Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Woman Staying in Hotel During Tennessee Wildfires Claims PTSD in Lawsuit
Dec 1 2017 // A Tennessee woman who checked in to a hotel as deadly wildfires raged nearby says in a lawsuit that she was terrified she would die in the hotel and is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the...
Index Shows Where People Are Moving in Next Few Months
Nov 30 2017 // It’s possible to know where in the country more homebuyers will be moving over the next 30 to 90 days, thanks to what’s called a “pre-mover” index. It turns out that the U.S. markets with the...
Idled Tennessee Chemical Plant Maintains Staff After Explosion
Nov 9 2017 // A chemical plant in Tennessee that will likely stay idle until next year has maintained its staff of almost 700 workers as it recovers from an explosion there in September. The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports that...
NORCAL Mutual Expands MPLI Offerings to Tennessee
Nov 6 2017 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company is now offering coverage to health care professionals in Tennessee. This is the latest in NORCAL’s national expansion, which now reaches 39 states, including the District of...
Brentwood Services Inc. of Tennessee Names Tucker Senior Accountant
Nov 3 2017 // Brentwood Services Inc. (BSI), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has appointed Jason Tucker to the position of senior accountant in the Accounting Department, according to Jeff Pettus, chief operating officer of Brentwood...
Tennessee Fire Captain Arrested for Setting Own Home on Fire
Oct 31 2017 // Tennessee investigators say a captain with Nashville’s fire department was arrested on arson and insurance fraud charges for setting his home on fire on purpose. According to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news...
Tennessee City To Redact Personal Info From Crash Reports
Oct 27 2017 // A Tennessee city will stop releasing traffic accident reports with unredacted personal information following a federal lawsuit questioning the efficacy of an ethical rule requiring attorneys to wait 30 days before...
Train Derailment in Tennessee Sends Multiple Rail Cars Into Buildings
Oct 24 2017 // Authorities in Tennessee say a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Knoxville, sending rail cars carrying shipping containers off the tracks, with some of them plowing into buildings. No one was injured. The News-Sentinel in...
Sunday Update: Weakened Tropical Storm Nate Brings Rain, Tornado Warnings to South
Oct 7 2017 // Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages. Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth...
Tennessee Valley Authority Appeals Judge’s Order to Remove Coal Ash
Oct 4 2017 // A federal utility is appealing a judge’s order to excavate and move its coal ash at a Tennessee power plant. In Nashville federal court Monday, the Tennessee Valley Authority filed an appeal notice over its Gallatin...
Despite Rise in Catastrophe Losses, Home Insurance Loss Costs Declined in Recent Years
Sep 28 2017 // In 2016, Colorado and Texas homeowners suffered the greatest percentage of catastrophic losses due to extreme weather and other perils, according to a study of home insurance trends. The six-year LexisNexis Risk Solutions...
Ferris Wheel Owner Says Injured Kid At Fault for Tennessee Fair Accident
Sep 20 2017 // The owner of a Ferris wheel in which four people were injured in Tennessee last year has responded to lawsuits over the incident, saying that one of the injured children was to blame for a gondola overturning. The...
NCCI Files 12% Decrease for Tennessee Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation rates in Tennessee are going down again next year. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced in August that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is...
NCCI Files 12% Decrease for Tennessee Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 8 2017 // Workers’ compensation rates in Tennessee are going down again next year. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced this week that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is...
Remnants of Harvey Spawn Tornadoes, Floods Across Deep South
Sep 5 2017 // Wayne Doss surveys the damage to his cousin Danny Doss’ mobile home, which was completely destroyed by a tornado in Pickens County, Ala., after a tornado struck Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The tornado damaged several...
Failed Communications Impacted Tennessee Wildfire Response
Sep 4 2017 // Records show failed communication systems hampered the response to last fall’s deadly Tennessee fires. Records that Sevier County began to release in August show that wind and fire on Nov. 28 combined to disable cell...
Chemical Fumes at Tennessee Filter Plant Sickens 24 Workers
Sep 1 2017 // Officials say chemical fumes have sickened 24 workers at a Tennessee plant that makes filters. Chattanooga Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner told media the incident was reported about 10 a.m. Wednesday at Southern...
Tennessee Valley Authority Steps Up Monitoring Near Memphis Water Supply
Aug 30 2017 // The Tennessee Valley Authority says it is installing 24 more monitoring wells at a coal-fired power plant where high levels of arsenic and lead were found in groundwater. A TVA statement Aug. 24 said it continues to...
GOP Facing Resistance to State Bills Shielding Drivers Who Hit Protesters
Aug 18 2017 // Republican lawmakers in six states have pushed this year for legal protections for motorists who hit protesters blocking traffic. Fairly or not, they’re facing an intense backlash now that violent images of a car...
Officials: Failed Communications Hampered Tennessee Wildfire Response
Aug 14 2017 // Newly released records show failed communication systems hampered the response to deadly wildfires in Tennessee last fall. Records that Sevier County began to release Wednesday show that wind and fire on Nov. 28 combined...
