The so-called complimentary breakfasts at many hotels in Tennessee have stirred the appetite of state revenue officials. The state wants to tax the lodging businesses for the food that they offer as free breakfasts as part of their room rate. The read more..

(AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Correction said its executions will now be carried out three hours earlier. Corrections Commissioner Gayle Ray said Monday that after June 1 state executions will take place at 10 p.m. instead of 1 read more..

AP) — Shekinna Stricklen scored Kentucky (25-7) played tough in its first championship game appearance since winning its only title in 1982. The Wildcats, led by Victoria Dunlap’s 21 points, played even with the Lady Vols until midway through read more..

This Reconstruction-era regulation by states and localities was hardly new. Near the time of the Founding, several states regulated the storage of gunpowder in order to protect against fires, in some cases effectively banning the possession of loaded read more..

Walt Baker, the CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, stirred controversy after forwarding an offensive e-mail to several people, including the media and a public official, comparing the US First Lady to Cheetah from the Tarzan movies. Baker read more..

DULUTH, Ga. — Mississippi coach Renee Ladner has yet to find a good way to defend Tennessee’s Alicia Manning. “Alicia Manning has kicked our butt (three) times we played them,” Ladner said. “She’s outmanned us, outhustled us and beat us on the boards.” read more..

DULUTH, Ga. — The rest of the Southeastern Conference has only one more chance to disprove a conclusion stated by Tennessee coach Pat Summitt after her team’s 13th straight win. read more..

Pilot Travel Centers has installed E85 pumps at three more stations in Tennessee, WHNT Television in Huntsville, Ala. said. read more..

Lawmakers are considering new limits on the power of professional groups to name people to Tennessee’s regulatory boards, a move that some supporters say will reduce the influence of special interests in state government. read more..

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - J.P. Prince had 16 points, Scotty Hopson added 14 and No. 16 Tennessee held Mississippi State scoreless for the first 6:10 and never looked back, finishing the regular season with a 75-59 win Saturday night. read more..

CULLMAN — A new state bill could bring more than $200,000 in grant monies to Cullman County. The Alabama Legislature has overridden the governor’s veto of a bill that would allow north Alabama counties to keep all the money paid by the Tennessee read more..

Massachusetts is one of more than a dozen states that have made it to the finals in the “Race to the Top” competition for generous federal education grants, US Senator John Kerry’s office announced this afternoon. “I’m thrilled to see education read more..

Even now, approaching 70, he shows flashes of the old “Stormin’ Norman”: the barrel-chested Rose Bowl linebacker and Type-A Senate staffer who burst into the House three decades ago demanding the first seat on Appropriations and the last jump read more..

San Francisco is one of three big-city police departments in the United States that don’t use Tasers (The others are Detroit, Michigan, and Memphis, Tennessee). Gascon wants to change that. He supports use of the device but says to call it “nonlethal read more..

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CPIX) today announced that results from a clinical trial of Caldolor(R) (ibuprofen) Injection will be presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in New Orleans read more..

A woman authorities say robbed a Roland bank on Friday has been arrested in Amarillo, Texas. Mallary Waldon, 24, of Tennessee was arrested along with her male companion, 20-year-old Jonathan Baxter, at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at an Amarillo motel read more..

BY EARLY YESTERDAY evening, the cell phone voice mailbox for Carl Carey was full. This detail undoubtedly was the only thing that kept Carey from returning a message from the Daily News, and telling Eagles Nation what’s up between the Birds and the read more..

Nashville, Tennessee (March 3, 2009) – Alternative Service Concepts, LLC (ASC), a full-service, workers’ compensation and property & casualty third party claims administrator, announced that the City of Lubbock Texas has chosen ASC to administer read more..

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images In his new book, the architect of the Bush era is busy trying to spin his boss’s troubled legacy. But with even name-brand conservatives taking shots at him, it’s an uphill fight. Is the blossom off the turd? Former read more..

Although Jake Tyree has two titanium rods and 46 screws in his back, he can participate in activities such as skiing and driving. It took Jake a few years to master wheelchair basketball, but University of Illinois coach Mike Frogley said the teen read more..

The 750 total yards allowed at Houston (a USM record for defensive futility) and the NCAA bowl record of 201 rushing yards by Middle Tennessee State quarterback Dwight Dasher are hard to forget. “Our goal is to play more consistently,” defensive read more..

When you hear people in the Nashville region say, “We don’t want to be another Atlanta,” you can be sure they are talking about traffic. You don’t have to drive five minutes in Atlanta (or Los Angeles or Detroit or most any large U.S. city these days read more..

We are faced with the opportunity to stand with them in our Baptismal communion and show our solidarity through prayer. Iraqi Christians seek equal representation and protection under the law. NASHVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) - In an appeal both to read more..

Once or twice a week, when it works with my schedule, I ride the bus to work. It’s a great way to start the morning. The buses are clean, the people are friendly, the bus drivers are courteous. For me, riding the bus is convenient. I live near a read more..

March 1, 1969 — First televised game in coliseum history as Au­burn defeats Tennessee 71-60 on the SEC Basketball Game of the Week. Nov. 10, 1969 — Doubleheader: Globetrotters played in the first game followed by the Atlanta Hawks defeating the read more..

Over the past few years, Tyren Johnson developed a strong reputation as a gym rat for all of the long hours and lonely nights he spent working to improve his basketball skills. All of that hard work paid off in a huge way on Tuesday as UL’s senior read more..

Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications has received $13.7 million in federal broadband grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Association under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Level 3 will commit an additional $4.2 read more..

CLARKSVILLE — One 3-pointer was answered by another and it meant Austin Peay’s season was finished. The Govs’ Anthony Campbell tied the game with a bomb with seven seconds left, but Tennessee Tech’s Kevin Murphy responded with a trey of his read more..

Bochtler’s specialty is the changeup, and Frasor decided to head to Tennessee two offseasons ago to work with the instructor on the pitch. Bochtler explained his approach and everything changed in a hurry for Frasor. He finally got it. read more..

KSDK —  A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was detected in southeast Missouri today in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Illinois, is the nation’s most active seismic zone east of the Rocky read more..

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2008 file photo, office workers are silhouetted against the widow of the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York.More than a year after Lehman Brothers’ collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators are laboring to read more..

INDIANAPOLIS — Defensive back prospects are on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium today as the NFL Scouting Combine wraps up. USC safety Taylor Mays , a first-round prospect who was expected to run fast, did not disappoint. His 40 was clocked as low as read more..

A Democratic official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will add some Republican proposals to a revised health care package that he will unveil Wednesday. Obama plans to send a letter to Democratic congressional leaders on read more..

Vols lose series after 1-0 Sunday defeat Jason Hall In a series that included 29 runs scored by both teams going into Sunday’s game, who could have predicted that the final score of the rubber match between the Tennessee Volunteers and the No. 10 read more..