Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tennessee News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Memphis News.net http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/cat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:11 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:11 -0400 30 The cooling tower is the last piece of system equipment needing replacement for the at the building located at 500 W. Church Ave. Other repairs to the library's HVAC system were made in previous ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214676743/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:55 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214676743/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 "She made Don smile because she told him he mattered. She shared in the loss and that he will be missed," Bensko wrote. "And she reminded me, a production wife, that there are good people in this industry who truly do wish that they could make it ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214676586/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:45 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214676586/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former death row inmate is set to be released from prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a Memphis police ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214676251/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:31 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214676251/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 can't get enough Stella. That would be Lennon Stella and Maisy Stella, the Canadian singing sister-act who've transcended the prime-time show on which they do not even star. A recent episode featured the precocious pair sweetly singing the ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214674328/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:26 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214674328/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville Predators have hired Phil Housley, pictured, as an assistant coach to fill the spot left open by the firing of associate coach Peter Horachek after nine seasons with the franchise. (File/Associated ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214674406/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:55 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214674406/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A Tennessee pharmacist has admitted distributing a misbranded Chinese-made drug that was given to kidney dialysis patients in ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214674888/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:26 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214674888/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Financial considerations "Criminal Minds" (8 p.m., WCCO, Ch. 4) ends the season with an intense two-hour episode, but don't expect any of the regular cast members to go down in a blaze of glory. The actors came to a last-minute agreement on their contracts and all are expected to return next season. Crash diet In "900-Pound Man: The Race Against Time" (8 p.m., TLC), ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214671494/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:45 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214671494/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 http://bit.ly/10Mn866 ) about 65 percent of the job cuts have already occurred. The rest will be eliminated in the current fiscal year that ends next ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214672085/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:49 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214672085/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Last June, authorities were called to a Campbell County bar when a young woman walked in. She couldn't tell anyone her name, where she was from, or how she got there. Investigators finally identified her as Lynn Cameron, 19, of Illinois. She is mentally disabled, with the mental capacity of a two-year-old. Her mother, they learned, was no longer able to care for her, so simply dropped her ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214670139/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:36 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214670139/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Members of the Knoxville Tea Party organized the rally at the steps of the John J. Duncan Federal Building on Locust Street, which houses the agency's local office. The rally was intended as a protest against recent revelations of the IRS scrutiny of some conservative groups but open to all comers, said James Arthur, vice chair of the Knoxville Tea ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214670405/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:09 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214670405/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 FRANKFORT, Ky. - The U.S. House has passed legislation that would put a two-year moratorium on an Army Corps of Engineers plan to erect barriers to prevent people from fishing below dams on the Cumberland River.U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield heralded final passage of the Freedom to Fish Act on Tuesday. Whitfield was a leading proponent of the measure in the House.The bill, introduced by Sen. Lamar ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214670355/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:49 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214670355/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The American Queen Steamboat Co. is adding to its fleet. The Memphis-based company has purchased the Empress of the North from the U.S. Maritime Administration for an undisclosed amount, it revealed today. The company, which owns and operates the American Queen, will rename its new acquisition the American Empress. The American Queen Steamboat Co. will sail the American Empress from the home port ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214671240/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:48 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214671240/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668562/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:39 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668562/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 KNOXVILLE -- A line of thunderstorms packing 60 mph winds with the potential for large hail is making its way across Middle Tennessee and should hit East Tennessee later this afternoon, according to the National Weather ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668563/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:07 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668563/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 http://bit.ly/13HXKj6 ) three of the four counties in his district have overcrowded jails, largely because of an increase in women being arrested. Johnson is the state prosecutor in Roane, Morgan and Meigs ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668850/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:25 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668850/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A new Vanderbilt University poll finds a majority of Tennesseans oppose the state enforcing online sales taxes, though respondents were split on whether the current system is fair to local ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668849/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:25 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668849/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Discussions of poverty are often centered around urban blight among the nations inner cities, but a study released yesterday by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program should change that perception. In Memphis, for instance, the report found the percent change from 2000 to 2011 in the number of poor Memphians was 33.4 percent within the city limits and 42.5 percent in the ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668566/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:32:41 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214668566/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday."It's happened so many times through my life, I've been in so many," Keith said in a phone interview Tuesday. "During my life, probably on average every four or five years, you probably ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214665543/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:53 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214665543/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Meteorologist Brittney Coleman with the NWS office in Nashville said high wind and hail are the major threats with the storm system. The probability of severe storms is most likely from the Mississippi River to Interstate ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214667046/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:28 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214667046/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Company and state officials announced the move Tuesday, saying Sony will expand its global administration offices, adding 50-60 new jobs. The publisher will move into space in the Fifth Third Center. The publisher will occupy three full floors of the bank building and is set to move by the end of the ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214667045/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:28 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214667045/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery. Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said that Tennessee Task Force 1 left early Tuesday from Memphis. Cooke says the 80-member team will mostly help with search and rescue efforts after powerful and deadly tornadoes struck cities in Oklahoma on Sunday and ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664348/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:54 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664348/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law revisions to the state conservatorship statute. The law allows the court to appoint a conservator to manage the assets of a person a judge finds unable to handle his or her own affairs. State Rep. Andrew Farmer, a Sevierville Republican, ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664916/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:52 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664916/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 - Grace Morriss, a junior engineering major from Flower Mound, Texas, won the 2013 Union University Joseph H. Eaton Speech and Oratory Contest May 2. Morriss' speech, entitled "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Screening," beat out nine other speeches. Courtney Brown placed second with "The Dangers of Barbie" and Leeana Cargile placed third with ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664639/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:17:49 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664639/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 - Union University Hendersonville has admitted 40 individuals for its next installment of Leadership Academy, which will begin in June. Leadership Academy is an ongoing program designed for teachers and administrators in Sumner County schools. All participants receive professional in-service credit and those who are admitted to a Union graduate degree program will receive three hours of graduate ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664638/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:17:49 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214664638/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 DAMASCUS, Va. -; Authorities say an elderly driver is not likely to face charges for plowing into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town's ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214663582/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:22 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214663582/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Home construction activity in Nashville continues to build momentum, according to a new report by research firm Metrostudy. "Builders continue to successfully sell their existing inventory and new starts. Even model homes are being sold as inventory tightens," Jason Brown, director of Metrostudy's Nashville region, said in the report. During the 12-month period that ended in March, ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214665272/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:53:34 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214665272/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens Against Photo Enforcement, said he plans to submit the petition to City Council after 1,000 people have signed it. The group complains that the city uses the cameras to ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214663578/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:05 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214663578/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 RED BANK, Tenn. (AP) -- Now that traffic enforcement cameras have been gone from a Hamilton County city for four months, officials are saying just how much they are not ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214663017/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:11 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214663017/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Eric Lozano, who is 31 years old and from Lyford, was arrested Monday night in the killing of Mitchel T. Moreno in a Nashville motel room. Moreno was 52 and was from the Denmark community in Madison County, ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214660290/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:28 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214660290/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort Campbell, where more soldier are returning to the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee from ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214658143/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:01:12 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214658143/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn.-A trial begins Tuesday that could determine which country will decide the fate of 13-year-old twin boys at the center of an international custody battle that extends from Eastern Europe to Middle Tennessee. The boys are American citizens who were born in Texas but have spent the majority of their lives in Hungary. Their father is an American citizen with family in the Cottontown ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214657728/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:57 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214657728/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Memphis Grizzlies ' blowout loss in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals. No one on either team expects him to play so poorly for the rest of the series. As ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214656146/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:12 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214656146/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A wet spring and climbing temperatures mean mosquitoes are making their comeback to East Tennessee. The Knox County Health Department is already working to stay ahead of the seasonal problem. Earlier this month, the health department started setting traps all around the county to test the bugs for West Nile Virus. So far, each of the tests have come back with only negative results. In ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214653530/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:04:03 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214653530/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Last season, Black started five of 32 games played for Memphis and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage was second on the team. He had 20 blocked shots and 22 steals at the power forward ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214652592/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:34 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214652592/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Knoxville, in conjunction with UT, is looking into expanding use of World's Fair Park as a center for cultural resources. Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons will work alongside UT Professor of Anthropology Jan Simek in co-chairing a group to decide what's best for the park. The park opened up for the world to see in 1982 and has been used by the city and other organizations since to hold ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214648899/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:46 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214648899/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it. It’s also pretty ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214644132/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:05 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214644132/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 In today's increasingly crowded marketplace, successful small business owners recognize that creativity is paramount in besting their competitors and maintaining a vibrant brand. Customer engagement is key. And that will be the focus of the "Creative Boot Camp" from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, sponsored by the Memphis chapter of the American Advertising Federation. The ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214644380/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:35 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214644380/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed the last step in a two-year effort to reduce the state's portion of groceries sales tax from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. Haslam signed the bill at Solan's Grocery in Vonore on Monday. "We're lowering taxes and balancing the state budget by managing conservatively, making strategic investments in our priorities and finding new ways to ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214642587/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:44 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214642587/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the completion of the Music City Center. The grand opening celebration started Sunday, and includes free concerts from Sheryl Crow, Phil Vassar, Vince Gill and others. The Music City Center measures 2.6 million square feet and takes up 16 acres. The grand ballroom alone can seat up to 6,000 people. At $585 million, ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214642626/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:43 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214642626/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Part of a downtown Knoxville street is closed for drain installation. Clinch Avenue is closed between Gay Street and Market Street. The closure started Monday and is expected to last a week or more. Westbound traffic can detour to Church ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214643431/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:43 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214643431/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Spring Hill pediatrician says she has some sympathy as the Tennessee Department of Children's Services tries to sort through claims about children's welfare.Dr. Shontae Buffington serves as the fellow-at-large representing Middle Tennessee for the Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.But Buffington also told The Tennessean she is ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214641952/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:14:26 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214641952/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville Mayor Karl Dean Mayor Karl Dean emphasized the need for mass transit options and its effect on maintaining quality of life in his State of Metro address today. "We all realize that as we continue to grow, there's only so much road widening we can do," he said to a crowd inside the new Music City Center. "We won't be able to pave our way out of increased traffic ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214643178/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:31 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214643178/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LOUISVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Blount (blunt) County sheriff's spokeswoman says autopsies will be performed on the bodies of a couple found dead in their home in Louisville ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214640977/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:40 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214640977/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Memphis Fire Department says 35 firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to a blaze Monday morning at a one-story house in the Uptown ... http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214640976/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:40 -0400 http://www.memphisnews.net/index.php/sid/214640976/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7