Nonprofit, Tennessee agency working to find adoptive families for the more than 450 kids...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A nonprofit called Youth Villages and the Tennessee Department of Children Services are teaming up to find families for the more than 450 children in state custody. Youth Villages said there are 459 children awaiting adoption in Tennessee. The average age of those kids is 14,...
House Speaker Proposes Removing Bachelor’s Degree Requirement for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
In an interview with the Tennessee Firefly, Sexton said he’ll propose creating an associate’s degree program for future kindergarten through sixth grade teachers.
Tennessee couple starts grocery gift card drive amid SNAP benefit cuts
One Tennessee couple is focusing on feeding families in a unique way.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announces $5M for food banks during SNAP benefits freeze
Days after thousands of Tennessee families lost monthly federal food benefits, Gov. Bill Lee announced he would direct $5 million in state funding to food banks. Lee said Tuesday that funding will come from savings accrued in TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program for the poor, disabled and elderly, and be...
Former Tennessee Speaker Casada, ex-chief of staff reportedly pardoned
Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff reportedly received presidential pardons Thursday, just weeks after being sentenced to prison for government corruption convictions, according to news reports. Casada’s attorney, Jonathan Farmer of Nashville, could not confirm the pardon Thursday...
Severe storms & tornado risk Tennessee Kentucky, cold blast & first snows on the...
Tennessee and Kentucky will be seeing showers, thunderstorms, and severe weather risk Friday November 7th. The Storm Prediction Center is indicating an area of severe thunderstorm risk centered over these two states. The risk in some areas is as high as 15 percent. This would suggest either isolated severe...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee conducting Fiscal Year 2027 budget hearings
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security asked for funds to improve bandwidth and driver services centers across the state, after department leaders said bad internet had prevented centers from being able to process licenses.
Tennessee one of four states without property tax limits, calls grow for reform
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — There are no limits on property tax increases in Tennessee — one of only four states in the country without any cap. It hasn’t always been a problem, but as property values skyrocket and tax bills follow, many residents say it’s time for reform.
Court hears arguments in Memphis National Guard lawsuit
Will a Davidson County judge agree that neither the Tennessee Constitution nor the General Assembly has granted Gov. Bill Lee the authority to legally deploy the National Guard to Memphis? And what would it even mean if Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal rules against him?. The phrase “constitutional crisis” has been...
Two Tennesseans Become Millionaires with Lottery Instant Ticket Game
Two lucky folks in Tennessee just hit it big. One guy, from Hendersonville (we’ll call him David P), grabbed an instant-ticket from a smoke shop while working the graveyard shift at a grocery store, and boom, a cool $1 million landed. The other winner? Bought a ticket at a Johnson City smoke shop and also walked away...
