Police officers who were called to the site eventually encountered the gunman, who pointed a semiautomatic pistol at them after being told to drop his weapon, police spokesperson Don Aaron said. Police then shot him, Aaron said.
The first Tennessee state-level data showing student academic achievement since the COVID-19 pandemic began shows declines in proficiency through all subjects and grades.
Two employees were injured during an early morning workplace shooting Tuesday at a Smile Direct Club on Antioch Pike in Antioch, Tennessee.
Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey’s comments coincided with announcements in the state about mask requirements.
Tuesday, the police department says the child is in stable condition in the Memphis hospital.
The Hernando DeSoto Bridge, which carries Interstate 40 over the Mississippi River, was shut down for repairs May 11 after a routine inspection found a structural crack.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that had been shut down because of a crack found in the span is reopening ahead of schedule.
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Tennessee traditionally offers a break on school supplies and other items between July 31 and Aug. 1.
Prosecutors dismissed four other misdemeanor charges in exchange for the guilty plea.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Seven unemployed Tennessee residents have filed a lawsuit over Gov. Bill Lee’s decision to opt out of the federal unemployment benefits programs earlier this year.
The Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that was closed after a crack was found in the span will begin reopening next week.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee Senate Republicans are urging the public to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a move that comes as case numbers are beginning to once again climb throughout the state.
The Tennessee State Museum will soon allow the public to view the busts of three military leaders, including an ex-Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader.
Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey told reporters Friday the Mature Minor Doctrine is used in “very nuanced and fringe situations.”
A decades long effort to remove a bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader from the Tennessee Capitol has cleared its final hurdle.
A statement from two state lawmakers indicates Tennessee is doubling back on a decades-old provision about children’s vaccination rights, an issue that became a lightning rod in the firing last week of Tennessee’s top vaccine official.
Law enforcement officials are investigating after a 6-year-old boy died in what they described as an accidental shooting.
Since 2011, Tennessee has allowed local school districts to create virtual schools that offer alternative modes of instruction for students.
The child tax credit allows the Internal Revenue Service to use existing records to send families monthly payments of part of their total 2021 child credit this year so they don't have to wait to claim them on tax returns. The move is, in part, to help families recover from the pandemic.
Investigators have yet top determine if a shooting in the bars parking lot was connected to one inside the bar.
Summer was last seen around on June 15 at her home in a remote area of East Tennessee.
The order was given to Tennessee’s former top vaccination chief earlier this month just days before she was fired amid Republican outrage over her push to inoculate teenagers against COVID-19.
The seven states, which also include Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia, have about 633,000 acres in need of reclamation. Kentucky and West Virginia have about 400,000 of those acres, the report said.
Congressman David Kustoff was joined by Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright, as well as other state and local leaders, to break ground on the project that has been a decade in the making.
The Red Cross is asking people to come and donate as soon as possible to help patients in need of life saving care this month.
508 students will have their scholarships reinstated.
As of Monday, state and federal data showed 38% of Tennesseans were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, lagging behind much of the nation.
Anyone with information about the shooting can call the Martin Police Department at 731-587-5355.
Looking ahead to something a long time coming in Union City, Tennessee. On Tuesday, paving will kick off on the new Interstate 69.
The law would require businesses to post signs that read, “This facility maintains a policy of allowing the use of restrooms by either biological sex, regardless of the designation on the restroom.”
The five clusters are largely in parts of eight states, starting in the east in Georgia and stretching west to Texas and north to southern Missouri. The clusters also include parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Tennessee officials are offering 10,000 travelers a $250 flight voucher for four airports in the state if they book certain hotel packages.
Records say the doctor used a rapid antibody test and then cleared both patients of infection even though he “knew or should have known” the tests did not work that way.
The shooting remains under investigation, but police said in a statement that they believe “the shooting was accidental and self-inflicted.”
Looking for some fun this holiday weekend? Communities across the Local 6 area are hosting Independence Day events this Saturday and Sunday.
Former officer Andrew Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of Daniel Hambrick, 25, in 2018 as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
With the threat of misdemeanor penalties, the law requires that the following sign be posted in bold, uppercase letters outside public multiperson bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms wherever transgender people are not prevented from using the facilities of their choice.
Tennessee plans to suspend construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes during the Fourth of July holiday weekend to reduce traffic delays, transportation officials said.
Brianna Clark talked with Brooks live this morning on Local 6 today, and he says he's excited to get back in front of a crowd.
John McAfee, the controversial antivirus software magnate who'd had multiple recent run-ins with the US law, has died at 75.
Tennessee’s Board of Regents said it has approved a tuition increase for the state’s community colleges and technology colleges.
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"I just hope God in his mercies will deliver Summer home to us,” Summer Wells father says. The 5-year-old girl has been missing since Tuesday.
Investigators say the child was last seen outside her home Tuesday night.
One of the most successful country musicians in history will be making his return to the stage this summer.
The charges are in connection with the rape and killing of Tennessee Department of Correction Administrator Debra Johnson on Aug. 7, 2019, at West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, Tennessee.
The FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit program provides a $50 monthly discount to low-income families struggling to pay for internet service.
A Chattanooga businessman and close friend of union boss Jimmy Hoffa was gunned down in 1979 in downtown Chattanooga after testifying before a federal grand jury during the early phases Tennessee’s notorious “cash-for-clemency” scandal.
Buttigieg was set to meet with officials at a FedEx Corp. facility in Memphis before a planned tour of the Hernando De Soto bridge and a news conference later Thursday.
The review released Wednesday found that the bomb squad officer who followed up on the tip did not document his efforts, nor did he attempt to contact the bomber’s employer, family, or neighbors.
