Tennessee News

Governor Bill Haslam joined State Rep. Eric Watson for a bill signing ceremony in recognition of legislation passed by the Tennessee General Assembly that lowered the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to a flat 5.00 percent rate.

Steve McCormick a grocery clerk, stocks the shelves at the Publix supermarket at Northshore Town Center Wednesday August, 1, 2012.

CARYVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam came to East Tennessee Tuesday to sign a bill into law designed to prevent people from being abandoned like one Illinois woman was in 2012.

Two elementary schools were directly impacted by a massive tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.

Two elementary schools were directly impacted by a massive tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.

The U.S. House has passed legislation that would put a two-year moratorium on an Army Corps of Engineers plan to erect barriers to prevent people from fishing below dams on the Cumberland River.

The counties included are Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Shelby, Tipton and Weakley.

A majority of Tennesseans oppose the state enforcing online sales taxes, though respondents were split on whether the current system is fair to local businesses, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Tuesday.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam yesterday signed legislation at a local grocery store in Vonore that lowers the State tax on groceries from 5.25% to 5%, which marks the second year in a row that the General Assembly has lowered the State's tax on groceries.

Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law Monday legislation that lowers the taxes Tennesseans will pay on their groceries, Knoxville News Sentinel reports.

Effective Tuesday, May 21, MFRD will have a new Captain/Shift Training Officer. Driver Mike Keith has been promoted to the position.

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing on an elementary school.

Goodwill Career Solutions will host two job fairs in two days. Hundreds of jobs are coming to Middle Tennessee.

A Spring Hill pediatrician says she has some sympathy as the Tennessee Department of Children's Services tries to sort through claims about children's welfare.

Tennessee employers taking advantage of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit program achieved a record high in potential federal income tax savings during the fiscal year that ended in September 2012, announced Burns Phillips, acting commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.

Women's overall health in Tennessee improved to a grade of C, but there's still plenty of room for improvement, according to the Tennessee Women's Health Report Card.

Certainly by the dawn of the 18th century, the Rechaherian/Richohokan/Cherokee, who had for some time occupied the mountains of the North Carolina-East Tennessee border and the headwaters of the Savannah River, had spread to the Little Tennessee Valley and Tellico River.

Crews responded to a house fire in the Hermitage area late Monday morning. The fire was reported around 11 a.m. in the 400 block of Rolling Mill Road.

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, star of TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," reality TV show, and her colorful family are paying a visit to East Tennessee.

Lamar Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014.