Florida activates statewide Amber Alert after kidnapped Tennessee teen, father spotted in Panhandle

Florida authorities have issued a statewide Amber Alert for a missing teenager from Tennessee, who had been kidnapped by her father back in 2019, after the pair was spotted in the Florida Panhandle.

Tennessee advisory panel deemed vaccinating inmates a 'PR nightmare'

A Tennessee advisory panel deciding eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prisoners in the state are high-risk.

Tennessee teen, kidnapped in 2019, may be being held in Tampa area

A Tennessee teenager, who was kidnapped by her father in 2019, could be in the Tampa Bay area, authorities say. They fear she is "routinely being drugged and/or kept drunk to incapacitate her."

COVID-19 vaccine doses stolen, 2 children wrongly vaccinated, Tennessee officials say

Tennessee health officials say coronavirus vaccine doses were allegedly stolen and two children were improperly vaccinated in Shelby County. The state is also investigating how 2,400 vaccine doses were wasted.

US deports 95-year-old Tenn. man who served as former Nazi concentration camp guard

The United States has deported Friedrich Karl Berger, a 95-year-old who had been living in Tennessee with German citizenship who had once served as a guard in one of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps.

Tennessee bill would allow fathers to prevent abortions

A bill has been introduced in Tennessee that would allow the alleged father of an unborn child to veto an abortion.

Kamala Harris' Roe v. Wade post draws Tennessee governor’s response: ‘Abortion isn’t healthcare’

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee spoke out last week after Vice President Kamala Harris issued a statement to mark the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

Prosecutors say Tennessee man who carried plastic handcuffs during Capitol riot is danger to community

Federal prosecutors said a Tennessee man who carried flexible plastic handcuffs around the U.S. Capitol during the recent raid by Trump supporters is a danger to his community and a serious flight risk, and are asking that he be detained until trial.

Capitol 'zip ties' suspect's mother arrested, charged with conspiracy

The mother of a man who is accused of carrying zip ties in the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 was arrested Saturday in Tennessee, charged with entering the Capitol building. 

Nashville bomber sent material to friends before Christmas Day explosion

Prior to his death, the man who detonated a Christmas Day bomb in downtown Nashville had sent out materials about his views to people he knew, federal investigators said Saturday.