Tennessee

A 12-year-old boy was killed over the weekend after he fell off a hayride and was run over, Tennessee law enforcement officials said, according to NBC affiliate WSMV.

A black bear was hit by a car and killed on a Tennessee highway after it found a delicious snack on the side of the road while it was bulking up for winter, officials with the Appalachian Bear Rescue said on Facebook.

Vicki Hunter couldn’t make sense of the giant trees rushing toward the front porch of her one-story home. 

Deario Wilkerson, 20, was wanted in connection with the April killing of a man in Memphis, the U.S. Marshal’s Service said.

Scott Bloomquist, a dirt track race car driver who was known for his bravado and for being one of the sport’s best, died Friday in a plane crash.

A federal judge has ruled that a Tennessee woman has a constitutional right to post a yard sign with profane language condemning both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

The University of Missouri student was missing for two weeks after a night out with his fraternity brothers in Nashville in March before he was found in the Cumberland River.

A 7-year-old sitatunga antelope named Leif died, according to the zoo.

A judge has blocked the auction of Graceland by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a loan that used the property as collateral.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that he planned to sign a bill state legislators sent to his desk this week that would allow school staff members to carry concealed handguns on school grounds.

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds.

The body of missing college student Riley Strain has been recovered, police said Friday morning.

Police in Nashville say that five people have died after a small plane crashed Monday night near an interstate highway, shutting down multiple lanes.

The sheriff in Blount County south of Knoxville says over $80,000 in reward money has been pledged for information leading to the arrest of 42-year-old Kenneth DeHart.

Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing.

Warrants have been issued for 42-year-old Kenneth Dehart, who is wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm after a shooting during a traffic stop.

A Tennessee man who planned to travel to the southern border with an arsenal of weapons and explosives to “stir up the hornet’s nest” was arrested Monday, federal officials say.

A security camera captured the moment a tornado hit two electric substations on Saturday, the Nashville Electric Service said.

Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are digging out from devastating weekend storms that killed six people, toppled houses and cut power to tens of thousands.

Three people are dead, including a child, and nearly two dozen were being treated for injuries at a local hospital after a tornado tore through the middle of Tennessee on Saturday, officials said.