President Obama awards Medal of Honor to Afghan war veteran 27 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama bestowed the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the ess...

Witness: Man accused of killing baby in Georgia hid gun 27 Aug 2013 | 05:44 am

MARIETTA, Ga. — A man accused of fatally shooting a baby in coastal Georgia hid a gun at a relative’s apartment the day after the slaying, and his mother and sister came to get it, a woman who lives i...

Gov. Bill Haslam names Robert Montgomery to Tennessee Appeals Court 27 Aug 2013 | 03:21 am

NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam today announced he will appoint Robert H. Montgomery Jr. of Kingsport to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals’ Eastern Section.

Man and woman found shot at home in Cleveland, Tenn. 27 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am

A man and woman were found shot at a home on Springplace Road in Cleveland Sunday night, according to a news release from the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office.

Husband arrested, charged in Cleveland, Tenn., cold case disappearance 27 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am

The husband of a Cleveland, Tenn., woman who has been missing since 2009 was arrested today after a grand jury charged him with first-degree murder.

Video: Senator Bob Corker urges Obama to seek congressional authorization on Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 03:01 am

Cooper says Tennessee cities retain ability to prohibit discharging firearms 27 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am

NASHVILLE — Local governments can prohibit the discharge of firearms within their jurisdictions in most cases, Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper says in a newly released legal opinion.

Two arrested on drug charges on Lookout Mountain 27 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am

The DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office has announced the arrest of two men on drug charges after a search warrant was executed on Alabama Highway 68 on Lookout Mountain.

Secretary of State John Kerry says Syria's chemical arms use 'moral obscenity' 27 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says chemical weapons were used in Syria and is accusing President Bashar Assad of destroying evidence.

Tennessee courts' administrative director Elizabeth Sykes to retire 27 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am

NASHVILLE – The director of Tennessee’s Administrative Office of the Courts, Elizabeth (Libby) Sykes, announced today she plans to retire by year’s end.