Best Read Tennessee Headlines
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#1 Helene’s Flooding: The Human Toll on One Family in Tennessee
Dec 31 2024 // ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry and Sibrina Barrett never spent a day apart over 35 years. They worked long hours, never took vacations, and liked to relax with their son at home. They had no idea that a hurricane could reach...
#2 UAW Faces Key Test in the South With Upcoming Vote at Alabama Mercedes Plant
May 14 2024 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union. The company has repeatedly promised to...
#3 Racer Scott Bloomquist Remembered After Plane Crash in Tennessee
Aug 20 2024 // Scott Bloomquist, a dirt track race car driver who was known for his bravado and for being one of the sport’s best, died Friday in a plane crash on his family’s farm in Mooresburg, Tennessee, friends and local...
#4 Insurance to Cover Part of Tenn. City’s $28M Settlement Over Botched Rape Case
Feb 19 2025 // (AP) — Leaders in Johnson City, Tennessee, have agreed Thursday to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit that said police deliberately botched investigations into a suspect accused in civil cases of drugging and sexually...
#5 Texas Man Suing Tennessee Titans Player Over Shooting at Car Lot
Apr 14 2025 // A Texas man who says Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed or his personal assistant shot at him while he was sitting inside a Mercedes-Benz on a dealer lot in December is suing the two-time Super Bowl champ for at least...
#6 Tennessee Pollution Exclusion Confusion: Courts Differ But Clauses Can Apply
Oct 23 2024 // Insurers often include exclusions within their liability policies to prohibit coverage for claims arising out of pollution exposure. The exact wording of the exclusion can differ significantly, but the key issue is whether...
#7 Tennessee Safety Agency Says Plastics Workers Were Given Time to Evacuate
Apr 7 2025 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year’s Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by “makeshift routes,” according to an...
#8 Tennessee Investigating Plastics Factory Where Helene Flooding Killed 11 Workers
Oct 3 2024 // A Tennessee plastics factory kept workers going until it was too late to evacuate before Hurricane Helene flooding swamped the building, employees have said. Now, the company is likely facing liability lawsuits and...
#9 Family of Tenn. Man Who Died in Plastics Plant Flooding Files Wrongful Death Suit
Oct 17 2024 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a Tennessee employee who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company he worked for, arguing that workers...
#10 Tennessee Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty to Using Prison Labor for Personal Profit
Jul 12 2024 // MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the...
#11 Tennessee Turns Probe of Questioned Graceland Sale Over to Fed Authorities
Jun 28 2024 // MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it has turned over its investigation into the failed sale of Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction to federal...
#12 Fla. DFS Offers to Check Contracts With Roofers, Adjusters; Tenn. Eyes Claims Denials
Oct 30 2024 // Officials in two Southeastern states have taken steps to hold insurers or recipients of insurance funds accountable after Hurricanes Helene and Milton spurred thousands of insurance claims. The Tennessee Department of...
#13 Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
#14 Tennessee Gynecologist Charged With Unnecessary Medical Procedures
Mar 3 2025 // MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee gynecologist was arrested Friday and accused of performing unnecessary procedures on patients with re-used medical devices held under unsanitary conditions. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, 44, is...
#15 Tenn. Authorities Continue to Investigate Container Suspected of Holding Dynamite
Oct 15 2024 // KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Tennessee continued Friday to investigate a container suspected of holding large amounts of dynamite, warning residents that evacuations will likely remain in place...
#16 Pilot Error Likely Caused Small Plane Crash That Killed Family in Tennessee
Mar 10 2025 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fiery small plane crash in Tennessee last year that killed a Canadian family of five was most likely the result of an error by the father, who was piloting the plane, according to a National...
#17 Tornadoes Kill 2, Injure 3 in East Tennessee, With Flooding in WV, Kentucky
Feb 10 2025 // WARTBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Two tornadoes moved through eastern Tennessee, leaving a mother and daughter dead and injuring three other people, officials said Friday. A mother and daughter from the same household were killed...
#18 Rescuers Find Body of Final Missing Tenn. Factory Worker Swept Away by Flooding
Nov 5 2024 // ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescue workers in Tennessee have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane Helene hit a plastics factory there. Rosa Andrade, 29, was one of six...
#19 Storms Bring Flash Floods to Dollywood Amusement Park in Tennessee
Jul 31 2024 // PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Strong thunderstorms brought flash flooding to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in east Tennessee. Park workers and the Pigeon Forge police and fire departments directed guests to safety on...
#20 Jack Daniel’s Parent Firm to Cut Workforce, Close Barrel Plant in Kentucky
Jan 16 2025 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its hometown barrel-making plant in Louisville. The cost-cutting moves come as...
