Tennessee News

A proposal allowing off-duty law enforcement officers to carry their weapons in Tennessee establishments that serve alcohol has been signed by the governor.

Gov. Phil Bredesen says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved his request for federal farm assistance for four Middle Tennessee counties due to heavy rains and flooding in May.

Two legislative Democrats today accused Republican Secretary of State TrA© Hargett of trying to sabotage a 2008 law requiring all 95 counties to use voting machines that provide a paper trail by the November 2010 elections.

Ronald Gibbs, Acting U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee, announces the successful conclusion of Operation FALCON 2009 with the arrest of 242 fugitive felons by FALCON Teams based in east Tennessee.

A state medical examiner has said that preliminary testing from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation points to the likely conclusion of murder-suicide in the deaths of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi.

Mark your calendar for August 7 through August 9. The fourth annual Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled for Friday, August 7 and continuing through Sunday, August 9. The Department of Revenue reminds Tennessee shoppers that the Sales Tax Holiday provides three full days of tax breaks on clothing, school and art supplies, and computer purchases.

Two of them - retired Air Force Col. Thomas C. McSwain Jr. of West Virginia and Howell Lewis Bowen of Virginia - made their case this morning at the National Press Club.

The University of Tennessee athletic department will transfer an additional $1 million to the UT campus, Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek announced in a press release Tuesday.

An associate said Wednesday that the wife of ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair didn't know about Sahel Kazemi before the 20-year-old woman was found dead alongside her husband on the Fourth of July.

By Kate Howard and Brad Schrade, The Tennessean Though many questions remain, investigators now know that Sahel Kazemi bought the gun that ended her life and killed former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair.

Preliminary figures from the Tennessee Department of Safety show that eight people were killed in traffic crashes over the July Fourth holiday weekend.

Gov. Phil Bredesen has scheduled his first ceremonial signing in the aftermath of the 2009 legislative session for Wednesday afternoon.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett says a state law requiring authorities to create a paper trail from voting machines may be tough to implement because the mandated equipment isn't available for sale anywhere in the United States.

A hearing has been delayed on a lawsuit to stop a law that allows handguns to be carried in Tennessee bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.

NFL: Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, Nashvill, Tenn., police declared Sunday.

A power grid expert from Virginia Tech has been selected for an endowed research appointment at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis has completed a new laboratory for research on infectious diseases and bioterrorism.

A public memorial for former Titans quarterback Steve McNair is scheduled for Thursday in Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new state program provides people with a way to memorialize loved ones, commemorate special events and beautify the state.

A new state program provides people with a way to memorialize loved ones, commemorate special events and beautify the state.