Gov. Phil Bredesen will call a special legislative session Jan. 12 to make sweeping changes to education law in hopes the state will win a bid for millions in federal grant money. Bredesen wants state law to require teachers be evaluated on how well their students perform. He also wants tenure and staff decisions to be decided by the student achievement data. The hope is that making the changes ... Full Story »
NEW YORK - Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, has died. He was 91. Full Story »
Health officials recall 800,000 doses of kids' swine flu vaccine created by Sanofi Pasteur due to questions in the vaccine's potency. Full Story »
Tennessee's congressional shakeup can be directly attributed to lines on a map. Full Story »
Tom Grimaldi could not bear the thought of a child not getting a Christmas present. Full Story »
An expectant mother has an unexpected delivery -- Nathan Adkisson was born late Thursday night in the back of his parent's minivan. Full Story »
The NFL it could not prove tampering charges against the Washington Redskins involving the signing of former Titan Albert Haynesworth. Full Story »
Metro police have issued arrest warrants charging Brandon White with several crimes. Full Story »
NashvilleHires.com is hosting a job fair Tuesday at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. Full Story »
Families struggling to put food on the table lined up outside the Liberty Baptist Church in Gallatin Tuesday morning. Full Story »
Owens' legal team has until Feb. 5 to make 'Winkler' case More Full Story »
Following what it called an extensive review, the NFL said it "cannot conclude" that the Redskins committed a tampering violation before signing the defensive tackle More Full Story »
Hiring center opens for Madison workers More Full Story »
Tennessee still needs plenty of help, but can help themselves by beating Miami More Full Story »
Longtime employee says she was passed over for job given to younger, less qualified candidate More Full Story »
Donations left for some service men and women are vanishing in Green Hills. Full Story »
Police say a thief in Cookeville broke into a park ranger's SUV and took handcuffs, multi-pliers and a medical bag with supplies. Full Story »
Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday. Full Story »
The House Foundation on radio station WSIX is splitting up, another victim of the economy. Full Story »
A Murfreesboro mother arrives to pick up her son from preschool after drinking, say preschool staff. Full Story »
Within an hour of opening its doors, more than 500 people showed up to the National Career Fair at the Millennium Maxwell House hotel in Nashville. Full Story »
The last minute toy store will open Friday morning. It is for Davidson County residents who need help this holiday season. Full Story »
Tennessee Titan David Thornton made an impact on 700 students at Park Avenue Elementary in West Nashville on Tuesday. He helped shoe maker Genesco donate free items to the students. Full Story »
The state Supreme Court has given attorneys for a female inmate on death row more time to respond to the state's motion to set an execution date. Full Story »
Health officials recalled hundreds of thousands of doses of H1N1 vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »
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Over 4,000 H1N1 flu vaccines were administered to residents in our region over the weekend and around 500 of those were given here in Logan County. H1N1 clinics were held on Saturday in each of t... Full Story »
The Logan County Sheriff’s Department is now training deputies on its very own shooting simulator, which according to sheriff Wallace Whittaker will better ready deputies for various situations tha... Full Story »
With the holidays approaching and an unusually high number of traffic fatalities already this year, the Logan County Sheriff's Department – along with the Russellville Police Department and the Ken... Full Story »
Thanks to the dedication and concern of local law enforcement and the office of the state fire Marshal the city of Adairville has received 117 fire alarms to be given to the elderly and handicapped... Full Story »
Packaging and delivery times for this year's Linda Hayes Nursing Home Gift Drive have been announced and there is still a little time left to get those presents in. The goal of the fourth annual... Full Story »
Republican State Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville filed papers on Monday to seek the Sixth District U.S. House seat, on the same day that incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon revealed he will not... Full Story »
As of Sept. 30, Bedford County had received nearly $28.4 million in federal stimulus funds, according to figures compiled by the investigative journalism web site ProPublica. ProPublica's figures... Full Story »
A grant from the U.S. Department of Education will enable elementary school libraries in Bedford County to remain open from 3-6 p.m. two days a week, giving children and their parents or other family... Full Story »
Items were taken from two Shelbyville residences last week, police report. n Two gold rings were stolen from a home on Warners Bridge Road between last Sunday and Tuesday. Visitors to the home are... Full Story »
Since my 5-year-old started kindergarten back in August, I've become intimately acquainted with that circle of hell commonly known as the car-rider pickup line. Full Story »
A fine Nashvillian I just read Lyda Phillips' article and was moved to respond (" Our City in Ruins ," Dec. 3). I am a local roofing contractor and have been on or around many of the buildings highlighted in the article. Full Story »
A foreclosure tops November's list of the biggest home sales in town, but more interesting transactions can be found a few notches down. Full Story »
The design crimebusters are out in full force this holiday season. Their target: the Christmas display among the flagpoles at the foot of Broadway. One irate Deep Throat fumed about "the cheesy Santa with Home Depot reindeer." Full Story »
Last August, after a staffer was charged with molesting elderly patients—some of whom were too ill or frail to plead for help—at a Bristol, Va., nursing home run by Murfreesboro-based National Healthcare Corp., whistleblowers hoped that the ensuing attention would create an inhospitable climate for serial predators. Full Story »
After leading the Fort Campbell Falcons football team to an undefeated 15-0 season and its third straight Class 2-A state championship, senior quarterback Antonio Andrews earned The Associated Press‚ All-State Player of the Year Award and the highly-coveted title of Kentucky's Mr. Football today. Full Story »
A fire that started in a grease fryer engulfed the entire kitchen and dining room of Old South Bar-BQ on Fort Campbell Boulevard early Monday afternoon. Full Story »
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Togar E. Parham inched ahead in a short line at the cemetery and waited for her assignment. Full Story »
A new entertainment magazine will debut next month in Hopkinsville and Clarksville, Tenn. Full Story »
Fifty-three-year-old Archie Powell has been coming to the cinder block country store built onto the front of Cotton and Shirley Grace’s home since he was a child. Full Story »
A Clarksville day care owner and DHS worker was charged Tuesday with forcibly fondling a 13-year-old girl, police reports and court records show. Full Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — A spokesman for Oral Roberts says the evangelist who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name has died. He was 91. Full Story »
More than a week after helping to guide Fort Campbell's football team to its third straight Class 2A state championship, quarterback Antonio Andrews was named the 2009 Kentucky Mr. Football award winner, according to Falcons coach Shawn Berner. Full Story »
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man says his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick figure Jesus on a cross because the teacher thought it was too violent. Full Story »
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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