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TN, MS, AR in top 10 states for lightning strike danger
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Now that it’s summer, tornado season is behind us and a new most dangerous type of severe weather has emerged: lightning. Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee are in the top 10 states for lightning strikes. “So, the big thing that we try to tell people is if you’re outside try to get inside,” […]
KCS revises library policy reflecting new law that targets certain books
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A new law requires all Tennessee schools to pull books with explicit sexual content or "excessive violence" off of library shelves. The Knox County School board voted Thursday to pass a policy revision that adds language from the Tennessee Age-Appropriate Materials Act. While the law went...
Tenn. inmate arrested in Upstate charged with murder in man’s disappearance
Billy Fletcher, an inmate who escaped work detail and was captured in South Carolina last week, has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of Victor Birchfield.
The week in politics: GOP incumbents rake in cash ahead of heated Aug. 1 primaries
In a competitive Republican primary for Senate District 4, incumbent Sen. Jon Lundberg has blown past challenger Bobby Harshbarger in campaign donations, outraising him by more than $234,000. Harshbarger, the son of U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Kingsport, has raised just $18,678 in direct contributions this quarter, but loaned himself another...
15 Tennesseans charged in organized drug trafficking scheme including fentanyl, meth
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--A multi-agency investigation has resulted in federal charges for fifteen Tennesseans accused of taking part in an organized drug trafficking scheme. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), FBI, USPS, Memphis Police Department, Bartlett Police Department, and Shelby County Sheriff's Office all took part in the case. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a federal grand jury has charged 15 people accused of distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana throughout the Memphis area.
Fake Botox put a woman on a ventilator. Experts worry it’ll happen again.
Cheap, counterfeit Botox given by people not trained to do facial injections, in places without a doctor on standby, became a dangerous combination that landed more than a dozen women in the hospital. In at least one case, a woman became so ill that she had to be placed on...
First Alert Forecast: Blazing hot weekend
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Temperatures will approach triple digits this weekend & beyond. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.
Post-Covenant gun reform group donates over $55k to Tenn. lawmakers, most goes to Republicans
The gun-reform group Voices for a Safer Tennessee donated about $60,000 to state lawmakers ahead of this year’s election, with around 80% of the money going to Republicans. The group, which formed in the wake of the March 2023 mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that left six dead, including three children, pushed […] The post Post-Covenant gun reform group donates over $55k to Tenn. lawmakers, most goes to Republicans appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.
Chattanooga unveils new Urban Ecology Preserve, safeguarding biodiversity
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly signed a covenant establishing the Urban Ecology Preserve Friday. The preserve protects a 31-acre forested site along the South Chickamauga Creek. The initiative marks a major advancement for the city's conservation efforts. It also means the city will not be allowed to...
Deaf prisoners in TN lacked interpreters, videophones in violation of ADA, judge rules
A federal judge this week ruled that Tennessee prisons violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and an anti-discrimination law by failing to provide sign language interpreters and videophones to a group of deaf prisoners who sued the Tennessee Department of Correction. Under the ADA, deaf prisoners have the right to accommodations that provide communication that is as effective as communication for prisoners without disabilities. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act protects people with disabilities from discrimination. ...
Tennessee will reallocate funds not spent from $3.7B of federal recovery funds
(The Center Square) – Tennessee will have agreements in place before the Dec. 31 deadline for all $3.7 billion of its federal American Rescue Plan funds. The group overseeing those allocations now knows that, if those funds are not fully spend on those projects, it can redirect the funds to other eligible projects during 2025 and 2026. Tennessee’s Financial Stimulus Accountability Group already had $30 million to reallocate at its...
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