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Rates for Tennessee Valley Authority residential customers will drop between $1 and $3 in the billing period that starts Jan. 1 due to another reduction in fuel costs.
Tyler Smith knew J.P. Prince was ready for a breakout game after watching him hit jumpers during the shootaround.
Gov. Phil Bredesen on Friday announced a partnership with the Battelle Memorial Institute to establish a network of math and science programs in Tennessee schools.
Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin said he takes investigations of the school's recruiting practices as a compliment.
A dry November to cap an otherwise wet 2009 has helped Tennessee farmers gather in most of the 2009 harvest, agricultural officials said Tuesday.
A Tennessee Valley Authority repair project will kill fish at Raccoon Mountain near Chattanooga following maintenance work last month that also killed fish in the same mountaintop reservoir.
Angie Bjorklund had 15 points and No. 6 Tennessee cruised to a 78-58 victory over No. 17 Texas on Sunday night.
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved Tennessee's appliance rebate program.
Tyler Laser scored 15 points and hit big shots in the second and third overtimes to help Eastern Illinois to an 83-81 win over Tennesse State on Thursday night.
Writing pen maker Newell Rubbermaid has opened its new ink plant in Manchester.
Tyler Smith scored 15 points and No. 11 Tennessee held off scrappy East Tennessee State for a 78-66 victory Wednesday night.
A man who spent 28 years on death row for killing three people while robbing a Nashville convenience store has been executed.
Alyssia Brewer scored a career-high 23 points, Glory Johnson had 16 points and 12 rebounds and No. 6 Tennessee beat George Washington 93-53 on Tuesday night.
Market Center Management Co. on Monday announced plans to build and operate a $250 million Nashville Medical Trade Center on the site of the city's existing convention center that officials say could create 2,700 jobs.
Montario Hardesty ran for three touchdowns, including a 20-yard game winner in overtime, as Tennessee outlasted Kentucky 30-24 on Saturday night, the Volunteers' 25th straight victory against their border rivals.
Taber Spani scored 16 points and No. 6 Tennessee beat UCLA 61-47 on Saturday, handing former Lady Volunteers assistant Nikki Caldwell a loss on the Bruins bench.
Scotty Hopson scored 21 points and Tyler Smith added 18 to lead No. 9 Tennessee to an 86-69 win over College of Charleston on Friday night.
Glory Johnson scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and sixth-ranked Tennessee beat Middle Tennessee 69-52 on Wednesday night before the first sellout crowd in Blue Raiders' history.
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin says freshman safety Janzen Jackson will be allowed to return to team activities immediately and will start Saturday at Kentucky.
E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points to lead No. 6 Purdue to a 73-72 victory over No. 9 Tennessee on Monday night in the championship game of the Paradise Jam.
A federal judge is sentencing a man who firebombed a mosque in central Tennessee to 14 years in prison.
Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams says there's no consensus among lawmakers about whether to call a special legislative session next month to delay a workers compensation law.
Prosecutors have dropped attempted aggravated robbery charges against Tennessee freshman safety Janzen Jackson.
Tyler Smith made two free throws with 13.7 seconds left, and No. 10 Tennessee held off DePaul 57-53 in the second round of the Paradise Jam on Sunday.
Angie Bjorklund scored 24 points and hit the big shots when Tennessee needed them as the No. 6 Lady Vols beat No. 12 Virginia 77-63 on Sunday.
Mother Nature Destroys Tennessee State Christmas TreeHigh winds Wednesday morning caused the Christmas tree at the Tennessee State Capitol to topple over. Capitol facilities supervisor Kenny Crowson said one of his employees called him around 4 a.m. and told him the tree had fallen.
NCAA investigating Tennessee Volunteers recruiting practices, use of 'hostesses' - ESPNMuch of the investigation, first reported by The New York Times, is centered on the use of recruiting "hostesses" who have helped the program convince prep prospects to choose Tennessee by befriending prep prospects and attending their high school games.
Natural Gas Explosion: Body Found in Debris of Knoxville HouseA natural gas explosion destroyed a house in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 9, 2009.
Birther To Accuse Obama, The "Half-Breed Muslin" Of Treason In TN CourthouseWalter Fitzpatrick III will stand in a Tennessee courtroom and attempt to bring criminal charges of treason and fraud against a sitting president.
New Church/State Lawsuit in TennesseeA new lawsuit has been filed against the Cheatham County, Tennessee school system over a range of church/state violations including allowing Bible distribution in classrooms, teacher-endorsed prayer at football games and school-sponsored prayer at graduation ceremonies and the te …
Secular Life Billboard Brings Out the KooksThe organization Secular Life has been making waves over the last couple of weeks with its Green Hills billboard advertisement featuring the following: "Not Religious? You're not alone." The brainchild of Nashvillian Thaddeus Schwartz, the group seeks to provide community for fol …
Video: Santa Train Makes Its Annual TripOn November 21, 2009 the Santa Train made its annual trip, with stops in Pike County, Kentucky and Virginia on its way to Kingsport, Tennessee. This article includes video from the Pike County portion of the trip.
On Friday a Sullivan County, Tennessee Judge allowed a 4 year old child to be 'legally kidnapped' by her father! Terri McGee, of Kingsport has been fighting in the Sullivan County Court system for several months to gain custody of her 2 grandchildren from her disabled daughter.
Woman who mistook cop for Sonic car hop faces DUI The Johnson City Press reported Elizabethton Police Officer Sarah Ellison found the woman slumped over the steering wheel. When Ellison tried to get the woman's attention, the woman handed her a $20 bill, continuing to offer it even after she identified herself as an officer.
Vanderbilt UMC bears brunt of uncompensated care burdenVanderbilt University Medical Center continues to lead the way in providing uncompensated care in Middle Tennessee, according to figures recently released by the Tennessee Department of Health in its most recent Joint Annual Report of Hospitals (JAR).
Video: Rock Slide Shuts Down U.S. 64 Through Polk County, Tennessee River Gorge"U.S. Highway 64 through the Ocoee Gorge will be closed for a week, maybe more, after" rock slides on November 10, 2009. A 1:09 video that includes footage of a major rock slide occurring is linked to in the artice.
Cleanup of Rock Slide on Interstate 40 in NC Will Take Weeks"It could take up to three months to completely clear debris on Interstate 40 after a rock slide early Sunday morning," October 25, 2009.
Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instructor at the Lyce de Tours, began his solar work in 1860 after expressing grave concerns about his country's dependence on coal. "It would be prudent and wise not to fall asleep regarding this quasi-security," he wrote.
States Show How Not To Fix Health Care. By Kerri Houston Toloczko. 10/01/2009 07:04 PM ET Since the debate over the government takeover of medical care exploded onto the national stage, advocates of market-based, patient-centered reforms have pointed to the failed government health care systems of Canada and the U.K. as examples of what America should not replicate.
Supreme Court refuses Confederate flag T-shirt case | csmonitor.comA Tennessee school's ban on T-shirts showing the Confederate flag will stand, after Supreme Court dismisses student's appeal.
Cheerleaders' religious signs draw fireCommunity members are rallying around Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School cheerleaders after they were banned from displaying signs with Bible verses urging fans and players to "commit to the Lord" and "take courage and do it."
Bruce Pearl, coach of Tennessee Volunteers, apologizes for joke he made at fundraiser - ESPNTennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl has apologized for an off-the-cuff joke he made about a rural area of the state at a charity fundraiser Thursday, calling it "inappropriate."
There's No Free Health Care, Obamacare will raise costs--and everybody knows it. :: Fred Barnes Give President Obama credit for persistence. And stubbornness. And lack of imagination.
We may have made progress, and we may have a black president, but the scourge is still with us.Did we really need Jimmy Carter to tell us that racism is one of the driving forces behind the relentless and often scurrilous attacks on President Obama? We didn't know that? As John McEnroe might say, "You can't be serious."
Can a black man adequately represent white citizens? If not, then...Barack Obama would have never been elected if the voters of the country were as racists as the citizens of the 9th Congressional District in Memphis, Tennessee:
Tennessee mayor defends sending out false anti-Muslim email.excerpt: ""Johnny Piper, the mayor of Clarksville, TN, recently forwarded an anti-Muslim email urging all "patriotic Americans" to protest a U.S. Postal Service stamp that commemorates an Islamic holiday.
New Hope for Rockwood, Tennessee Teen Crying Tears of Blood [Includes link to video and pictures, not pleasant to see.]A teenager who cries tears of blood may be able to get help from a doctor at Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis who learned of his condition. The article includes a link to a video and pictures of the boy that are not pleasant to look at.
Clash in Alabama Over Tennessee Coal AshUNIONTOWN, Ala. — Almost every day, a train pulls into a rail yard in rural Alabama, hauling 8,500 tons of a disaster that occurred 350 miles away to a final resting place, the Arrowhead Landfill here in Perry County, which is very poor and almost 70 percent black.
'John schools' try to change attitudes about paid sex - CNN.comThe lead is very interesting and straight to the point, as it grabs your interest instantaneously.
Nine-year-old Girl Hits Police Car After High Speed Chase"A nine-year-old girl led officers on a two-county high speed car chase." This article from Nashville, Tennessee's ABC television affiliate WKRN includes a link to a 1:53 video which shows the aftermath of the chase, which occurred on August 21, 2009.
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