Tennessee News

TN Tech's Golden Eagle Battalion honors those lost 9/11

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --- A Tennessee university honors lives lost on 9/11. According to a news release from Tennessee Tech University, today their ROTC Golden Eagle Battalion gathered along with other members of campus to honor lives lost on September 11, …

Appeals court blocks Tennessee Down syndrome abortion ban

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal judges has reversed course and blocked a Tennessee restriction that outlaws abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or because of the race or gender of the fetus. The 6th…

EPA eyes West Tennessee site for toxic chemical cleanup

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen says the federal Environmental Protection Agency wants to add a former west Tennessee munitions factory to a list of prioritized Superfund toxic cleanup sites. The Memphis Democrat says the EPA has proposed…

Chris Stapleton, Eric Church share top CMA nominations

(AP) -- Country stars Chris Stapleton and Eric Church will go toe-to-toe with each other at this year’s Country Music Association Awards, vying in the same top five categories. They both join Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs in…

Tennessee offering free tree seedlings for reforestation

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s forestry office is now taking orders for tree seedlings for planting throughout the state, The state Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry said it is offering tree and shrub seedlings for reforestation and conservation projects…

Loretta Lynn's flood benefit concert sells out

JACKSON, Tenn. -- A star-studded concert benefiting Middle Tennessee flood victims has sold out. Loretta Lynn's Friends Hometown Rising, to be held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on September 13, was announced last week. According the Opry's website,…

West Nile case in Shelby County Tennessee's 3rd this year

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Health officials say a person who contracted West Nile virus in Shelby County is Tennessee’s third case of the illness this year. In a news release Friday, the Shelby County Health Department did not identify the…

Over 200 evacuated after gas leak at Tyson Foods facility

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials are investigating a release of toxic ammonia gas at a Middle Tennessee chicken processing plant that led to the evacuation of more than 200 residents. The Tennessean reported that fire officials said the gas release…

FEMA continues to assist area flood survivors

MIDDLE Tenn. --- Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to help flood survivors. According to a news release received from FEMA, there are MARC offices opened in three counties to assist those who were affected by the floods that occurred…