Gov. Bill Lee signed a resolution designating June 2026 as "Nuclear Family Month," a move critics say sidelines Pride and risks excluding nontraditional families.

Pave It Forward Logistics closed its Lebanon hub on March 31, laying off about 100 workers who say they haven't been paid; a state WARN notice was filed April 15.

Police say a 28-year-old man put a nurse in a headlock and struck them 13 times with a cellphone at TriStar Centennial’s Parthenon Pavilion, leaving the nurse concussed.

Nineteen people were indicted after a two‑year West Tennessee probe that federal and local grand juries say targeted meth distribution across multiple counties.

Mt. Juliet’s Paper Mill is opening a roughly 90-seat brunch spot on Gallatin’s downtown square this summer, adding a milkshake bar and local memorabilia.

A pickup struck and went beneath a semi on I-24 westbound in Smyrna early Thursday, killing two people and forcing a HAZMAT cleanup.

A two-vehicle crash at 101st Airborne Division Parkway and Peachers Mill Road sent one driver to Nashville by Life Flight and shut down the roadway.

Massive flames and a plume of smoke rose from a winter‑storm debris pile near County Hospital Road in northwest Nashville. Officials say homes and businesses were not threatened.

Metro police recovered an adult man's body from J. Percy Priest Lake at Long Hunter State Park on Thursday; homicide detectives are investigating.

A Clarksville woman and four dogs died in a house fire on South Senseney Circle, Clarksville Fire Rescue reported. Investigators are on scene.

A new Tennessee law lets middle- and high-school athletes transfer once and play immediately. TSSAA and districts are racing to publish rules and guardrails before July 1.

The Design Review Board approved townhome plans for the former St. Mary’s parcel on Huron Street, advancing a long‑planned redevelopment of the historic campus.

A Knox County grand jury has indicted a woman accused of driving a minivan through a wall at Shannondale of Knoxville, killing a 96‑year‑old resident. The case dates back to a June crash that stunned neighbors.