2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (270+ words) President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One and greets U.S. Air Force Service Members at Joint Base Andrews. ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Middle Tennessee candy company that markets itself as "The Snack That Gives Back" is planting roots…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (120+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A legal challenge to Tennessee’s newly approved congressional redistricting plan has been dismissed, clearing the way for a map that splits Shelby County into three districts. A three-judge panel dismissed the NAACP’s challenge to three bills passed…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (547+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee Republican leaders are defending the state’s newly approved congressional map as fair and constitutional, while Democrats and civil rights groups condemned the plan as an attack on Black political representation and pledged to challenge it in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (362+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee ranks last in the nation for per-student public school spending, according to a new National Education Association report released after lawmakers approved an expansion of the state’s private school voucher program. The NEA’s annual Rankings and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (220+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Early voting for Tennessee’s May 5 state and county primary election begins Wednesday, April 15, giving voters across Davidson County more than two weeks to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day. The early voting period runs through April…...

5+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (136+ words) NEW MARKET, Tenn. (WZTV) — Federal investigators are looking into the crash of a small airplane on Monday near New Market in East Tennessee. The National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, said on April 13 that it is investigating the crash involving…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (551+ words) The amendment to House Bill 2532, filed by Republican Rep. Ryan Williams of Cookeville, passed a key House finance subcommittee this week and now heads to a dull House Finance, Ways and Means committee. The underlying bill originally filed by House…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (242+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn (WZTV) — Tennessee's three stars on the state flag almost became three separate states. The state flag's three stars represent West, Middle, and East Tennessee. But those regions nearly split apart in the 1840s. "We had two separate movements in…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (255+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn (WZTV) — State Rep. Clay Doggett, R-Pulaski, has introduced legislation aimed at providing additional funding to Tennessee’s rural counties. The Greenbelt Initiative Fund Transfer (GIFT) Act, House Bill 2375, would establish a $210 million Rural Revenue Equity Fund to support local…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (170+ words) BONNERTOWN, Tenn. (WZTV) — Cleanup continued in the small town of Bonnertown in Lawrence County after emergency management officials said a tornado may have touched down in the area Sunday night. Windy conditions impacted areas across the Midstate and Southern Kentucky…...