Posted: 4:20 PM The men are accused of being part of the Kurdish Pride gang and Metro Nashville wants them declared a public nuisance.

Updated: 1:25 PM Republican Caucus Chairwoman Debra Maggart lost her state House primary Thursday to a retired Air Force officer backed by the National Rifle Association.

Updated: 12:29 AM Voters in six Memphis suburbs have approved the creation of municipal public school systems to sidestep the merger of city and county schools.

Updated: 11:46 PM Two small children have been found dead in a driveway in Smyrna, Tenn., possible victims of heat stroke, and their mother has been charged in their deaths.

Posted: 7:38 PM A provision the Tennessee Supreme Court initially included in an overhaul of conduct rules for state judges was changed before the code took effect.

Posted: 5:46 PM A Gies Co. man stands accused of selling prescription drugs he bought using TennCare health care insurance.

Posted: 12:35 PM There is a mistrial of state charges against a former East Tennessee sheriff. Kent Harris was being tried in Erwin on two of 10 felony counts against him -- theft over $1,000 and criminal simulation.

Posted: 9:44 AM A Memphis school building has sold for a fraction of its estimated value because vandals smashed nearly everything inside it.

Posted: 9:42 AM Richard C. Kimberly was suspended without pay in April after the sheriff's office began investigating claims that he engaged in inappropriate contact with students.

Posted: 9:18 AM A few hundred Nashville residents were told to leave their homes after a natural gas line ruptured in a neighborhood.

Posted: 6:48 AM A few hundred Nashville residents were told to leave their homes after a natural gas line ruptured in a neighborhood.

Posted: 4:05 AM The Tennessee Department of Education is revising teacher licensing standards.

Posted: 12:08 PM Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph is offering to pay for the rehabilitation and adoption of a male pit bull that was rescued from a drain pipe.

Posted: 12:02 PM The family of Michael Hennen, who was killed along with Hannah Barnes when struck at a farm railroad crossing, issued a statement through attorney Al Henry on Tuesday.

Updated: 12:09 PM Forecasters said the greatest danger was from 2-6 p.m., when the combination of heat and humidity was expected to produce heat indexes of 105-109 degrees.

Posted: 11:57 AM Tennessee's top transportation official says that a road construction project that has been on the books since 1986 will finally be completed in November after years of construction and environmental delays.

Posted: 11:00 AM The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its first-ever study specifically targeting crimes against the elderly. It found a slight increase in the number of victims each year from 2009 through 2011.

Posted: 10:05 AM The state wrapped up presentation of its case on Tuesday and Harris' lawyer called the first defense witness to the stand.

Posted: 8:35 AM The defense is presenting evidence in the trial of former Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris.

Posted: 4:14 AM Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper says a state law that makes public officials ineligible for pretrial or judicial diversion for crimes related to their official position or duties is constitutional.

Posted: 4:11 AM Earl Taylor has been named the new executive director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, which is responsible for setting rates and service standards for privately owned utilities.

Updated: 1:25 PM A federal judge says photo identifications issued by the Memphis public library cannot be used as valid voter IDs.

Posted: 4:08 AM The Tennessee Association of School Nurses says more than half of Tennessee teens aren't vaccinated against meningitis.

Updated: 1:25 PM Early voters came out in droves this year, according to new numbers from Secretary of State Tre Hargett. A record number Tennesseans cast their ballot early or absentee by mail.

Updated: 1:25 PM Incorrect ballots during early voting, a disputed proposal to create six new suburban school districts and a fight over photo identifications are putting Shelby County in the spotlight on Election Day.