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Updated: 09/09/2020 05:25:05 PM

Atlanta Mayor May Have Tested Positive For COVID 19  
Alexander: Stakes Too High To Debate Wearing Masks
First Time Voters Facing Challenges Casting Absentee Ballots

More State, East Tennessee Headlines Archives

 

Tennessee Faces Lawsuits Over Allowing Counties To

Demand and Require Masks

State Deaths From COVID At 1628

Recovery Rate Still At 99.5% Compared To Cases

 

Kentucky Cheerleading Coaches Fired After Hazing,

Nudity Charges Surface

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Arkansas Professor Charged With Hiding China

Ties To Secure NASA Grant Money

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Details Emerge From New Video Of

Murdered Black Man In Georgia

National Media Ignores 29-Year Old Black Man Murdering Married Couple In 80s In DE

Atlanta Mayor Defends Biden, Blames Trump For Shooting Death Of Ahmaud Arbery

 

19 Dead In Deadly Tornadoes, Storms Across South

Homes Destroyed, Injuries Reported Near Chattanooga

Mississippi, Georgia Hit Hard; 12 Dead In MS, 7 In Georgia

High Winds Possible Still Across East Tennessee Even Though Skies Clear  

Storms Do Damage In Chattanooga And Other Parts Of East Tennessee

 

President Trump Visits Tornado-Ravaged Tennessee Declares Three Counties Federal Disaster Areas Promises Aid And Relief

Three TN Counties To Receive Federal Relief Aid Due To Tornado Damage

 

Five Children, 13 Adults Dead In Putnam County

Following Deadly Tornadoes

Photos of Cookeville Tornado Victims

Storm Damage Across Middle Tennessee

Former Etowah Residents Among Dead In Middle Tennessee Tornadoes  

Man Missing In Mt. Juliet Tornado Found Safe In Knoxville  

 

Death Toll Rises To 25 In Deadly EF-4 Nashville Tornado In Early AM Hours Of Tuesday

Buildings Leveled In Downtown Nashville; See Video Of Tornado Passing Through City At 2AM EST

Knoxville Phone Services Experiencing Outages After Nashville Tornado

Photos Of Storm Damage Across Middle Tennessee

Photos At Daylight Reveal "War Zone" Type Devastation Across Counties Around Nashville

Drone Footage Of Tornado Damage

Super Tuesday Voters Brave Severe Weather Across Several States Today

U.S. States By Average Most Struck By Tornadoes

 Deadliest Tornado To Ever Hit United States

First Time Tornado Has Hit Downtown Nashville Since 1998

 

Mother Of Missing 15-Month Old Evelyn Boswell Tells WATE

Her Mother Took Her To Mendoto, Virginia;

No Results From Search

Grandmother Of Missing Tn Toddler Back In Jail On Unrelated Charges To AMBER Alert

Petition Calls For New Law To Require Tennessee Parents To Report Missing Children Sooner

 

Jackson MS Under Water In Latest Mississippi Flooding

More Rain To Come

 

TBI Releases Info On Missing

Two Year Old Evelyn Boswell

Alabama Bill Would Force Men Over 50 To Get Vasectomy

 

Assault Weapons Ban Shelved By Virginia Senate In Win

For Pro-Second Amendment Patriots  

 

School Calls Cops On 6-Year Old Downs Syndrome Baby

For Making Finger Gestures

 

Missing Six Year Old South Carolina

Girl Found Dead

 

Early Voting In Tennessee Primary Begins This Week

Tennessee To Officially Be Designated As "The Volunteer State" This Weekend

Job Fair Wednesday In Knoxville To Give Opportunities For Hundreds Of New Jobs

 

25-Year Old Florida Man Arrested Outside White House

After Threatening To Kill President Trump

 

Health Officials: 9th Pediatric Death Reported In Tennessee

 

Kentucky Bill Protects Infants

Surviving Abortion

 

Alabama Car Crash Kills Three High School Cheerleaders Christmas Day

 

Tennessee Counties Revolting Against Governor Bill Lee's Plans

To Settle Refugees In Volunteer State

 

Hendersonville Police Officer Killed Near Goodlettsville

Tennessee Ranks Second Nicest State In America

 

Two TDOT Contractors Dead, Trooper Injured In Deadly I-40 Crash

More Than 200 Arrested In North Carolina Gun, Drug Crackdown

 

Deputies Call On Hunters To Find Missing Girl From Latest AMBER Alert

 

Body Of Missing Three Year Old Found In Dumpster

 

Florida Senate Votes 25-15 To Removed Sheriff Israel From Office

Over Handling Of Parkland Shooting In 2017

 

Jimmy Carter Hospitalized After Fall At Georgia Home

 

Tennessee Ranks Last In Average Salaries Across USA According To Report

 

Report: More Tennesseans Being Treated For Depression

Virginia Doctor Gets 40 Years For Prescribing Millions of Opiod Pills

 

East Tennessee Schools Release Numbers On Vaping Incidents

U.S. Vaping Illnesses Jump To 815, Deaths To 13 In 2019

 

Ohio Sex Sting Nets 104 Including Youth Pastor, Doctor

 

Five Year Old Autism Tennessee Branded Sex Offender

For Hugging, Kissing Classmates

 

Tennessee Couple, Six Year Old

Grandson Dead In Murder-Suicide

 

Two Kentucky High School Students Charged With Terrorism

 

West Tennessee Pastor Guilty Of Raping, Abusing Child

 

Florida Mom Arrested For Drowning Of Two Sons

 

Alabama 14 Year Old Confesses To Killing All Five Of Family Members

Chicago Mayor Blames Indiana's Laws, Not Illinois in Wake Of

Bloody Labor Day Weekend, 41 Shot, 7 Dead In Chicago

 

I-75 Southbound Lanes Closed Due To Wreck

With Chemical Carrying Vehicles

 

University Of Kentucky Caught

Discriminating Against, Mocking Conservatives

 

150 Arrested In Operation "Crystal Mountain" In Tennessee

 

FBI Truck Driver Who Threatened Mass Shooting At Memphis Church

Arrested In Indy Three Days Before Planned Attacked

 

Pizza Delivery Leads To Bust Of Middle TN Counterfeit Ring

 

Worker Threatened To Blow Up Braves Stadium, Shoot Everyone There

 

New Law Requires Teachers To Learn About Human Trafficking Signs

 

 

One Million Moms Launch Protest Against

Whole Foods "Drag Queen" Story Hour Event

 

Tennessee City Website Hacked

By Iranian Hackers

 

Human Trafficking Second Highest Rated Crime In Tennessee

 

Tennessee Speaker Of The House

To Resign Friday

 

Virginia Marks 400th Year Anniversary Of First Legislative Assembly

The House Of Burgess July 30, 1719

Speech Interrupted By Dem Legislator Disrespecting President

 

Tennessee Man Dies After Being Infected By

Bacteria Laced Waters In Destin, Florida

 

Tennessee Detective, Boyfriend Arrested After Domestic Attack On Each Other With Hammer Investigated

 

Tennessee's New Hands Free Cell Phone Law Now In Effect!

 

TBI Issues Endangered Child Alert For Teen With Medical Condition

 

Five Alabama Residents Arrested For Tennessee Care Fraud

 

13 Dead, 6 Wounded In Virginia Beach

Municipal Complex Shooting

 

FBI Discovers Home Grown ISIS Camp In Macon County, Alabama

 

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks: All Those Involved In Coup Against President Trump

Need To Be Jailed To Maximum Degree

Media, Dems Scared Barr To Show Obama Conspired To Deep Six Trump Campaign

Former CIA Officer Kevin Shipp: President Trump In Life or Death Battle With "Treasonous Deep State"

 

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Mocks "C-List"

Celebrities For Boycotting Georgia Over Heartbeat Law

Alveda King: New Abortion Laws Not Meant To Punish Women But to Give The Baby Civil Rights

Rapper: Abortion Laws Are Slavery And "I'm Not Proud To Be An American"

Jim Carey Artwork Depicts Gov. Kay Ivey Being Ripped From Womb In Vile Cartoon

 

Tennessee Church Shooting Suspect On Trial Today

 

Massive Manhunt Nabs Suspect Involved In Killing Alabama Police Officer Near Auburn

 

Tennessee House GOP Caucus Meets Behind Closed Doors

To Determine Fate Of Embattled State House Speaker

 

Alabama Lt. Governor: We Believe In LIFE In Alabama

As Governor Signs Restrictive Abortion Bill

Media's Seven Latest Hoaxes Concerning Abortion

Georgia Heartbeat Law Will Not Send Women To Prison For Abortion

Facebook Censors Pro-Life Ad Campaign In Ireland

 

Missing Kentucky Toddler Find Alive Three Days Later

 

East Tennessee Police Officer Charged

With Solicitation Of A Minor

 

Cohen Embarrasses Himself And State Of Tennessee With Chicken Stunt During

House Judiciary Committee Hearing That Was Absent AG William Barr

 

Slain Student At UNC Charlotte Tackled Gunman

That Likely Saved Tons More Lives

 

Crossville 6th Graders Charged

With Plotting School Shooting

 

Alabama Democrat: Kids Are Unwanted So

You Kill Them Now Or Kill Them Later

 

Tennessee Mayor Arrested On Evidence

Tampering Charges Days Before Re-Elect

 

Florida Sanctuary City Law Likely To

Be Signed By Gov. Ron Desantis

 

Tennessee Health Officials Contacting Those Possibly Exposed To Measles

 

Atlanta Mayor Invites Drag Queen Story Hour To Local Library Who Cancels Event

 

West Tennessee Man Charged With Raping 14-Year Teen From Wartburg

 

CDC: E-Coli Outbreak Sickens 72 People Across Five

 States Including Tennessee

 

Tennessee Officials Seeking Endangered Teen

 

Red For Ed Group Threatening Illegal Teacher's Strike In Tennessee

 

House Passes H.R. 1 Bill That Many See As Insult To Voter Fraud Laws

Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) Speaks To Great Smoky Mountain Journal

About The Bill -Click HERE For Full Interview

 

HR 1 Should Be Called The Lois Lerner Tribute Act  

Dr. Phil Roe - Special Article: HR 1 Is NOT For The People

 

Tennessee Advances Bill Banning Fetal Heartbeat Abortion

Tennessee is the latest state to move closer to enacting one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation.

 

Governor Bill Lee Gives State Of The State Address At

University Of Tennessee Campus

 

Tennessee's Senator Lamar Alexander:

"National Emergency Declaration 'Unnecessary and Unwise'"

Collins, Udall Unveil Republican Resolution In Senate To Derail Trump National Emergency Declaration

 

20 Alabama Ministers Charged With Sex Crimes  

 

Man Accused Of Pulling Gun On Kentucky Couple At Bowling Green At Store

 

Virginia's Northam Says That's Not Him In Racist Photo And Resists Calls To Resign

From Left Virginia Lt. Justin Fairfax Denies Resurfaced Sexual Assault Allegation

 

Tennessee Seeks To Push Bill

To Make It Crime To Kill Baby

Once Heartbeat Is Heard

Top GOP Lawmakers, TN Governor Supports Heartbeat Abortion Ban In State

Virginia Governor Defends Bill That Would Kill Baby While Women In Labor

President Trump: Democrats Becoming Party Of Late Term Abortion

 

Tennessee Former Governor Bill Haslam Hands "Keys"

Over To Bill Lee And Says "God's Speed My Brother"

 

Georgia Man Arrested For Seeking To Attack White House

 

Another 2.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Middle Tennessee

 

 

Former Teacher Ted Cummins Who Ran Away

With Teenager Gets 20 Years Behind Bars

 

National Group Searching For Missing Knoxville Teen Last Seen Since May

 

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, Congressman Phil Roe (R-TN) Speak Out

On Partial Government Shutdown

 

Governor Haslam Grants Cyntoria Brown Clemency; To Be Released August 7

 

Newport Animal Shelter Hit With Unusual Virus

 

Another Earthquake Hits East Tennessee This Week Near Decatur

 

Tennessee Bound Jet Crashes Near Atlanta Killing All Four On Board

 

 

Travelers At Nashville Airport Honor Children Of Fallen Soldiers

 

FEMA Wants 2010 Flood Money Back From Nashville

 

Tennessee To Execute Second Inmate in A Month As Gov. Haslam Refuses

To Intervene At Late Hour For David Miller

 

Kid Rock Removed From Nashville Christmas Parade For

Calling The View's Joy Behar  A "B$#$#"

 

Two Minors, 18 Year Old Killed In McMinn County Crash

 

Gunman Dead And Two Wounded In Alabama Mall Shooting

Outside Birmingham On Thanksgiving

 

North Carolina Man Found In Mexican Canyons

 

Mass Shooting Thwarted At Central Kentucky Plant

 

Two Dead, 44 Hurt In Memphis Bus Crash On Icy Road

 

Amazon New Headquarters To Bring

"Largest Job Commitment" To Tennessee

 

 

Man Gets 655 Years For

Sexually Assaulting Children

 

 

Blackburn Wallops Bredesen For Tennessee U.S. Senate Seat

As Burchett Takes Duncan's Seat In House

 

AMERICA MIDTERM RESULTS

Bill Lee  Wins Tennessee's

Governor's Race

 

Tennessee Man Sent Uber For Teenage Girl, Raped Her At Hotel

 

Bare Buns Half Naked Kingsport Tennessee

Woman Falls Through Cook Out Roof

 

Tennessee Inmate To Die In Electric Chair, Requests Strange Final Meal

 

Tennessee Paramedic Accused Of Hurting Patients Then Bragging About It Online

 

Georgia Sheriff Puts "No Trick Or Treat" Signs In Front Of Sex Offenders Homes

 

Nearly 60% Of Americans Claim To Have Seen Ghosts

 

Meth Found In Five Year Olds System, Parents Blame Halloween Candy

 

Tennessee Wildlife Officials Warn Residents Alligators

Inhabiting Ponds All Across Volunteer State

Tennessee High School Coach Indicted In Sex Crimes Investigation

 

Virginia Kennel Owner Charged With Bestiality, Animal Abuse

 

Tennessee Child Affected By Mysterious Polio-Type Illness

Reported In 22 States According To CDC

Tragedy In Maury County As Mom,

Four Daughters All Killed In Murder-Suicide

 

Two Tennessee Indicted For Raping 9-Month Old Baby

 

Tennessee Governor Candidates Square Off In Second Debate

Tennessee Highway Patrol Yanked From Race After Leaking Info To Lee Campaign

 

Tennessee Senate Candidates Spar In Last Debate Before Mid-Terms

Taylor Swift's Rant Against Blackburn Backfires As Republican Candidate

Surges To 14 Point Lead Over Bredesen In Polls

 

Babysitter Arrested After Toddler Found With Severe Head Injuries

 

Tennessee's Corker Sides With Menendez To Scuttle Rand Paul Efforts

To Block Billions In U.S. Funding For Afghan Forces Sexually Abusing Boys

 

Missing Child Alert Issued For Missing

West Tennessee Teenager

 

TRAGEDY IN NC

Body Of Missing NC Non-Verbal Six Year Old Boy Found After Going Missing

Investigation Underway

Mother Tearfully Pleads For Return Of NC

Non-Verbal Six Year Old

 

Asheville Woman Attacked By Bear While

Walking Her Dog

 

Memphis Has Third Highest Crime Rate In U.S. Cities Behind Baltimore, Chicago

 

Gas Prices Slide In Tn Overall Even Though Higher Than This Time Last Year

 

Authorities Investigate Suicide

In Unicoi County

 

Six Year Old Shot Sitting Beside Sister In Car;

Two Men Charged In Case

 

Opioid Crisis In Tennessee Creates Need For Foster Homes

Across Area According To Reports

 

Realty TV Surgeon, Girlfriend Charged With Drugging, Sexually Assaulting Two Women

 

TN MS 13-Gang Member Convicted Of Brutal Attack, Murder Near Nashville

 

14 Year Old Boy Arrested By TBI For Killing Man

 

Former KY School Employee Pleads Guilty To Sodomy, Rape Charges in Lexington

 

TBI Spokesman Fired From Job After Internal Investigation Into Wrong Doing With Former Acting Director Jason Locke

 

State Of Tennessee Developing New Phone App Dedicated To Cades Cove

 

Bill Lee, Karl Dean Set For Three Governor Race Debates In October

Ahead of General Election

 

Tennessee Among Top 10 Among Worst Drivers List In Nation According To Study

 

Audit Of Former Nashville Mayor's Affair Can't Determine How Much Money Spent On Illicit Romp

 

 

Bredesen Puts Blackburn On Spot Over

Opioid Law Position

 

LOCAL: Two Armed and Dangerous Inmates Escape From Bell County KY Detention Center

 

State Closes Unlicensed Abortion Clinic

 

Tennessee Convicted Child Killer Picks Burger Combo As Last Meal Before Execution

 

SC Woman Says She Was Kidnapped Taken To Myrtle Beach SC Sex Trafficking Operation

 

Tennessee Scammer Who Calls TBI Gets Busted

 

Memphis Couple Charged With Child Rape,

Sexual Battery And Incest

 

Nashville Woman Don't Get Party Invite,

Sets House Of Fire

 

TBI To Break Ground On New Lab, Regional Headquarters

 

Tennessee Receives $4.3M In Health Grant

To Fight Student Obesity

 

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Warn Of Dam Dangers

 

Tennessee's 278th Calvary Regiment Holds Family Day Before Deployment To Ukraine

 

More Than 100 New Tennessee Laws

Effective July 1

 

Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch Appointed As New Director Of

Tennessee FBI By Gov. Bill Haslam

 

Two New State Laws To Protect Domestic

Violence Victims

 

Memphis Woman Arrested After Transporting Two Children In Pet Kennels

 

Tennessee Teen Shot Dead Over Honey Bun

 

Man Accused Of Shooting and Killing Dickson County Deputy Enters Not Guilty Plea

 

Nashville Man Arrested In Deadly Hatchet Attack in Kentucky

 

North Carolina 7-Month Old Found Safe As Sex Offender

Father Arrested On Kidnapping Charges

 

 

Tennessee Man Arrested For Attempted Rape Of Friend's Mother Near Arlington

 

Man Accused Of Killing Dickson County Sheriff's Deputy

Now In Custody

 

Virginia Democratic Candidate Compares

President Trump To Osama Bin Laden

 

Another Illegal Alien Rapes Child In North Carolina

After Being Deported Twice

 

South Carolina 11-Month Old Found Dead Inside

Diaper Box After False Amber Alert

 

Physical Therapist Faces Forgery Charges After Investigation By TBI

 

Nashville Officials Confirm Hepatitis Outbreak

 

Governor Haslam Offering $2,500 Reward For Information Leading To Arrest of Person Responsible For Hit and Run Death Of Teen In 2017

 

Tennessee Sanctuary City Bill Set To Become Law Without Gov. Bill Haslam's Signature

 

Tennessee Gas Prices Raise .05 Cents But Gas Prices In SE Part of the Nation Among Lowest in The Country

 

Convicted Felon From Chattanooga Added

To TBI's Top 10 Most Wanted List

 

Tennessee Man Captures 6.5 Foot Rattlesnake

 

Florida To Monitor Broward County Election Official After Unlawful Ballot Destruction During Wasserman-Shultz Election

 

Six U.S. States Including Tennessee Accuse Oxy Contin

Of Deceptive Marketing That Fueled

Opioid Overdose Deaths

 

TBI Director Mark Gwyn Retiring Today

After 30 Years Of Service

 

Amazon Charges TN Couple $1,000

To Ship Paper Plates

 

Tennessee National Guardsman From Memphis Killed In California

During Training Activity

 

Man Accused Of Fatal Shooting At Nashville's Opry Mills Mall Appears In Court

 

Nashville Police Officers Smash Window Of SUV To Save Toddler

In Hot Car, Mother Arrested

 

TBI Issues Endangered Child Alert For

Four-Year Old Missing From Dickson, TN

 

Nashville Mall Reopens One Day After Deadly

Shooting Kills One Inside Mall Thursday

 

Five Dead  In Air National Guard Plane Crash

Near Savannah Georgia

 

Kentucky 15-Year Old Disappears From School Wednesday With Unknown Subject Then Texts Friends For "Help"

 

Antioch Waffle House To Reopen Days After Shooting Killed Four People, Injured 13

 

Tennessee Legislators Pass Bill That Would

Restrict Bans On Short-Term Rentals

 

State Lawmakers Honor Waffle House

Shooting Hero James Shaw Jr.

 

Co-Owner Of Colorado Crane Company Says She Told FBI To Keep Nashville Waffle House Shooter In Custody After 2017 Arrest

 

 

Kentucky Man Arrested After Waving Airsoft Rifle And Spraying Nazi Graffiti Outside Lexington Shopping Center

 

Newborn Found Safe After Couple Fled Nearly 300 Miles From Illinois To Florida

 

Winchester KY Couple Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Adult Son With Down Syndrome

 

 

 

 

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