Tennessee Sets New Record with 92.3 Percent Graduation Rate in 2024-25 School Year
Tennessee has achieved a record-high graduation rate of 92.3 percent for the 2024–25 school year, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Education.
TDOC launches Halloween compliance checks statewide
NASHVILLE. – On Halloween, probation and parole officers with the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will carry out Operation Blackout, a statewide effort designed to enhance public safety and protect children during trick-or-treating. Operation Blackout is an annual compliance operation targeting sex...
State lawmaker trying to rally support for lowering school bus driver age limit
On Tuesday night, Tennessee State Representative Mike Sparks (R-Smyrna) will go to the Rutherford County Commission with a proposed solution to Tennessee's bus driver shortage: lowering the age requirement from 25 to 21 years old.
Department of Children’s Services faces sharp questions about kids continuing to sleep in offices
Children taken from their homes as a result of abuse and neglect continue to be forced to sleep in state office buildings four years after the practice first drew widespread public condemnation, the Department of Children’s Services chief acknowledged to lawmakers on Tuesday. Margie Quin, the department’s...
New reciprocal fishing agreements with Tennessee and Kentucky now in effect
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is happy to announce anglers can once again use their Tennessee resident licenses to fish certain waters shared with Kentucky as new reciprocal agreements took effect Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, following adjournment of the Kentucky Interim Joint Committee on...
Intense Debate: Nashville and Murfreesboro Men Arrested for Bank Robbery in Clarksville Walmart
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Police Track Down Bank Robbery Suspect and Getaway Driver
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn News) – You may recall the running man photo of a bank robbery suspect that Smokey Barn News posted on social media last week. The running suspect was wanted for allegedly robbing the FSNB Bank branch inside Walmart, located at 2315 Madison Street, last Tuesday, October 21, 2025.....
Opinion: Should Tennessee Bring Back Sliding-Scale TennCare?
As the shutdown threatens coverage, is it time to ask more of private insurers — and our state?. Tennessee made national headlines in the 1990s when it created TennCare, a Medicaid program that didn’t just follow federal rules — it led. Back then, even working adults who earned too much for Medicaid could buy into...
Tennessee’s Home Depot distribution facility will shutter come 2026: What to know
Home Depot distributor and subsidiary HD Supply plans to shutter its Middle Tennessee facility in 2026, adding to the list of significant closures in the area since the start of 2025. HD Supply filed its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) with the Tennessee Department of Labor on Oct. 27, notifying...
Police searching for four suspects in armed robbery at Tennessee store
TENNESSEE — Authorities are searching for four masked suspects involved in an armed robbery early Tuesday morning at the Sunshine Market on Rivergate Parkway. According to the Goodlettsville Police Department, the robbery occurred around 5:12 a.m. when four armed suspects entered the market, robbing both the store...

















