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Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
Johnson City Press. June 26, 2024. Editorial: We are all Tennesseans today It’s easy in the current divisive political climate to forget who we are sometimes. We define ourselves as right, left, conservative or liberal. We argue about who is right and...
Tennessee law changes starting July 1 touch on abortion, the death penalty and school safety
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After Tennessee lawmakers spent months debating a slew of new laws during their legislative session, many of those statutes will go into effect Monday — ranging from abortion travel restrictions for minors, allowing the death penalty for child rape convictions and many...
Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Richard Green and Hiroyuki Fujita each shot 7-under 63 in the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, taking advantage of low wind in the morning to attack the seaside Newport Country Club course and pull a stroke ahead of local favorite Billy Andrade. Andrade, a native...
Former Chattanooga police chief indicted on illegal voter registration, perjury charges
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A former Chattanooga police chief has been indicted on charges that she illegally registered to vote in Tennessee and falsely filled out government documents, state investigators announced Thursday. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, a...
Chattanooga police chief resigns as investigation over residency continues
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Chattanooga's chief of police resigned Wednesday, said Mayor Tim Kelly, who did not give a specific reason for the departure. Multiple news outlets report that Celeste Murphy is currently under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The...
3rd lawsuit claims a Tennessee city's police botched investigation of a man accused of sex crimes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee city is facing a third lawsuit claiming its police refused to conduct proper investigations into allegations that a man was sexually assaulting multiple women for years. The newest plaintiff has said the man drugged her and pushed her out of his fifth-story...
Biden and Trump are set to debate. Here's what their past performances looked like
WASHINGTON (AP) — What people remember from Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first debate four years ago are likely the interruptions, the shouting and the “will you shut up, man?” Then-President Trump arrived at that first matchup in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll...
Tennessee election officials asking more than 14,000 voters to prove citizenship
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's top election office has sent letters to more than 14,000 registered voters asking them to prove their citizenship, a move that alarmed voting rights advocates as possible intimidation. The letters, dated June 13, warned that it is illegal in...
Tennessee turns over probe into failed Graceland sale to federal authorities, report says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee attorney general's office said Tuesday that it has turned over its investigation into the failed sale of Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction to federal authorities, a newspaper reported. The Commercial Appeal reported that...
Star witness in Holly Bobo murder trial gets 19 years in federal prison in unrelated case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was granted his freedom after providing key trial testimony in the case of murdered nursing student Holly Bobo has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison on unrelated federal weapons charges, authorities said Tuesday. Jason Autry, 49,...
