All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2016 // More people died from gunshots than car accidents in Tennessee during 2014.The Violence Policy Center, an organization dedicated to informing people about gun violence, has produced a study comparing gun and car deaths...
Jan 26 2016 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA) has promoted Nicole Brothers to the position of claim representative I in the Tennessee Claims Department, according to Jeff Pettus, president and chief executive officer of...
Jan 26 2016 // A massive winter storm that hit the Southeast and East Coast over the weekend set a snowfall record in West Virginia, caused tornadoes in Mississippi and stranded motorists on a cold highway in Kentucky overnight....
Jan 22 2016 // States across the Southeast, including Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia, were hit by extreme winter weather this week and forecasters say it isn’t finished yet. Another two feet of snow is still...
Jan 20 2016 // South Pittsburg, Tenn., officials are hoping to find a way to end flash flooding in the town after a Christmas morning storm damaged property and killed one resident.Marion County Mayor David Jackson says it is the second...
Jan 11 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Consumer Insurance Services Division announced that more than $2.8 million was repaid in 2015 as a result of the department’s restitution efforts on...
Jan 11 2016 // Weather officials say 19 tornadoes touched down in Tennessee last year, marking the state’s lowest total since 2007.The National Weather Service said one tornado struck the state in April and two touched down in May...
Jan 7 2016 // Tennessee officials have recorded more pedestrian and bicycle deaths in 2015 than in any other year in the past two decades.WPLN reports that statistics show 120 pedestrians and bicyclists had died as of Dec. 29. By...
Jan 5 2016 // Weather officials say 19 tornadoes touched down in Tennessee last year, marking the state’s lowest total since 2007.The National Weather Service said one tornado struck the state in April and two touched down in May...
Jan 3 2016 // The Tennessee attorney general is accusing Chevron of fraudulently siphoning more than $18 million over a period of about 30 years from a cleanup fund that people contribute to every time they fill up at the pump.The...
Dec 31 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Consumer Insurance Services Division announced that more than $2.8 million was repaid in 2015 as a result of the department’s restitution efforts on...
Dec 31 2015 // Authorities issued a flood warning Dec. 29 for the Mississippi River in Memphis due to heavy rain in the central United States. Emergency preparedness officials in Shelby County, which includes Memphis, said Tuesday that...
Dec 29 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced the licensing of Tennessee’s 100th captive insurance company on Dec. 22.In 2011, Gov. Bill Haslam signed the revised State of Tennessee’s...
Dec 21 2015 // Police say a Shelbyville, Tennessee woman has been arrested 17 times for drunken driving.WSMV-TV reports Dorothy Hanson’s charges date back to 1985. Police say six of the offenses have taken place in the past 10...
Dec 21 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has vacated the decision of a trial court that ruled a state law putting a cap on certain personal injury damages is unconstitutional.The decision stems from a negligence lawsuit brought by...
Dec 21 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...
Dec 21 2015 // Missouri Insurance Director John Huff has been elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2016.Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P....
Dec 9 2015 // CSX Transportation has paid over $431,000 to local agencies since a train carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee earlier this year.Officials with the Blount County mayor’s office,...
Dec 3 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has vacated the decision of a trial court that ruled a state law putting a cap on certain personal injury damages is unconstitutional.The decision stems from a negligence lawsuit brought by...
Dec 1 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...