Tennessee News

A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the singer has been hospitalized in Tennessee.

A Tennessee company that canceled plans for a 10-day fair at the former site of the State Fair of Virginia now says it plans to stage one in the parking lot of a Richmond baseball stadium.

The nation's largest utility can dump millions of tons of coal ash from a Tennessee spill into an Alabama landfill, federal regulators said Thursday, despite criticism that the plan is unfair to one of Alabama's poorest counties.

The last GOP gubernatorial candidate has reported his numbers to the media: As of June 30, the Bill Gibbons for Governor campaign has raised more than $415,000. a oeWe are thankful for the support received so far, which has come primarily from citizens in West Tennessee who know Bill and his record the best.

Gov. Phil Bredesen is once again allowing the latest batch of specialty license plates to become law without his signature.

Tennessee authorities announced Thursday that they have dismissed all charges against David Jansen, the Snellville man originally accused of kidnapping an Atlanta woman and raping her in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE - A lawyer for plaintiffs suing to stop a law that allows handguns to be carried in Tennessee bars and restaurants that serve alcohol says the legal action is necessary to maintain a safe environment for patrons.

Governor Phil Bredesen is extending unemployment benefits with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

A hearing in the case of an escaped Mississippi inmate and a Kentucky man charged in the shooting of a Nashville police officer has been postponed.

Gov. Phil Bredesen has signed into a law a merger of the Tennessee Ethics Commission and the state Registry of Election Finance.

Four East Tennessee landfills have been approved to receive small amounts of coal ash from a major spill last December at a Tennessee power plant.

NASHVILLE a ' Road construction wona TMt slow interstate travelers through Tennessee this holiday weekend.

Here is a look at some of the Tennessee laws passed during the 106th General Assembly that take effect on Wednesday: a ' Prohibiting people from reading or sending cell phone text messages while driving.

An additional $5 million has been added to the state's indigent defense fund to pay remaining claims for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

NASHVILLE - Rachel Nichol says reading or sending cell phone text messages while driving isn't such a good idea - she's had five fender benders, including one in a fast food drive-thru. ''I was texting and I rear-ended someone each time,'' said Nichol, a 20-year-old Nashville bartender.

A proposal to expand who would be eligible to attend charter schools in Tennessee has been signed by the governor.

A newspaper investigation has found that top officials at the Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund benefited from "sponsorship" deals with vendors.

NASHVILLE a ' Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced plans for an October trade mission to Japan and China.

The potentially $1 billion cleanup of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee is just one of several "significant financial challenges" facing TVA, internal auditors reported Monday.

Tennessee is not raising college faculty salaries at the same rate most Southeastern states have over the past decade.