State beds for those with mental incompetency proposed to double in Tennessee
House Majority Leader William Lamberth has proposed moving money in Tennessee's budget that would double the number of treatment beds for people charged with a crime but are intellectually disabled.
‘Sober DUI’ bill requiring more transparency passes after FOX 17 News investigation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — State legislators passed a bill Tuesday requiring more transparency in DUI arrests throughout the state, after a year-long investigation by FOX 17 News. SB11166/HB1274 passed unanimously. It requires the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to create a yearly report, accounting for the total...
IRS Pushes Back Tax Filing Deadline For All Arkansas Residents
The same early April severe storm that caused the IRS to extend the federal tax filing deadline for the entire state of Tennessee on Monday will also give all of Arkansas a Tax Day reprieve. The same early April severe storm that caused the IRS to extend the federal tax...
Multi-state fugitive found hiding in the walls of his mother’s Kentucky home
When authorities searched the home, they discovered a trap door disguised as a mirror that led to an interior wall. It was clear that's where he'd been hiding.
Trader Joe’s shocks fans with plans to launch 12 new stores across 10 states
The latest expansion will likely galvanize fans who are known to line up outside the store to celebrate grand openings. The first of the many new stores to come opened in TN and WA
UPDATED: Motorcyclist Identified in Fatal Murfreesboro Crash
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – WGNS has a tragic update regarding the motorcycle crash that occurred on Thursday night, April 10, in Murfreesboro. Investigators with the Murfreesboro Police Department’s Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) have confirmed the identity of the motorcyclist as 24-year-old Blake Raucci, a resident of...
Tennessee Attorney General files lawsuit to dissolve National Foundation for Transplants after investigation into...
Tennessee – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court seeking the judicial dissolution of the National Foundation for Transplants, Inc., a Memphis-based nonprofit organization that raised funds for organ transplant patients. The...
Real ID delay in Tennessee: Printing problems may affect when applicants get theirs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If you applied in time for the deadline to have a Real I.D. from the state of Tennessee, there's a chance your new physical I.D. won't get there in time. That's due to a printing problem that delayed production. 'The State of Tennessee's printing facility faced...
The controversial anti-poverty solution coming to public schools
Public schools in America are becoming testing grounds for a tenuous theory: that poverty can be avoided by making three choices in the right order. Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill this month requiring schools to teach students this so-called success sequence: that if you graduate from high school, get a full-time...
Tennessee physician sentenced for $41M fraud scheme
An Ashland City, Tenn.-based physician was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a $41 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to an April 14 news release from the Justice Department. What happened?. Between June 2016 and April 2019, John Manning, MD, signed orders and prescriptions that led...