Investigators tell WMC-TV in Memphis that several train cars left the tracks around 6 a.m. Sunday, but no one was injured and no vehicles along the street were damaged...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam's first effort to reduce state boards will merge six panels with significant environmental duties into three, affecting one with regulatory power over...

The school district has said it intends to spend $10 million for regional produce next year instead of getting its supply from the federal commodity program and commercial...

Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Scruggs told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that she is holding an event later this month to raise awareness that bullying is a problem and to raise money to combat it...

(Memphis 2/5/2011) There are no serious injuries after a train derailement this morning in east Memphis. Several Canadian National Railway cars went off the rail near Mendenhall and...

09:26 AM ET 02.05 | A wealthy San Francisco hedge-fund manager and officials in the Seattle mayor's office have been working behind the scenes for eight months to bring an NBA team back to the...

10:27 AM ET 02.05 | League sources maintain one of the biggest hangups in the Dwight Howard saga is that Howard has yet to fully commit to a destination. "Dwight can't make a...

The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a house fire in East Knoxville that sent a mother and her daughter to the hospital Saturday night. According to Capt. D.J. Corcoran, a spokesman for...

Aisha Patrick and Kayli Keough each led the Knights in double digits with 18 points.Gevenia Carter added 10 points and Andrea Hines recorded a career-high 10 rebounds. Erika Jones matched Hines'...

In general, critics see Haslam's legislative proposals as an unwarranted assertion of executive political power that undermines the independent operations of agencies. These agencies, they...

"The state map is an important tool for travelers, and this new feature will provide an added convenience by allowing motorists to quickly access real-time traffic information using their...

Pekka Rinne turned aside 41 shots, including 18 in the final period, backstopping the Nashville Predators' 3-1 verdict over St. Louis Saturday. Rinne earned his 11th straight win with the...

Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Pekka Rinne made 18 of his 41 saves in the third period, as the Nashville Predators took down the St. Louis Blues, 3-1. Rinne is in the midst of a personal 11-game...

People say Mo’ Money Taxes is withholding their tax refunds after a delay in getting their checks The owner claims the problem lies in a software glitch, but has been fixed He assures people...

Isaiah Canaan, Latreze Mushatt and Jewuan Long each scored 11 points and 10th-ranked Murray State remained the lone undefeated men's team in Division I, beating Tennessee-Martin 65-58 Saturday...

Isaiah Canaan, Latreze Mushatt and Jewuan Long each scored 11 points and 9th-ranked Murray State beat Tennessee-Martin 65-58 Saturday night. The Racers (23-0, 11-0 Ohio Valley Conference) brought...

The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire in East Knoxville that sent an elderly mother and her daughter to the hospital with burns on Saturday evening. According to K.P.D....

Hamilton County SWAT negotiators talked a Harrison, Tennessee man out of his home without incident and take him custody. Harrison is a suburb of Chattanooga. A spokeswoman with the Hamilton County...

A Knoxville man faces federal charges in connection to the robbery of a Knoxville Credit Union. Investigators say 39-year-old Daniel E. Lopez was arrested, without incident, at 5:00 p.m. on...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett says Trustee John Duncan III should resign "if all the allegations are...

Hundreds pray around the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center Participants say only way to a better Memphis, is prayer Community prayer is the first of...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A judge has removed the Knox County District Attorney General's Office from the retrial of a convicted rapist as ripples continued from the case of a former judge who...

BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) -- The great-aunt of a 15-month-old baby has been charged with murdering the little girl after a yearlong death investigation and an effort to explain why social workers...

Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points apiece...

NASHVILLE - Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee's Adjutant General Saturday announced that National Guard Bureau has released limited information on the future missions and force structure of...

A Knoxville woman is dead after a one-car crash in Union County. It happened around noon on Friday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Officials report 38-year-old Julie Sellers was...

Library of Congress Wagons like these in Atlanta were the favored form of transportation for Federal generals to bring their armies into East...

Modern historians agree that the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, sometimes called the "Twin Rivers" campaign, were important dominoes that fell early in the conflict, playing a key...

COVE CREEK, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina transportation crews have removed nearly all the 600 tons of rock that fell on to Interstate 40 in North Carolina just three days after a mud and rock slide in...

A crew began gently removing the Nashville landmark's 61-year-old oak floorboards with pry bars Saturday morning. That's the first step in a two-week renovation that will leave the storied...

Factors including an uncertain economy and longevity of life are pushing more seniors into the role of entrepreneur, according to the Memphis Daily News...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- An official in western Kentucky is asking the city of Owensboro to put up $3 million to start a project that would move and expand a bluegrass museum before it moves to...

Burglars have hit her home over and over and over. A security system hasn't stopped them. Neither have security bars. Now she's reached her breaking point. See the drastic step she's...