Tennessee News

Samantha Coggin and the new friends that she made at YMCA Camp Hanes in July have something special in common: They all have a parent in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Associated Press - July 26, 2008 1:55 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tennessee is 1 of 44 states that require all newborns to undergo a hearing test before leaving the hospital.

DuPont Co. has joined a state initiative to build the first pilot-scale biorefinery in the U.S. that would take corncobs and switchgrass grown on Tennessee farms and convert the biomass into ethanol for fuel.

A program to reduce the state employee work force by 5 percent has drawn a disappointingly small number of applicants.

FORMER Vice President Al Gore and his entourage arrived at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on July 17 for his speech on global warming in a caravan consisting of two Lincoln Town Cars and a Chevrolet ...

FORMER Vice President Al Gore and his entourage arrived at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on July 17 for his speech on global warming in a caravan consisting of two Lincoln Town Cars and a Chevrolet ...

Court officials say three former Tiptonville firefighters who pleaded guilty to arson are violating plea agreements that include paying restitution.

Under a memorandum of understanding, the three hope to bring fully electric cars to the state in 2011.

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen today swore in veteran education executive Dr. Timothy K. Webb as the new Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education.

The prosecutor in Murfreesboro said a sheriff's detective whose car struck and killed a Kentucky girl was not under the influence of alcohol.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court's decision to award a couple $13 million in punitive damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler.

Police in Athens say a man detained a suspected drunken driver in a school yard before the suspect was given his eighth DUI charge.

Mary Jo Jones wouldn't be alive today except for the selflessness of an organ donor.

In 'Crime in public housing' , I was struck by this comment from a neighbor near J.C. Napier Homes: 'You cannot sit there and wait for them to come up with a solution themselves.' Think about this statement as ...

The bill that Congress passed last week that spared doctors a 10.6 percent pay cut was good news for a different reason for psychiatrists and other outpatient behavioral health-care providers.

The U.S. Marshals Service says it's arrested a U.S. Navy sailor wanted for allegedly raping a boy in Memphis, Tennessee.

Nissan Motor Company is recalling nearly 170,000 Sentra sedans in the United States to address a brake cylinder that could leak fluid.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Nissan Motor Co. and the state of Tennessee are teaming up to encourage demand for ultra-clean electric cars and other zero-emission vehicles in the fourth such agreement concluded this year ...

' A clerk at the Dollar General Store who was duct-taped to a display by a robber knocked a phone off the hook with her foot and dialed 911 using her nose, Athens police said.

A new music discovery website that predicts how users will rate every registered song will be available to music fans in September, according to the site ' s Tennessee developers.