Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds: $17.5M Tennessee Prescription Pill Ring Unprecedented
Mar 17 2015 // Federal prosecutors say a 51-year-old woman recently arrested in a prescription pill sting was running one of the biggest illegal drug networks east Tennessee has ever seen. Prosecutors were in federal court Friday in an...
Tennessee Judge: Cap on Personal Injury Damages is Unconstitutional
Mar 11 2015 // A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps the amount of money someone can win in a personal injury lawsuit for noneconomic damages is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press reported that on Monday,...
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Work Comp ‘Option’ Legislation
Mar 6 2015 // Tennessee may soon have its own answer to an alternative workers’ compensation insurance option through new legislation by Republican lawmakers known as the Tennessee Employee Injury Benefit Alternative. Tennessee...
Low Water Levels at Tennessee’s Boone Lake Concern Nearby Business Owners
Mar 3 2015 // Business owners around Boone Lake worry they might be left high and dry this summer with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s sustained drawdown of the lake. The Johnson City Press reported that TVA has announced that...
Report: Tennessee DUI Arrests up in 2014
Feb 4 2015 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says there were more Tennessee residents charged with driving under the influence in 2014 than 2013. The report, which must be submitted to lawmakers, says law enforcement...
Tennessee’s Crichton Group Makes Staff Changes, Names New Partner
Jan 23 2015 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has appointed a new partner and a new director of risk management. In addition, it has also added an account executive and an account manager to its...
Tennessee Environmental Agency Sues TVA Over Coal Ash at Gallatin Plant
Jan 14 2015 // The Tennessee state agency charged with protecting the environment is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) over its coal-burning power plant in Gallatin. The lawsuit, filed January 7 by the Tennessee Dept. of...
Traffic Deaths Decline in Tennessee
Jan 13 2015 // The Department of Safety and Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation reported 961 traffic deaths in 2014 — 35 fewer than in 2013, when 995 fatalities were recorded. A joint statement from the agencies says...
Tennessee Officials Warn Dried-Out Christmas Trees Pose Fire Risk
Dec 23 2014 // Tennessee’s state fire officials are reminding Tennesseans with natural, fresh-cut Christmas trees to keep them in water because of the fire risk posed if they dry out. Gary West is deputy commissioner of the...
School Bus Driver Licensing Questioned in Tennessee
Dec 18 2014 // Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre has ordered a full review of all licensing documents for school bus drivers after questions arose about the qualifications of a driver involved in a fatal crash. The...
People – Southeast
Dec 15 2014 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has named Hilary Segura and Logan McFaddin to its state government relations team. Segura and McFaddin assume regional staff duties overseeing states in the...
Tennessee Remembers Impaired Driving Crash Victims
Dec 4 2014 // Law enforcement and state officials recently took time to remember victims of impaired driving crashes in Tennessee. According to state officials, Tennessee lost an estimated 349 lives in impaired driving crashes last...
Gas Line Fire Injures 5 Workers in Tennessee
Dec 4 2014 // Five utility workers were injured in a gas line explosion and fire in Memphis. Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said three Memphis Light, Gas & Water workers suffered critical wounds, and two others had less...
Tennessee Reports Jump in Fires, Fatalities
Dec 2 2014 // Fire officials in eastern Tennessee are seeing an increase in the number of fires and an uptick in the number of fatalities stemming from those blazes. Knoxville Fire Capt. D.J. Corcoran told WBIR-TV that there was a...
Tennessee’s Brentwood Services Promotes Perkins
Nov 26 2014 // Cindy Perkins has been promoted to the position of support team supervisor for Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA)., headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn. In her new position, Perkins is supervising claims...
Tennessee Insurance Broker Murdered in Virgin Islands
Nov 24 2014 // Authorities say a Nashville insurance broker was found dead in his secluded rental home in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department confirmed that Edward Netherland, 60, was found Tuesday morning....
Number of Tennesseans Without Health Insurance at 10-Year Low
Nov 19 2014 // A new University of Tennessee report says the number of uninsured people in Tennessee has hit a 10-year low. The number of people without health insurance shrunk about 25 percent in the first year of the health insurance...
Wholesaler RT Specialty Acquires Tennessee Underwriters
Nov 4 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group’s wholesale brokerage, R-T Specialty, LLC (RT) has acquired the assets of excess and surplus broker, Tennessee Underwriters Inc. (TUI). A family-owned business, TUI was formed in 1980 in...
3 Employees Allege Racial Bias by Tennessee Temple University
Nov 2 2014 // Three one-time Tennessee Temple University employees have sued the school for alleged racial discrimination. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that Emmanuel Awotula, Dennis Clark and Jeffrey Davis filed a lawsuit...
Tennessee Officials Ask for Help on 16 Arsons
Oct 29 2014 // Police are asking for help after a string of fires in East Tennessee that have been ruled arson. Cocke County Sheriff Armando Fontes said there have been 16 arson blazes set since August, mostly in the area of...
