1 hr ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
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.
6 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
Six arrested in connection with Seymour meth lab bust
Two elementary schools were directly impacted by a massive tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.
6 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
Officials: No charges in Gibbs High School dead animal senior prank
Two elementary schools were directly impacted by a massive tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.
8 hrs ago | WTVF Nashville
House Passes Two Year Moratorium On Dam Barriers
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.
8 hrs ago | WTVF Nashville
Tornado Watch Issued For Middle Tennessee Counties
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.
8 hrs ago | The Leaf-Chronicle
Vanderbilt poll: Tennesseans oppose online tax
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.
9 hrs ago | Examiner.com
Haslam signs legislation lowering Tennessee grocery tax
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.
13 hrs ago | Business Journal
Haslam signs bill lowering food tax
Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law Monday legislation that lowers the taxes Tennesseans will pay on their groceries, Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
17 hrs ago | WGNS-AM Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro Fire Dept. Promotes Driver to Captain/Shift Training Officer
Effective Tuesday, May 21, MFRD will have a new Captain/Shift Training Officer. Driver Mike Keith has been promoted to the position.
21 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
How you can help the Oklahoma tornado victims through Red Cross
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 hosts 2 job fairs for 2 companies in Middle Tennessee
Goodwill Career Solutions will host two job fairs in two days. Hundreds of jobs are coming to Middle Tennessee.
Pediatrician says DCS challenges medical opinions
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 Rack Up $232 Million On New Hires
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 Health in Tennessee Garners 'C' Grade
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.
Tennessee's Indians in the Historical Era, Part 4 of 5
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 say alarm prevented basement fire from spreading
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.
Honey Boo Boo vacationing in Pigeon Forge
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.
GOP senators stave off primary foes
Lamar Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014.
A Middle Tennessee AMBER Alert is being issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on the behalf of the Murfreesboro Police Department for 8 year-old Gabriel Swaney.
Bridge Burners Blvd. Upgrade On Target For August Contract
Work on safety improvements at the dangerous intersection of U.S. 11E and Bridge Burners Boulevard should begin later this year.