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Lake Levels: R=rising, F=falling, S=steady, V=variable. Tennessee River. Fort Loudoun 808.8F; Watts Bar 736.8V; Chickamauga 676.2F; Nickajack 632.1V; Guntersville 593.9F; Wheeler 552.0F; Wilson 506.1F; Tims Ford 874.6F; Normandy 864.4F Pickwick 409.5V; and Kentucky .

Hester let the woman go at a Walmart in Savannah, Tenn. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had added Hester to its Top Ten Most Wanted list.

A man who escaped from a Tennessee prison on Saturday and was thought to be headed toward Memphis was arrested Monday in Georgia.

NASHVILLE - A woman who was abducted by a prison escapee who was later captured said the 26-year-old told her he needed her car to see his terminally ill mother in Georgia.

Two people were killed in separate traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday weekend in Tennessee, compared to nine last year, according to a news release from the Tennessee Department of Safety.

Authorities across Tennessee are searching for a man who escaped from a Wayne County minimum-security correctional facility.

A Savannah man was killed on Christmas when his car veered off the road and into a ravine full of water.

Margaret D. Walker, 93, of Springfield, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Funeral services were held Monday, Dec.

Am I the only person who believes we move at too fast a pace? Americans have been described as demanding all things immediately.

A circuit court jury in Savannah, Tenn., has acquitted a nurse of murdering her husband by giving him a diabetes drug for which he had no prescription.

SAVANNAH - A day after Freddie Chason was taken to the hospital in a coma with low blood sugar, his wife told his friends that the 'damage is done' and 'Freddie is a dead person,' according to a neighbor's testimony in Hardin County Circuit Court Monday afternoon.

The boyfriend of a woman killed in her Savannah apartment Sunday evening said on Monday that he was stunned by how fast everything happened.

Police have arrested the son of the woman who was found dead in her apartment in Savannah on Sunday evening, according to Police Chief Donald Derr.

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I've fished with two of the best catfish anglers in the South, and this is the time of year they gear up for the big'uns. For some unexplained reason, but true nonetheless, catfish weighing more than 30 pounds are easier to catch during the cold weather months - just the opposite of what I grew up believing.

The holiday season brings all types of celebrations. What better way to kick off this Christmas with a parade.

Madison County sheriff's deputies have taken two people into custody and are looking for a third person as they investigate a Friday morning report of a burglary in the 100 block of Bienville Street in Jackson.

Governor Phil Bredesen has issued a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of a woman in Hardin County.

Next week we will remember and honor those who served our country during wars. It began as Armistice Day as a remembrance of WWI, but as wars continued, the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor those from all wars our country fought.

The sixth annual Turkey Trot-5K Walk/Run, hosted by Savannah Christian Academy, will be held Nov.