NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee is being sued over a law that puts public schools and their districts at risk of legal consequences if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that do not reflect their gender at birth.   The federal suit filed by the Human Rights Campaign on…… MORE

From KPD   The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee recently announced that eight Knoxville and Chattanooga gang members were convicted by a federal jury for drug, firearm and money laundering offenses following an extensive joint investigation. The defendants, identified as Alim Turner, 23, Ushery Stewart, 22, Ronald Turner, 25, Kedaris…… MORE

Standardized testing results in Tennessee came back and shed a negative light on education during the pandemic. Governor Bill Lee called the data “sobering” and “unacceptable.”   The results showed an educational downturn in every county in the state. Academic proficiency also dipped in all subjects across every grade.   Soon after the release of the…… MORE

Two formerly missing teenagers have been found and are now safe.   Erica Gamerdinger was located in Harrogate, Tennessee. She originally went missing in Cumberland Gap National Park.   Keith Griffith was also found in Harrogate. Griffith also suffers from a known medical condition which added to the importance of the search.  … MORE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Court records show that Tennessee Titans wide receiver Julio Jones faces allegations of illegally harvesting and selling millions of dollars of cannabis in California.   California-based cannabis company Genetixs filed the suit recently against a handful of defendants including Jones, former Atlanta Falcons player Roddy White and White’s company, SLW Holdings.…… MORE