Posted: 2:16 PM Jennifer Bailey of the nonprofit Community Food Advocates in Nashville said Fowler's attitude dehumanizes food stamp recipients and says no human being is without dignity.

Posted: 11:36 AM Drivers headed eastbound on Interstate 40 near Jackson over the weekend need to be aware of a road construction project. There will be a similar closure of a westbound lane Aug. 24-27.

Posted: 10:39 AM The same group complained to the Hamilton County Commission about prayer. Later, county residents Tommy Coleman and Brandon Jones filed a lawsuit, seeking to stop it. The lawsuit has not yet been tried in court.

Posted: 10:32 AM A cable can get pinched in the steering column and cause the problem, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The pinched cable will set off a warning light on the dashboard.

Posted: 10:30 AM Dedric Lamont Atkins is charged with first-degree murder in the September 2003 beating and strangulation death of his 5-year-old son, Dedric Johnson.

Posted: 10:27 AM Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be tricky in Mississippi, with its history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the Confederate battle emblem.

Updated: 10:25 AM Gov. Bill Haslam and the Tennessee Department of Transportation have announced a grant of more than $600,000 for projects benefiting downtown Clarksville.

Posted: 10:20 AM Chris Williams, with Southeast Canine Search and Rescue, said the Bobo family also wants to shake hands with people who have helped in ongoing searches for Holly.

Posted: 5:48 PM A Middle Tennessee health care investor and a political action committee he funded are being investigated by the state board that regulates campaign finances.

Updated: 5:42 PM A federal appeals court has thrown out a 15-year sentence for a former Hamblen County deputy convicted of depriving two women of their constitutional rights by sexually abusing them during routine traffic stops.

Posted: 5:40 PM Skeptical justices on the Kentucky Supreme Court are weighing claims by a death row inmate that a missing right front lobe of his brain played a role in his attack on a mother and children near Fort Campbell.

Posted: 5:36 PM A water heater plant in Johnson City is up and running after flash flooding got into the building. O. A. Smith operations director Andy Demski said the plant was flooded from one end to the other.

Posted: 5:32 PM Jim Tomasik said he picked up Johnson at the airport Wednesday morning. A presidential candidate must have 275 signatures from eligible voters to get a spot on the November ballot.

Posted: 5:27 PM Army Pfc. Marshall Lane had been scheduled to return home Wednesday, but his family was told the 23-year-old Lane was shot by members of the Afghan police he had been training.

Posted: 5:24 PM A federal judge in Nashville has sentenced an Internal Revenue Service employee to two years in prison, calling his actions an egregious abuse of public trust.

Posted: 5:23 PM Brown said the company in McCreary County had a history of violations, including a notice issued three weeks ago that said the business had more than 100,000 tires and lacked fire breaks.

Posted: 5:20 PM A pin oak tree is being planted at the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden in memory of Elvis Presley on the 35th anniversary of his death.

Posted: 5:17 PM More than 100 FedEx employees at the Memphis parcel hub were treated at the scene after a forklift punctured a barrel of concentrated chili peppers.

Updated: 5:18 PM District Judge Kevin Sharp ruled that the lawsuit filed by losing candidate Larry Crim was improper because it was not filed against an individual.

Posted: 6:37 AM Army National Guard officials say about 150 members of the 913th Engineer Co. would be back in Obion County on Thursday.

Updated: 6:34 AM The vigil opened Wednesday night after Priscilla Presley thanked the crowd for their enduring admiration of the rock `n' roll icon.

Updated: 10:18 AM According to a news release from Corker's office, the Tennessee Republican was to discuss the nation's fiscal challenges and "the importance of embracing the free enterprise system."

Posted: 4:19 PM Fourth-place finisher Larry Crim sued the state's election division and the state Democratic Party on Wednesday in Nashville and asked for an emergency ruling. A hearing is set for Thursday morning.

Posted: 12:29 PM State election officials have assured Democratic members of the legislature that voting problems Aug. 2 were mostly confined to Shelby County.

Posted: 12:25 PM The Veterans Affairs Inspector General says that chronic overcrowding in the Memphis VA's emergency department compromises patient safety