Tag: Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 22 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, declaring that he’s taking a stand for religious liberty, has signed a bill allowing faith-based adoption agencies that are under state license and receive state funding to deny adoptions to gay…
A reshuffling at other Russel Stover Candies facilities across the Midwest will mean more jobs for Iola’s production plant. The Kansas City-based company announced Tuesday it was closing several of its low-traffic stores across the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A man who may have been dreaming of a green Christmas found himself inside the gray walls of a Tennessee jail. According to court documents, state police caught Somphone Temmeraj, 57,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Nashvilles sheriff says theres proof that Johnny Cash was granted law enforcement authority four decades ago. At the Johnny Cash Museum this week, Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall unveiled a blown-up image…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) Two bear cubs were rescued after they locked themselves in a van and then honked the horn for help. News reports say security technician Jeff Stokely had parked his van outside…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. says his family is truly blessed that nobody was seriously injured when his plane crash-landed last week in Tennessee. The retired NASCAR driver, now a television analyst, issued a statement Monday on…
A truck driver has been arrested after saying he would commit a mass shooting at a church in Memphis, Tenn., authorities say in newly filed court records. Thomas Matthew McVicker was apprehended in Indianapolis before…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Armed officers and an angry crowd faced off after a black man was fatally shot in a confrontation with U.S. marshals in a working-class Memphis neighborhood. People in the crowd threw…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes he would be settling in as UCLAs coach right about now if buyout negotiations hadnt broken down. Barnes contract requires Tennessee to receive approximately $5 million…
