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Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:48 AM EDT
|By WVLT News
A new poll by Vanderbilt University suggests the political partisanship of Tennesseeans strongly influences their views on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 7:32 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The Tennessee State Fair is being canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it will be back in September 2021, fair officials said Monday.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 7:02 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
All of Tennessee’s 15 state forests are now certified to comply with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s forest management standards, according to a Monday news release from the Agriculture Department’s Division of Forestry.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:17 PM EDT
A white Tennessee lawmaker has asked for forgiveness on the House floor after he made a racially offensive joke hours before to a black representative.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 7:49 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
Tennessee Democratic lawmakers introduced the George Floyd Act for Police Reform to the House on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By WTVF
The city of Nashville will start deploying body cameras to police in July.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee released guidance to help parents address race and anti-racism with their children.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:57 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Authorities say two teenage boys have been in arrested in Tennessee in the fatal shooting of a Michigan man last month.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:53 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Police in west Tennessee are investigating the shooting of five people at a social hall.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Tennessee officials are seeking an appeal and an immediate pause to a court's ruling this week that makes all of the state's 4.1 million registered voters eligible to vote by mail during to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 9:40 AM EDT
A Nashville private school has removed a confederate statue from its campus after a petition was signed by nearly 300 people.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 7:28 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The Republican told reporters Friday there hasn’t been a request for state funding for the possible event and doesn’t expect there to be one.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2020 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
A Memphis driver was issued citations after allegedly hitting a protester with his car on June 5.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2020 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By WVLT News
Attorney General Herbert Slatery III announced he is seeking an immediate appellate review and a stay pending of his appeal.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2020 at 8:01 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Several council members in Tennessee have called for the resignation of a police chief after warrants were issued for two community activists and then later rescinded.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
A Tennessee woman and her two sons have been indicted for a shooting connected to social media rumors that left a 60-year-old dead back in November 2019.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
Nashville police announced Friday that a 25-year-old man was arrested in connection to damages that occurred to the Historic Metro Nashville Courthouse during protests last Saturday.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 3:42 PM EDT
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals will begin offering a livestream of oral arguments during in-person proceedings next week in Nashville.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 3:36 PM EDT
A Tennessee attorney faces up to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $600,000 from clients by settling cases without telling them and forging their signatures on settlement checks.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 6:23 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Tennessee delivered unemployment payments to more than 314,000 people last week as the number of new jobless claims continued to run much higher than normal amid the response to the new coronavirus outbreak.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 9:48 PM EDT
A Tennessee judge ruled Thursday night that absentee ballots will be allowed for any voter during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 4:39 PM EDT
Officials say a Tennessee county sheriff’s deputy was fired from his job after he said authorities should have “opened fire” on anyone who acted violently during protests against the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 8:59 AM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
New unemployment claims continued to drop in Tennessee for the eighth consecutive week.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 7:03 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
A West Tennessee sheriff has reportedly admitted to saying a racial slur after being captured using the phrase in a recording.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:53 PM EDT
A marathon 11-hour public hearing on Nashville’s budget turned ugly early Wednesday morning after hundreds of people showed up or called in asking the council to defund police and put more money into social services.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:49 PM EDT
A Tennessee judge says the state’s guidance about who can vote by mail due to the coronavirus is “very ambiguous” and there's “weighty proof” that other states have expanded to let all voters cast absentee ballots this year.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:47 PM EDT
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said a West Tennessee deputy faces multiple charges after a February incident involving citizens.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
The Tennessee Department of Transportation said part of the interstate in Unicoi County was closed after a tractor-trailer crashed and caught fire Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
A criminal case against William McCloud was bound over to a grand jury on Wednesday.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 2:50 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
NASCAR is set to return to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 12:21 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
A Tennessee business owner fatally shot his estranged wife and an employee, leading to an hours-long standoff that ended with his death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 8:09 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Tennessee is launching a new campaign to recruit poll workers for the Aug. 6 primary election during pandemic times.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
A Tennessee man was arrested after being accused of trying to coax his girlfriend into killing his estranged wife.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 3:46 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
The Chattanooga Police Department said officers arrested a 'heavily armed man' Monday.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 3:09 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
The Tennessee Black Caucus called for an investigation into masks distributed by the state which were found to be treated with a controversial anti-microbial agent nomally used to prevent odors in socks.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 2:49 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Governor Bill Lee said his office has started discussing the possibility of hosting the Republican National Convention in Nashville.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Governor Bill Lee announced a new relief program for Tennessee businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 9:21 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
The Tennessee Department of Health announced its expanding its program that offers assistance to pregnant women, families in need and free childcare to essential workers during the COVID-19.
Updated: May. 31, 2020 at 11:58 PM EDT
A small demonstration peacefully protested at the Tennessee State Capitol Sunday night expressing a message against police brutality.
Updated: May. 31, 2020 at 10:08 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Governor Lee mobilized the National Guard and the Tennessee Highway Patrol after peaceful demonstrations escalated to violence in Murfreesboro.
Updated: May. 31, 2020 at 4:23 PM EDT
A Nashville man was scared of the community he no longer recognized but says he was overwhelmed to see just how much those same people cared.
Updated: May. 31, 2020 at 3:01 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced an 8 p.m. curfew for the city on Sunday night.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 9:40 PM EDT
|By WVLT News Staff
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced on Twitter that he's mobilized the National Guard in response to protests that turned violent in Nashville.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
Nashville's once peaceful protest turned violent Saturday night, according to reports.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Many restaurants began selling alcohol to-go when dining in options were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 1:30 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Governor Bill Lee said an expansion of mail-in ballots for the 2020 elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to fraud.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By WVLT News
Governor Bill Lee's Unified Command Group released a report on the state's efforts to protect long-term care facility residents from the virus.
Updated: May. 29, 2020 at 9:32 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
While restaurants around the state continue to struggle financially while dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, one group is asking for the sale of to-go drinks to become a permanent fixture in Tennessee.
Updated: May. 29, 2020 at 7:59 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
A Murfreesboro man has been arrested after a body was found in a wooded area Friday, May 15.
Updated: May. 28, 2020 at 9:20 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified two suspects involved in a pursuit in Knox County Thursday, May 21.