3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (468+ words) The NAACP is continuing its legal challenge to Tennessee's new congressional map. The organization filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in state court to block the map from being used in the 2026 elections. The filling marks the NAACP's third…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (794+ words) Tony Carruthers, 57, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the 1994 kidnappings and murders of Marcellos Anderson; his mother, Delois Anderson; and Frederick Tucker. He was forced to represent himself at trial repeatedly complaining about court-appointed attorneys and threatening…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1318+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. " As civil rights advocates protest, Republican lawmakers in several Southern states are seizing on the opportunity afforded by a'U. S. Supreme Court ruling'to redraw congressional districts ahead of the November midterm elections. President Donald Trump has been encouraging more…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (599+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Applying to a college in Tennessee? The Tennessee Higher Education Commission wants to help high school students with that process. For the month of September, the commission said many colleges and universities in the state will waive their…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (411+ words) Election season starts Wednesday in Tennessee. Early voting opens for county and judicial primary elections. For other counties, check with your county election commission. You have until April 25 to request an absentee ballot. Primary election day is May 5. The county…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (534+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. " January's ice storm hit half the country. The Mid-South took the worst of it. Now help is on the way for families that took a financial hit in the storm. President Donald Trump has signed a major disaster…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (574+ words) GALLAWAY, Tenn. - The mayor of a small Tennessee city has filed a lawsuit claiming that his constitutional rights were violated during an "unlawful" traffic stop last year that resulted in his arrest on drug charges, records show. Gallaway Mayor Jamie…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (427+ words) Over the next few days, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is halting all lane closures and road construction. It is from 11: 59 p. m. Tuesday through Jan. 2. The road closure suspension comes after AAA said nearly 3 million Tennesseans are expected to go…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (584+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A grand jury indicted a 77-year-old Tennessee man on 32 counts of child sex abuse. That child was 8 years old at the time of his arrest, according to the Covington Police Department (CPD)." CPD announced the arrest of 77-year-old…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (579+ words) That nearly 700, 000 Tennesseans includes 150, 000 in Shelby County alone. The Tennessee House Democratic Caucus requested the governor call the extraordinary session in a letter Thursday "for the specific, limited purpose of appropriating emergency funds to supplement any lost federal funding for…...