Tennessee News

Chuck Ellis uses several different tools to help him carve out the center and shape the exterior of the bowl.

Country music star, TV host and Dickson native Craig Morgan will join volunteers from UnitedHealthcare today to staff a Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee Mobile Pantry.

According to a news release issued by the office of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander today, he has joined a group of 45 senators in a letter personally calling on President Obama to have his administration "comply with all requests" by Congress as it examines the Internal Revenue Service's admitted targeting of conservative groups and others during the ... (more)

According to the Knoxville Police Department, the Wendy's on Kingston Pike near Gallaher View Road was robbed around 9:30 p.m. According to the Knoxville Police Department, the Wendy's on Kingston Pike near Gallaher View Road was robbed around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Authors Guild of Tennessee is a newly-formed association of independently-published writers who live in our area.

Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. The Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church congregation speaks ... (more)

The first Europeans to encounter the Indians of Tennessee, of course, were the Spanish would-be conquistadors of the 16th century.

A relative says that Don Pelts, founder of Memphis-based barbecue restaurant Corky's Ribs and Bar-BQ, has died.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for the 2006 first degree premeditated murder of his girlfriend.

The top members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee are introducing legislation that would authorize President Barack Obama to provide arms to the Syrian opposition.

A Jackson man is facing a federal civil rights charge after authorities said he defaced a Torah and religious prayer books.

Lowering the drunk driving limit is now in the hands of state lawmakers. The National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday it is recommending all states lower blood-alcohol limits for DUIs.

The personnel file of a University of Tennessee administrator fired this week provided new insight into the woman at the middle of the scandal.

The federal government has a controversial new plan to save 1,000 lives a year with a "one drink" DUI.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added a Pulaski man wanted for murder to the state's Top 10 Most Wanted list after he removed an ankle monitoring device and fled authorities.

Arrington Vineyards at sunrise. The Williamson County winery, opened in 2007, encompasses 30 acres of vineyards.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam yesterday vetoed House Bill 1191 , the so-called " Ag-Gag " bill, primarily because Attorney General Robert Cooper issued a so-called opinion that the legislation is unconstitutional.

With Obama Administration missteps seen as emerging scandals by some and generating bipartisan outrage among many, members of the Tennessee congressional delegation offered their own outcries Tuesday.

T ruth be told, I've never been clear on how to pronounce sorghum or what to do with the sweetener until I attended a recent book signing for "Farm Fresh Tennessee," a treasure trove of information on food, farmers, and agri-tourism from authors Paul and Angela Knipple.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday announced he would veto controversial legislation that would have made it harder to expose animal abuse.