Tennessee has long been known as a great state ... In 1977, prisoner James Earl Ray broke out of the prison and attempted to escape through the remote wilderness that’s now part of the park.

The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Donald Trump’s first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and questions of ...

From June 2022 until the time of his arrest, Schultz conspired with an individual, identified as Conspirator A, to disclose documents, writings, plans, maps, notes and photographs relating to ...

(Photo: Tennessee Department of Correction) Despite a major increase in prison officer salaries, the Tennessee Department of Correction is hitting personnel shortages, forcing it to bring in a ...

Tennessee’s private prisons could see a reduction in their inmate populations if death rates in the facilities continue to ...

Tennessee’s legislature put the state’s private-prison operator on notice to keep death rates down or face a reduction in inmates, a move that could cut its state payments. House members voted ...

Tennessee’s Senate passed legislation Monday that would force the state’s private-prison operator to lower the inmate population in facilities with high death rates. Senators voted 30-0 in ...

A Tennessee physician was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a $41 million Medicare fraud scheme. Four things to know: 1. John Manning, MD, 64, of Ashland ...

SB 468 has passed both the House and Senate but still needs a procedural vote before going to Gov. Bill Lee. The bill requires restrooms and shower facilities in public colleges and universities ...

Sen. Janice Bowling, R- Tullahoma stands in the Senate chambers on the third day of special session at the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.