Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Insurer Group Honors 3 Tennessee Lawmakers for Litigation Funding Law
Oct 15 2014 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies presented its State Legislator of the Year Award to three Tennessee state legislators. Reps. Curtis Johnson and Charles Sargent and Sen. Jack Johnson were recognized...
Flood Relief Loan Center Opens in Memphis, Tennessee
Oct 10 2014 // The U.S. Small Business Administration is opening an office in Memphis, Tennessee, to make it easier for residents affected by last month’s flooding to apply for disaster loans. The agency says it is opening a...
Risk Strategies Acquires Crow Friedman Group in Tennessee
Oct 8 2014 // Risk Strategies Co., an insurance brokerage in Boston which recently merged with New York-based broker DeWitt Stern, has acquired Crow Friedman Group, a professional liability brokerage in Memphis, Tennessee. Terms of the...
Former Lady Vols Media Chief Settles Bias Claim with U of Tennessee
Oct 6 2014 // Former Lady Vols media director Debby Jennings has reached a $320,000 settlement in her lawsuit against the University of Tennessee and athletic director Dave Hart. Jennings’ lawyer, David Burkhalter, released a...
U.S. Grant to Help Tennessee Reduce Worker Misclassification
Sep 17 2014 // Tennessee has received a $499,000 federal grant for efforts to stop worker misclassification. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the money will help Tennessee’s unemployment insurance tax programs identify...
Tennessee’s Bradshaw Insurors joins Keystone Insurers Group
Sep 4 2014 // Bradshaw & Company Insurors of Dyersburg is Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Tennessee. The agency offers auto, home, business, farm, life and health insurance. Bradshaw & Co. was...
