A federal court further limited lawsuits seeking damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority for its huge spill of toxin-laden coal ash, but the judge ruled that claims related to property damages and reduced property values will to go to trial. …
A federal court jury has awarded a former Lexington city utility employee nearly a half-million dollars in his age discrimination lawsuit. The decision came Monday in the 2009 suit filed by Anthony Brunt, who The Jackson Sun reported it was …
Arraignment is scheduled Tuesday in the case of four young volunteer firefighters charged with arson. Houston County Sheriff’s Department criminal investigator Brian Hooper said the suspects were arrested Friday night after a series of fires, including one that destroyed a …
A Bradley County elementary school that was damaged during the April 27 tornado will be demolished. The Board of Education approved the plan on Thursday and also voted to allow the schools director to go forward with plans to purchase …
A Tennessee Valley Authority spokesman said the utility started making safety changes before a Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel released its report on Japan’s nuclear disaster. The NRC panel has recommended that all nuclear plants re-evaluate their earthquake and flood risk, …
Safety officials say the number of fatalities in Tennessee during the Fourth of July holiday continues to decline. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced Monday that early estimates indicate seven people were killed in traffic crashes during …
When police reached a Knox County hit and run suspect, they found he had already been run down, scuffled with and pepper sprayed by a witness. Police responded to a report of a non-injury hit and run crash just after …
A worker has died from injuries he received in a flash fire at a Nashville metals plant over the weekend. The Metro Nashville Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the death of 28-year-old Shawn Allen Austin of Nashville, according to The …
Gov. Bill Haslam says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has designated 15 counties a natural disaster for agriculture as a result of storms and flooding in April and May. Counties designated as primary natural disaster areas include Dyer, Giles, …
The parents of a child who developed a bacterial infection after petting stingrays and sharks at Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $2.4 million. Spokesman Thom Benson told the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Friday that aquarium …