All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 26 2019 // A doctor who prescribed more than 4 million opioid pills, including to a pregnant woman who later died, is one of more than 30 medical professionals in Tennessee charged with illegally prescribing and distributing millions...
Apr 26 2019 // A fire has caused significant damage to one of the oldest courthouses in Tennessee.Fire officials told news outlets that the first crew arrived at the Loudon County courthouse Tuesday evening and quickly called for backup...
Apr 25 2019 // Brightway Insurance opened new stores in Florida and Tennessee on April 15.The new franchise owners include: Steve Moser who opened Brightway, The Steve Moser Agency of Belle Meade in Nashville, Tennessee. This is...
Apr 18 2019 // Officials with scenic Natchez Trace Parkway are reminding motorists that the roadway is designed for leisurely drives and not interstate-style speeds. Chief Ranger Sarah Davis says in a news release that actions are being...
Apr 16 2019 // Montana’s insurance commissioner says a Tennessee man is peddling unauthorized car insurance policies.Commissioner Matthew Rosendale sent a cease-and-desist letter last week to Mervin Graber of Whiteville, Tenn.,...
Apr 8 2019 // U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is asking for a federal investigation of a fire that destroyed the main office at a Tennessee center that played a prominent role in the civil rights movement. Leaders of the Highlander Research and...
Apr 5 2019 // Representatives for a social justice center that trained the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders said Tuesday that a white-power symbol was spray-painted near the site of a fire that destroyed a...
Apr 3 2019 // Police in Tennessee say one person has been injured when a section of a concrete wall on an interstate highway bridge collapsed and hit a car.Chattanooga police said on Twitter the section fell Monday from an overpass on...
Mar 26 2019 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is asking President Donald Trump’s administration to make federal assistance available for government efforts to address recent flooding and storms, citing a $151.3 million impact through...
Mar 15 2019 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scheduled to conduct preliminary damage assessments in 54 Tennessee counties affected by flooding caused by a deluge in February.The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency...
Mar 12 2019 // Police in Tennessee say eight children were taken to hospitals for evaluation after their church bus overturned on a highway during heavy rains.News outlets report the bus with a driver and 11 passengers was returning from...
Mar 6 2019 // A lawsuit claiming Purdue Pharma engaged in deceptive marketing to increase opioid prescriptions, resulting in an epidemic, has the go-ahead from a Knox County judge.The lawsuit brought by the state of Tennessee claims...
Mar 4 2019 // A sinkhole 30-feet deep and nearly as broad swallowed half a roadway in Knox County, Tennessee, and a county official says repairing it could cost more than $100,000. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports crews on Wednesday...
Mar 1 2019 // Many Southern communities could face weeks of flooding, along with other disruptions, as recent rains have sent many streams over their banks.In one Mississippi Delta hamlet, the mayor says water has cut off all but one...
Feb 27 2019 // The Tennessee River and other streams are lowering in hard-hit areas of north Alabama after days of flooding.The National Weather Service says the Tennessee has crested throughout the region, even though the water is still...
Feb 27 2019 // A federal utility says the Tennessee River Valley on average has endured a record amount of rain for February.Tennessee Valley Authority River Forecast Center manager James Everett told reporters Monday that, on average,...
Feb 26 2019 // Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains fed a rising flood threat.A woman was...
Feb 25 2019 // Homes, highways, parks and bridges throughout the South were flooded or put out of commission Saturday, as the toll of days of drenching rains swelled waterways and pooled over saturated lands amid a threat of severe...
Feb 14 2019 // The General Insurance has tapped nationally syndicated on-air radio personality Bobby Bones as the company’s newest brand ambassador.The General will partner with Bones, who is also a New York Times #1 best-selling...
Feb 11 2019 // One person was killed and others needed to be rescued in Tennessee as pounding rains caused flooding last week. The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook on Feb. 6 that one person was swept away and...