News Topic: Tennessee
Wednesday November 25 2009
Wamp To Release Financial Info In Governor’s Bid
Gubernatorial Candidate Zach Wamp Says He Will Join Fellow Republican Bill Gibbons In Releasing His Tax Returns And Other Personal Financial Details Wamp, A... more »
NFL’s Jon Runyan To Run For Congress In NJ
Nfl Player Jon Runyan Says He'll Retire At The End Of The Season And Launch A Campaign For Congress In New Jersey's 3rd District The 35-year-old Offensive... more »
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(AP) MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.
Monday November 23 2009
Sims-Walker Has Another Big Game In Breakout Year
Jacksonville Jaguars Receiver Mike Sims-walker Has Another Nfl Jersey To Add To His Collection Sims-walker Asked For And Received Terrell Owens' No 81 Buffalo... more »
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(AP) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
SEC Honors Mallett, Maxwell, Arenas
Arkansas Quarterback Ryan Mallett, Kentucky Linebacker Sam Maxwell And Alabama Punt Returner Javier Arenas Are The Sec Players Of The Week Mallett Passed For... more »
Sunday November 22 2009
Bills Have More Injury Concerns After Latest Loss
The Buffalo Bills Are Even More Banged Up Following An Injury-filled Game Against The Jacksonville Jaguars Running Back Marshawn Lynch (shoulder), Guard Eric... more »
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(AP) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
Saturday November 21 2009
Volkswagen Program Head At NASCAR Finale
The Head Of Volkswagen's Motor Sports Program Is At Homestead-miami Speedway, Fueling Speculation The Automaker Is Interested In Joining Toyota As The Second Foreign Manufacturer... more »
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(AP) HOMESTEAD, Florida
Volkswagen Program Head In Homestead
The Head Of Volkswagen's Motor Sports Program Is At Homestead-miami Speedway, Fueling Speculation That Automaker Is Interested In Joining Toyota As The Second Foreign Manufacturer... more »
Thursday November 19 2009
Gibbons To Release Tax, Investment Information
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Gibbons Says He Is Releasing Five Years Of Tax Returns And His Current Investment Information To The Media The Memphis... more »
Friday November 13 2009
Haslam Raises Another $1 Million For GOP Campaign
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam Has Reported Raising Another $1 Million Since June 30 For His Republican Gubernatorial Campaign He Said Friday He Received More Than... more »
Saturday October 03 2009
Auburn Too Much For Tennessee
Auburn runs it's record to 5-0 with a 26-22 win over the Volunteers more »
Thursday August 06 2009
Water War Heats Up
Governor Riley says his Georgia
counterpart is engaging in saber rattling and pointless posturing
on the water dispute between Alabama, Georgia and Florida. more »
Monday July 20 2009
Police: Ala. Murder Tied to Tenn. Rampage
Man Charged in Deaths of 6, Including Wife, Her Son, Relatives and Neighbor.. more »
Tuesday July 14 2009
Coldiron Served Time For Killing A Man
Wayne Coldiron, one of the seven people arrested for the murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings, beat a man to death in Tennessee in 1992. more »
Byrd Billing’s Sister Says The Murder Doesn’t Seem Real
"It's like somebody has hit me in the stomach," said Judy Sisson. "It's still not real. I know it in my head, but my heart hasn't connected yet." more »
Monday July 06 2009
McNair’s Girlfriend Recently Bought A Gun
Sahel Kazemi's nephew says he does not believe Kazemi would have killed the former Tennessee Titans quarterback and herself. He says Kazemi believed McNair was divorcing his wife and she was preparing to move in with him. more »
Public Memorial For Steve McNair
A public memorial for former NFL quarterback Steve McNair is scheduled for Thursday in Nashville. A funeral service will be held Saturday in Mississippi. Click here for details. more »
Saturday July 04 2009
Steve McNair Killed
Former NFL Quarterback Steve McNair shot and killed in Nashville, TN more »
Wednesday July 01 2009
New Laws On July 1st
Want a tattoo on your eyeball? You can't get one in Oklahoma anymore. That's just one of many new laws going into effect today around the U.S. more »
Sunday June 14 2009
Springsteen, Phish Jam Together at Bonnaroo
They were chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo all weekend, as Bruce Springsteen performed a three-hour set with the E Street Band one night and joined Phish on stage another. more »
Friday April 10 2009
Deaths Caused By Southern Storms
Officials with the Tennessee
Emergency Management Agency say a reported tornado has killed two
people and injured 30 in the central part of the state. more »
Tuesday March 24 2009
Jags Announce 2009 Football Schedule
South Alabama to host seven games at Ladd Peebles. Jags will play North Carolina St. in the future. Hear Coach Jones and A.D. Joe Gottfried. more »
Monday March 16 2009
Nation’s #1 Recruit Signs With Tennessee
Bryce Brown rushed for 1,873 yards and 29 touchdowns in nine games this past season. more »
Monday March 09 2009
Local Soldier Killed, Husband In Custody
Police say an 18-year-old soldier, from Wilmer, was stabbed to death over the weekend by her estranged husband while she was on leave from Afghanistan.. more »
Friday February 27 2009
Police Investigating Doctor’s Past
They want to find out if an Alabama pediatrician accused of raping a teenage patient had problems in Illinois, Connecticut and Tennessee, where he previously worked. more »
Monday February 09 2009
Church Shooter To Plead Guilty
Jim Adkisson says he opened fire inside a Tennessee church because he hated
liberals and gays. more »
Wednesday January 28 2009
Historic Delta Queen To Become Floating Hotel
The much-beloved river ship Delta Queen is coming out of her early retirement to take on a new job -- that of a hotel.. more »
Snowy Owl Sightings
Rare sightings of Harry Potter fame owl in deep south. more »
Friday January 16 2009
U.S. Marshals Capture FL Rape Suspect In Tennessee
Chad Alioth was wanted for twice raping a woman at gunpoint and threatening to kill her if she told anyone. Marshals had to tase Alioth twice during the takedown. more »
Thursday January 08 2009
Happy 74th Birthday, Elvis!
The King of Rock 'n' Roll was born January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. more »
Monday December 22 2008
Retention Pond Dike Collapse
A dike at an ash retention pond collapsed Monday morning, sending water, ash and rocks from the forty acre pond over a widespread area. more »
Friday November 28 2008
Volunteers Hire Former Raiders Coach
BREAKING NEWS Tennessee has reportedly reached a deal with 33-year-old Lane Kiffin to replace Phillip Fulmer, who was forced out after 17 seasons as Vols coach. more »
Saturday November 08 2008
Woman Busted Posing As A Man
Authorities say a woman calling herself Antonio Silliano fooled women into marrying her. He, or she, was working as a jailer in Shelby County, Tennessee more »
Monday November 03 2008
Fulmer Forced Out?
During a news conference seen live on wkrg.com, a teary eyed Phillip Fulmer implied that he's been forced out after 17 years and a national championship. more »
Thursday October 16 2008
Sarah McCain Palin
Tennessee couple names newborn after GOP Presidential ticket. more »
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Thursday October 02 2008
People In Mobile Talk About VP Debate
Some hold debate-watching parties. more »
Monday September 29 2008
Huge Appetite = Huge Paycheck
He didn't break his own record, but competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut proved he's the king when it comes to Krystal burgers. Find out how many he ate, and how much money it was worth. more »
Tuesday August 12 2008
Boy and Father Attacked By Bear
Attack in Gatlinburg, Tennessee leaves child in serious condition. more »
Sunday August 10 2008
Isaac Hayes Dies
The singer/songwriter who penned the theme to "Shaft" and many other memorable songs dies in Memphis more »
Thursday August 07 2008
Morgan Freeman Out Of Hospital
Morgan Freeman has been discharged from a Memphis hospital four days after suffering a broken arm, broken elbow and shoulder damage in a car crash near his home in Mississippi. more »
Wednesday August 06 2008
Transgender Bank Robber Convicted
Jury convicts a transgender woman of robbing a bank to pay for her sex-change operation. more »
School Bus Plows Into House
Police say the driver was trying to avoid an animal and lost control of the vehicle. more »
Monday August 04 2008
Alabama Singer Plans Benefit Concert
Randy Owen, lead singer of the country group Alabama, will hold a benefit concert in Knoxville for victims of last month's church shooting that left two dead and six wounded. more »
Monday July 28 2008
Church Shooting A Hate Crime?
Investigators say gunman "disliked liberal movement". more »
Sunday July 27 2008
Two Dead In Church Shooting
Authorities say a man armed with a shotgun walked into a Knoxville, TN church and started shooting more »
Friday July 18 2008
Price To Land VW Plant Too Steep
Gov. Bob Riley says Alabama offered Volkswagen more than the state had ever offered for an auto plant. Riley says he didn't want to keep raising the offer. more »
Thursday July 17 2008
Alabama Among Fattest States in U.S.
CDC says when it comes to obesity the Deep South comes out on top. more »
Tuesday July 15 2008
Alabama Loses Race For Volkswagen
Gov. Bob Riley says he's disappointed the German Automaker chose to build cars in Chattanooga, Tennessee rather than Huntsville. more »
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WKRG Staff/The Associated Press
Monday July 14 2008
“Strip To Fit” Ruled Too Taboo
Mayor shuts down a new dance studio that teaches women how to pole dance as a form of exercise. more »
Monday July 07 2008
Nicole Kidman Gives Birth
Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was born Monday morning in Nashville. She weighs 6 pounds, 7 ½ ounces. more »
Alabama Volkswagen Decision Could Come Next Week
The German automaker could choose Alabama for it's new U.S. plant. more »
A Mobile woman makes a sacrifice to help her best friend,…
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Family of Fairhope man accused of barricading himself inside…
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A man is shot during a carjacking in his own driveway.
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Some residents want work on Highway 98 bypass to resume.
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