TN State News

  • Shooting near Tennessee community college forces lockdown

    Updated: Mon Mar 4, 2013 4:41 PM

    A shooting forces community college officials in Tennessee to put their campus on a preventative lockdown.

  • Painkiller prescriptions in Tennessee on the rise

    Updated: Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:34 PM

    A report shows the number of prescriptions for painkillers in Tennessee is on the rise again, but state officials think they may be finally getting control of the epidemic.

  • Tennessee bill to require proof of immunization

    Updated: Mon Mar 4, 2013 6:11 AM

    Legislation that would require incoming students at public higher education institutions to show proof of immunization against meningitis is expected to be on the Senate floor Monday.

  • March is Severe Weather Preparedness Month

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 7:48 PM

    It may feel like the middle of winter, but now is the time to thinking about the spring storm season ahead. Friday marks the beginning of Severe Weather Preparedness Month.

  • Local 6 senators talk sequestration deadline

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 6:19 PM

    Several of our lawmakers are speaking out about the impasse between Congress and President Obama with the sequestration cuts.

  • Fire claims couple of 42 years

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 6:25 PM

    We now know what started a deadly fire that killed a husband and wife of 42 years.

  • Source puts voucher ad buy at $800K, targets Tennessee lawmakers

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 5:44 PM

    A national group advocating for a wide-scale school voucher program in Tennessee is launching a massive media campaign to persuade lawmakers to expand the program proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam.

  • Couple dies in Henry County, Tennessee, mobile home fire

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 11:04 AM

    A husband and wife are dead after a fire engulfed the couple's mobile home last night.

  • March is Brain Injury Awareness Month in Tennessee

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 6:27 AM

    Gov. Bill Haslam has proclaimed March as Brain Injury Awareness Month in Tennessee.

  • Sens introduce bill to preserve tailwater fishing

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 6:25 AM

    The senators from Kentucky and Tennessee have introduced legislation to preserve tailwater fishing in the dams of the Cumberland River.

  • Senators from KY & TN join forces on Freedom to Fish Act

    Updated: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:39 PM

    Kentucky and Tennessee's senators have joined together to introduce the Freedom to Fish Act Thursday.

  • Haslam 'likely' to sign parking lot guns bill

    Updated: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:41 PM

    A spokesman says Gov. Bill Haslam is "likely" to sign into law a bill to allow the state's nearly 400,000 handgun carry permit holders to store firearms in their cars no matter where they are parked. Local 6's Robert Bradfield visited UT-Martin and spoke with some students about the proposed bill.

  • Man charged with impersonating a peace officer

    Updated: Fri Mar 1, 2013 12:23 PM

    Police arrest a man claiming to be a Tennessee Fish and Wildlife officer.

  • Tennessee House sends parking lot guns bill to governor

    Updated: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:46 PM

    The House has voted to send to the governor's desk a bill to allow the state's nearly 400,000 handgun carry permit holders to store firearms in their vehicles no matter where they are parked.

  • Anti-affirmative action bill fails this session

    Updated: Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:45 PM

    A proposal to eliminate affirmative action initiatives from higher education institutions in Tennessee has failed this session.

  • Early returns bring joy to Fort Campbell families

    Updated: Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:16 PM

    Many Fort Campbell families are getting good news as flights of soldiers return home early from their nine-month deployments to Afghanistan.

  • Senate to vote on lifting switchblade ban in Tennessee

    Updated: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:16 AM

    The Senate Judiciary has voted to send a bill to lift Tennessee's ban on switchblades to a full floor vote.

  • Supermarket wine bill clears Tennessee Senate panel by single vote

    Updated: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:57 PM

    A proposal to allow wine to be sold in Tennessee supermarkets and convenience stores has scored its first legislative victory after years of frustration.

  • Sequester concerns college students

    Updated: Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:29 PM

    Like nearly every college and university in the country, the University of Tennessee Martin is bracing for cuts from federal funding.

  • Opponents of supermarket wine in Tennessee decry referendums

    Updated: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:47 PM

    Opponents of a proposal to allow communities to hold referendums on whether to allow wine to be sold in grocery stores argued Monday that the votes could do more harm than good.

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