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Official: Repairs to interstate bridge could take months

Repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee could take months after a crack was found in the span, ...

Official: Bridge crack potentially 'catastrophic'

A transportation official says repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee could take months after a ...

Blake Shelton joins drive to help feed out-of-work musicians

For more than a year now, the state of America's live music industry has been a grim one. The COVID-19 pandemic threw ...

Tennessee's top tackler transferring to rival Alabama

Tennessee's leading tackler Henry To’o To’o is heading to rival Alabama. The junior linebacker announced Saturday on social ...

Law enforcement help capture loose zebra in middle Tennessee

Law enforcement officials helped capture a loose zebra in middle Tennessee after it escaped from an exotic livestock auction.

Knoxville's Black community protests after student deaths

His final plea was uttered quietly but urgently. “Wait. Wait. Wait.” But in a flash, a police officer had shot and killed ...

The Latest: MLB's Atlanta Braves to offer free vaccinations

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Atlanta Braves will be providing ...

EXPLAINER: No evidence '3/5 compromise' aimed to end slavery

It's a claim that has surfaced and been debunked before, but Republican lawmakers in recent days have given it new voice: the ...

GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery

A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person ...

Wind, rain pound South amid flood fears and water rescues

Relentless winds and rain pummeled large swaths of the South on Tuesday, causing tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency ...

Storms spawn twisters in Mississippi, kill 2 in Georgia

Much of the South is at risk of more severe weather Tuesday, forecasters said, after tornadoes struck parts of the region ...

Randle, Rose lead Knicks to win over Grizzlies

Julius Randle scored 28 points, Derrick Rose added 25, converting 11 of 15 shots and the New York Knicks held off the Memphis ...

Tennessee toddler freed from antique wooden barrel

Fire rescuers and medical staff used a power saw and screwdrivers to extract a toddler from an antique wooden barrel in which ...

AP-NORC poll: Government should help Americans age at home

A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, ...

Chattanooga assistant fired over tweet sues to get job back

A Chattanooga football assistant coach fired over a social media post disparaging the state of Georgia and voting rights ...

Magic coach Steve Clifford tests positive, will miss games

Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss multiple games while going through ...

Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement

Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original ...

Leslie Jordan parlays Instagram fame with new book and album

Last year at this time, as much of the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic, Leslie Jordan began posting daily videos ...

Review: The groove is still the thing for Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper, "Fire It Up” (Provogue Records) Perhaps no guitarist has carved out more great grooves than Memphis soul man ...

Nashville civil rights veterans see hope for future

On April 20, 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood at a podium at Fisk University and said he had come to Nashville ...