A Knoxville, Tenn., homeowner worries that the next rockslide onto the Alcoa Highway could take his house with it. Rick Garrison told WVLT-TV he bought the house because of the view, overlooking Fort Loudoun Lake. However three rockslides in just …
Preliminary figures show nine of the 12 people killed in highway construction zone accidents last year in Tennessee were motorists. The other three were members of construction crews who were working on roads. Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman B.J. Doughty …
Three Tennessee counties will begin issuing secure driver’s licenses this spring. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the new process for licenses is being piloted at the Hamilton County Clerk’s office, as well as two driver service centers in Sumner …
The communities of Harrison and Ooltewah are still scarred with uprooted, twisted trees and homes under construction after a March 2 tornado, but neighbors are helping each other on the path to recovery. The EF3 tornado destroyed 82 homes and …
Knox County, Tenn., authorities say a car struck a go-cart, injuring two children, and then sped away. Sheriff’s deputies are seeking a black car that likely has a broken driver’s side headlight after the collision Sunday night. According to The …
Rimkus Consulting Group, a forensic engineering consulting service, announced the opening of a new office in Memphis, Tenn. on December 1, 2012. The office is led by Rimkus District Manager, Lawrence Wedderstrand, P.E. “We are very excited about our expansion …
As the number of motorcyclists killed in crashes continues to climb in Tennessee, an audit shows that federal grants used to increase motorcycle safety is too restrictive. The Tennessean reports the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that there were too …
Tennessee regulators observed that in recent months, some property/casualty insurers in the state have filed to expand or shift their roofing policy terms to include actual cash value policies. As a result, Tennessee’s Department of Commerce and Insurance is reaching …
Tennessee’s Supreme Court has ruled that refiled medical malpractice lawsuits must follow new state laws. The high court in a unanimous opinion Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by Curtis Myers, who alleged medical malpractice after he suffered a stroke in 2006. …
Authorities in Union County, Tenn., are searching for whoever set a series of six fires at homes and barns over the last six days in the county. Gordon Sartain, chief of the Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Department, told WBIR-TV that …