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Death Penalty Tennessee Tennessee Department of Corrections Tennessee is preparing to execute Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection on Thursday for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State University. Nichols confessed to killing Pulley as well as raping several other...

Prosecutors will examine two issues from two complaints against Rutherford County Mayor Joe Carr , the Ethics Committee decided Dec. 9. The five-member committee held a three-hour hearing to review complaints about the mayor from elected Property Assessor Rob Mitchell , and Jason Bennett, who based his complaint on...

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has issued an alert regarding a rise in cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal infection. The TDH issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Advisory to alert clinicians and laboratories to an increase in pulmonary and disseminated histoplasmosis cases in Williamson and Maury Counties and...

Starting in 2026, Tennesseans on SNAP will no longer be able to use their benefits to buy sodas or some other high-calorie foods with sugar or similar substances as the main ingredient.

There’s something irresistibly exciting about stepping into a store where virtually everything costs about the same low price. In the heart of Smyrna, Tennessee, tucked into a shopping center along Industrial Boulevard, you’ll find a Dollar Tree that has achieved near-mythical status among savvy shoppers. This isn’t...

NASHVILLE — Gasoline prices continue to fall across Tennessee, dropping four cents on average over the past week. The state’s average now stands at $2.56 per gallon, four cents lower than one month ago and 11 cents below prices at this time last year. “Tennessee drivers continue to see prices drop at the pump,” said...

TENNESSEE — A Mosheim man was taken into custody Tuesday evening after police say he barricaded himself inside a home following a reported burglary and theft of firearms. According to the Mosheim Police Department, officers responded to the 7100 block of Blue Springs Parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m. for reports that...

MARION COUNTY, Tenn. — UPDATE:. One eastbound lane of I-24 is now back open in Marion County near the Tennessee-Georgia line, as crews continue to clean up a deadly wrong-way wreck. We now have more information about the crash from the Georgia State Patrol. A spokewoman says a BOLO...

Tennessee to consider dropping foreign language requirement for high schoolers. The Tennessee State Board of Education chairman is looking at slashing foreign language requirements for high school students. In some cases, the department is suggesting classes about AI could replace foreign languages.

Tennessee officials have been ordered to immediately disclose details on the drug used in the state's lethal injection protocol after a Knox County judge rejected the state's appeal to halt or change a previous ruling requiring the records release.