Tennessee News

Susan Randolph said DCS' policies on immediate protection agreements are vague and scattered.

A poll conducted this month for Vanderbilt University found that 49 percent of Tennesseans support gay marriage or civil unions while 46 percent are opposed to both, suggesting the state is now evenly divided on whether to extend legal recognition to same-sex couples.

The U.S. attorney's office for West Tennessee said Wednesday that Robert Gregory Dempsey, also known as Jesse Rockwell, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Jackson on charges of possession and interstate transportation of child pornography.

State Labor Department officials said they have recouped about $15.3 million worth of fraudulently collected unemployment benefits by garnishing tax refunds and other federal payments to people who were not entitled to receive the assistance.

Road construction won't slow motorists down as they travel Tennessee's highways this Memorial Day weekend.

Volunteers with the local American Red Cross left the facility on Charlotte Avenue around noon with supplies and mobile food trucks.

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., is calling on the Obama administration to free former Alabama Gov.

I just ran across the Tennessee statute, Tenn Code Ann. 36-6-404 , that provides the factors that courts are to consider in determining physical custody as between two parents.

Officials are offering up to a $22,000 reward for information leading to convictions in the shooting of two bald eagles in eastern Tennessee.

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.