee Valley in North carolina.