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Mayor A C Wharton says the embattled Memphis Animal Shelter has a new interim administrator.More >>

By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press Schools nationwide are working to balance gay and religious rights ever since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed a law school to deny recognition to a Christian group that...More >>

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U.S. Coast Guard investigators are trying to determine how a barge ran aground Wednesday on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.More >>

An Associated Press survey of the nation's top methamphetamine-producing states shows national lab seizures rose again last year.More >>

Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says he expects lawmakers to pass a bill this year to force businesses to allow workers to store firearms in vehicles parked on company lots, though he doesn't expect the measure to be as...More >>

The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to roll out new fees for shoreline marinas across the seven-state region.More >>

Chickens could become urban dwellers in Johnson City, after all.More >>

A former guard at a state lockup for girls has been charged with statutory rape.More >>

A Tennessee man who collapsed during a marathon in South Carolina last weekend has been awakened from a medically induced coma.More >>

About 240 inventions by some 475 grade school students will be displayed Thursday at the 20th annual Invention Convention at Middle Tennessee State University.More >>

Students across the state begin competing this week in district history day contests.More >>

The FBI has asked a federal judge in Memphis to reconsider an order directing the agency to produce an index of records of informant Ernest Withers.More >>

The assistant superintendent at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park says most local residents don't believe traffic congestion is necessarily a negative.More >>

Supporters of a measure to ban the teaching of gay issues to elementary and middle school students have put off consideration of the bill after being told of fellow Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's opposition to the measure.More >>

The graying of America is in full swing in the nation's Appalachian region.More >>

The last elements of the 101st Airborne Division have returned to Fort Campbell from Afghanistan.More >>

The prosecutor's office in Davidson County has taken the unusual step of filing a homicide charge against the owner of a car involved in the deaths of two pedestrians.More >>

The unusually mild winter continues to translate into improved attendance figures for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.More >>

Vice President Joe Biden's wife will visit community colleges in Kentucky and Tennessee to promote President Barack Obama's proposal for an $8 billion program to train community college students for high-growth...More >>

The director of the Gray Fossil Site museum is retiring.More >>

The longtime public works director of Rockwood has been suspended while his expenses are investigated.More >>

A federal judge has put off a former NFL player's sentencing to give prosecutors time to notify possible fraud victims in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Arizona.More >>

Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then.More >>

A forum Tuesday and Wednesday in Nashville will discuss ways to save energy.More >>

A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention has recommended that its leadership approve a new, add-on description for the denomination, though it wouldn't be a legal name change.More >>

Greenwood native Walter "Furry" Lewis will be posthumously honored Tuesday with the 150th marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.More >>

The nation's largest protestant denomination will remain "Baptist" but it's thinking about whether to stay "Southern" for much longer.More >>

Barry and Rebecca Vest of Idaho don't understand why a woman since jailed near Pittsburgh pretended to be pregnant in text messages and emails so they'd fly to Pennsylvania in December to adopt a baby that didn't...More >>

Plans for an Oak Ridge railroad museum are back on track after being delayed for a decade due to security concerns and fundraising problems.More >>

Memphis police say they have arrested three suspects in a killing spree that lasted two months and left four people dead. Another suspect is being sought.More >>

Soldiers at Fort Campbell and their families can get free help filing tax returns on post.More >>

A wreath has been placed at The Hermitage in commemoration of slaves who were buried on the Nashville plantation of President Andrew Jackson.More >>

As a winter storm has dumped several inches of snow on parts of the South, about a dozen vehicles have been involved in an interstate pileup in northern Tennessee.More >>

Snow has begun falling in parts of Middle and East Tennessee, and the National Weather service says some areas could see 3-4 inches of accumulation.More >>

City officials in Jonesborough have approved a temporary moratorium on the sale or distribution of synthetic drugs.More >>

Students in Chattanooga are using words like "joy," ''love," and "change" to enhance the city's Martin Luther King neighborhood.More >>

A federal judge denied bond for a Memphis man accused of sexual trafficking young girls after a federal agent described how he would threatened to burn the girls with cigarettes if they didn't follow his rules.More >>

Schools are increasingly dishing up dinner to students - something advocates for the poor praise but conservatives question.More >>

Knox County prosecutors were forced to dismiss cases against 95 people for crimes ranging from felonies to misdemeanors after the state fired a former Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper for failing to stop at a fiery crash.More >>

More than a dozen serious medical errors were reported at Middle Tennessee hospitals over the past three years - and federal statistics indicate probably 80 more were not reported.More >>

A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of picking his spots...More >>

Gov. Steve Beshear says an underwater inspection team concluded the crash of a cargo ship into the Eggners Ferry Bridge on Kentucky Lake caused no significant damage to the piers.More >>

The Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corp. has accepted a settlement offer for Gloria Ray, who had served as president and CEO.More >>

Officials with the state Education Department and the Hamilton County School Board are pointing blame at each other for declaring a meeting closed to the public.More >>

Police say the niece of Nashville Mayor Karl Dean was killed when her father ran over her while backing out of his driveway.More >>

A Republican lawmaker who abstained from voting on legislation intended to stop Occupy Nashville protesters from staying overnight at the Capitol complex says the measure is too broad.More >>

Volkswagen is putting up a fabric "hail net" at its auto assembly plant in Chattanooga.More >>

Gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Tennessee General Assembly is available statewide on public television.More >>

This week marks the 150th anniversary of Civil War battles at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, both northwest of Nashville.More >>

Authorities say southbound lanes of Interstate 65 are expected to be closed for a few hours to clean up milk spilled from a tanker truck.More >>

Authorities say the 2-year-old niece of Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has been killed in an apparent accident.More >>

A Danny Thomas commemorative stamp has been issued by the U.S. Postal Service.More >>

DeSoto County has formally objected to the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to list it as "nonattainment" on ozone levels.More >>

An acknowledged cocaine dealer who testified that he was shot by a Memphis man charged with being a contract killer for a drug trafficking ring says he lied under oath in a previous court proceeding.More >>

A second man has been arraigned in the shooting deaths of a Mountain City couple who were found at home with their 8-month-old baby unhurt in the mother's arms.More >>

State safety and transportation officials have unveiled new protocols aimed at getting major highways reopened more quickly after crashes.More >>

A federal judge has ruled that the size of the board that will govern the consolidated Memphis-Shelby County school district should be decided by the county commission.More >>

The car parked along Interstate 40 on Nashville's west side looked like a broken down vehicle. Police were counting on it.More >>

Authorities say the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in north Georgia were blocked as hazardous materials crews work to clean up a chemical spill in the Dalton area.More >>

Workshops beginning Thursday across Tennessee are designed to help farmers with harvesting, storage, direct marketing and merchandising.More >>

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The Nashville City Paper has sued the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association demanding access to files that were part of an investigation that led to sanctions against an elite private school in Nashville.More >>

A California woman has been charged with trespassing on the property of country star Kenny Chesney.More >>

State Rep. Janis Sontany says she will not seek re-election in 2012.More >>

A Dyersburg gynecologist has been charged with fraud and improperly prescribing drugs.More >>

Gov. Bill Haslam is abandoning his proposal to do away with average class size restrictions in Tennessee.More >>

Students at a Montgomery County elementary school have sent cards to dog owners, asking them to not keep pets chained or confined all day.More >>

The cargo ship that struck a Kentucky Lake bridge, bringing down part of it, has now been moved to a shipyard in Paducah.More >>

Kentucky Downs sees its "instant racing" machines as such a good bet that it wants to add more of the gaming terminals.More >>

Early voting for Tennessee's Republican presidential primary gets under way today.More >>

A Nashville man is facing a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of a 72-year-old woman in 1979.More >>

State officials have upheld the firing of a Tennessee state trooper who pursued a suspect but then failed to stop and give aid at the fatal crash that ended the chase.More >>

Governing boards in the Memphis suburbs of Collierville and Germantown have approved ordinances that bring them closer to creating their own municipal school districts.More >>

A legislative proposal seeking to increase penalties for assaults on health care workers has caused state Sen. Ophelia Ford to launch into prolonged rants against nurses.More >>

A federal judge has dismissed a long-running lawsuit over care for the 750,000 children on TennCare.More >>

Authorities are back excavating an abandoned well in search of more human remains believed to be victims of the notorious "Speed Freak Killers."More >>

A pharmacy official at Chattanooga's public hospital says shortages of drugs at hospitals are going to get worse.More >>

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in the case of a Tennessee elementary school student who claimed he could not read and discuss Bible passages during recess.More >>

The Sevier County School System has fired a bus driver after her arrest on a weapon charge.More >>

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has named Gov. Bill Haslam his campaign chairman in Tennessee.More >>

An attempt to move the Occupy Nashville protest from the state Capitol to the city's Public Square was short-lived.More >>

A hazardous materials team might have contained a leak at a chemical plant in Chattanooga.More >>

An East Tennessee florist's shop has burned the night before Valentine's Day.More >>

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The Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee has tested one of the final Minutemen III intercontinental ballistic missile motors to roll off the assembly line.More >>