TEGNA Inc., WBIR's parent company, was among the plaintiffs that filed suit via the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the ...

Tennessee leaders and local officials are remembering former state representative Tommie F. Brown, a long-time Chattanooga ...

A Nashville judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to allow reporters to witness the full execution of ...

Country music icon Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday after six decades of transforming from small-town Tennessee girl ...

At this point in the new year, there are just 16 names on the list of the condemned slated to be executed in the United ...

The widow of a man killed, reportedly for turning into a stranger's driveway, shared what led to her husband's murder on ...

More details have been revealed about the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner. Death certificates confirm the couple died of “multiple sharp force injuries” as a result of “homicide” and “with knife, by ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee lawmaker is pushing to give prosecutors more ability to pursue the death penalty for those convicted of rape of a child. State Rep. Greg Martin has introduced ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knox County judge has ordered the state of Tennessee to release records related to the state’s lethal execution protocol. This order comes as a death row inmate is suing ...

A grandfather and his 3-month-old granddaughter were found dead in their Tennessee home — apparently mauled to death by the family’s pack of pit bulls that were known to terrorize the neighborhood.

The new law, which will go into effect July 1, will restrict access to death certificates with Social Security numbers to ‘persons with legitimate need’ In an effort to prevent fraud, Governor Maura ...