MEMPHIS - Charles Turner Harrison has been institutionalized since putting a 9mm pistol to the back of his mother's head in 1984, pulling the trigger and then telling police he thought he could...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended repair work on an area of Wolf Creek Dam at Lake Cumberland in southern...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) - Kingsport Police have filed a 10th DUI charge against a driver who was going about 20 miles per hour on Interstate 26 and weaving. The Kingsport Times -News reported...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Lipscomb University is holding an acoustic concert featuring Charlie Daniels, Amy Grant, Kix Brooks and Gretchen Wilson to raise money for veterans to go to...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Grammy Award winner Wynonna Judd has agreed to participate in the opening ceremonies of the World Equestrian Games this fall in Lexington. The games announced Wednesday that...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The American Spiritual Ensemble, a University of Kentucky choral group, is performing at the annual meeting of the Southern Division of the American Choral Directors...

UNION CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say they are encouraged that alternative funds will be approved for a proposed riverport near Tiptonville. The U.S. Department of Transportation has turned down an...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - The 22nd annual Tennessee Beef Agribition this weekend at Middle Tennessee State University includes sales and a trade show. Spokesmen for the 3-day cattle show say the...

Tennessee State University's accreditation is at risk this year unless it proves professors adequately test students, administrators make results-driven decisions and instructors have the right...

A Nashville doctor whose medical license was reinstated after a double murder conviction lost a court battle Wednesday to try to reopen his practice after a second run-in with the...

KODAK - Almost $400,000 has been raised by Sevier County native Dolly Parton and her business ventures for the Friends of the Smokies group during the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's 75th...

The county is asking well owners - even those who no longer use their wells - to register in an online database so that public health officials can quickly notify people if an emergency threatens the...

A LaFollette police officer was suspended without pay Wednesday for allegedly hitting a man over the head with a pistol and threatening to kill him during a fracas over a card...

PIGEON FORGE - Partly shut down for weeks after a rockslide, all lanes of U.S. 441 in Sevier County will be open for the next several days ahead of another phase of repair...

A local abstinence-centered sex education program is lamenting the impending loss of a federal grant that would force it to scale back its offerings in East Tennessee school...

Palin, former Alaska governor and running mate to Republican Sen. John McCain in his 2008 bid for the White House, will testify in U.S. District Court in Knoxville next month when University of...

It’s been three years since the McClung warehouses, on West Jackson Avenue, went up in flames. A judge’s recent ruling may pave the way for someone new to take control of the devastated...

OAK RIDGE - Construction of a new $50 million Complex Command Center at the government's Y-12 nuclear weapons plant could be stalled because of questions about plans to use private financing for the...

Alma Harris, 72, sits in her living room behind her new walker from the “loaner closet” of the East Tennessee Technology Access Center on Wednesday at her home in East Knoxville. ETTAC has an...

BOSTON (AP) -- Rudy Gay scored 28 points to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The state of Tennessee allowed Dr. Visu Vilvarajah to practice medicine again even though he'd spent time in prison for killing his wife and mother-in-law. But the state may...

Storm drain covers stolen in Brunswick Farms subdivision Bartlett Police say they've had recent reports of more than 20 covers stolen Crooks will sell them to scrap metal dealers (Shelby County...

FAST FACTS: MCS Responds to Rape Allegations Students Could Face Expulsion Many Questions left Unanswered tom.powell@wreg.com (MEMPHIS 03/10/2010) -- MCS is responding as the Memphis Police...

2002 Toyota Camry carjacked at 613 South Highland Same car used in two subsequent purse-snatchings Victims and witnesses fought back each time (Memphis 3/10/10) It's been a rough week for a pair...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top lawyer says the state must hand over $18 million in disputed sales taxes to local governments. The opinion from Attorney General Thurbert Baker was obtained by The...

Picture from David Kernell’s MySpace page which is no longer accessible. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled an April 20 trial for a University of Tennessee student accused of...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Nashville doctor who was allowed to practice medicine after murdering his wife and mother-in-law has lost a court battle he waged after his license was suspended over a...

Three students arrested and accused of raping 17-year-old girl The victim says at least five guys were involved in the attack. Father of 16-year-old suspect says his son's innocent (Memphis...

Oakland police officer tells News Channel 3 he resigned Officer claimed badge stopped bullet Officer says he's advised not to comment about allegations he made up story ( Memphis 03/10/2010) An...

Schulz breaks ground in Tunica First in the world to manufacture high tech steel pipe for oil and gas industry Slated to employ 5-hundred by December dennis.turner@wreg.com (Robinsonville, MS...

as its first venture funding investment through the Tennessee Small Business Company Investment Credit Act. TrakLok developed and manufactures the GeoLok, a locking system for shipping containers...

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - A co-defendant in the fatal shooting of an East Tennessee business owner has made a plea deal that will put him on probation for 10 years, on top of time already served. The...

TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (AP) - Investigators charged a Tullahoma man with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son while he was baby-sitting. Police Chief Paul Blackwell said 20-year-old...

SPRING HILL, Tenn. – The six-year-old boy severely burned in his backyard just days before Christmas returned to his home in Spring Hill Wednesday. Dylan Snider was released from Shriners Burn...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – If you are heading downtown this weekend, expect delays, detours and lots of traffic. With construction for the new convention center and the SEC men's basketball...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – Target stores on Wednesday launched a new program that allows shoppers to download coupons on their smart phones instead of clipping them out of the newspaper. "You can...

BELL BUCKLE, Tenn. – Emergency responders were put to the test Wednesday at a training exercise in Bell Buckle. The event was part of a TEMA training exercise to test radio communications...

Former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin is expected to be a witness at a University of Tennessee student's internet fraud trial next month. A motions hearing Wednesday...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Legislation is advancing in the House that seeks to clarify a Tennessee law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.The...

KNOXVILLE - The attorney for a University of Tennessee student accused of illegally accessing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account is challenging a federal magistrate judge's...

KNOXVILLE - A firefighter is recovering at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center today after suffering a heart attack while battling a house fire Tuesday night, according to a Knoxville Fire...

TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (AP) -- Investigators charged a Tullahoma man with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son while he was...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- East Tennessee's chief federal prosecutor said at a Building Safe Communities Summit that preventing gang violence involves more than law...

JumpStart Foundry , the microfund will select 10 to 14 entrepreneurs over the next year to receive financial, business and technological support, Solidus said in news release today. Each start-up...

Corp., the discount store giant based in Goodlettsville, filed suit in U.S. District Court Tuesday against Memphis-based Fred’s, accusing its competitor of “unlawfully and...

A bill that would plan for and fund green jobs programs in Tennessee advanced in the state House of Representatives Wednesday, but the potential cost of the program could present challenges in a...