Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Tennessee Turns Probe of Questioned Graceland Sale Over to Fed Authorities
Jun 28 2024 // MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it has turned over its investigation into the failed sale of Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction to federal...
Fire at Carrie Underwood’s Tennessee Home Limited by Her 10,000-Gallon Water Tank
Jun 18 2024 // A fire at country music star Carrie Underwood’s Nashville-area home was limited to the garage, thanks in part to a 10,000-gallon water tank on the property. USA Today and local news outlets reported that an...
Safety Teams Investigating After Tennessee Industrial Fire That Killed Worker
Jun 5 2024 // State and federal safety officials are investigating a fatal explosion and fire at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, steel-hardening facility. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said it had sent a team to the...
Tennessee, Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Sentenced for Second Crop Insurance Fraud
May 31 2024 // A Kentucky tobacco farmer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to crop insurance fraud, eight years after he was convicted of similar crimes. David Manion, 61, who resides in...
Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
Liberty Co. Adds Ayers Brackfield Insurance in Tennessee
May 21 2024 // The Liberty Co. insurance brokers, based in Gainesville, Florida, continues its expansion with the addition of Ayers Brackfield Insurance in Knoxville, Tennessee. ABI, in business since 1992, has operated in 18 states,...
UAW Faces Key Test in the South With Upcoming Vote at Alabama Mercedes Plant
May 14 2024 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union. The company has repeatedly promised to...
Tornadoes in Tennessee, North Carolina Kill Three, Damage Properties
May 9 2024 // High winds, hail, heavy rain and tornadoes battered Southern states from Alabama to North Carolina Wednesday and Thursday morning, leaving three people dead and hundreds of properties with heavy damage. USA Today, CNN and...
TN VW Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Join United Auto Workers Union
Apr 22 2024 // CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to...
Employers Can’t Use Vicarious Liability to Block Negligence Claims, TN High Court Says
Apr 10 2024 // The Tennessee Supreme Court this week dealt a blow to businesses and insurance companies, finding that employers can no longer argue that direct negligence claims are barred when the business admits vicarious liability for...
Higginbotham Continues Growth Spurt with Tennessee’s Thompson & Smith
Apr 5 2024 // Higginbotham, the large U.S. insurance brokerage, has added another arrow to its quiver with the acquisition of Thompson & Smith Insurance, an independent agency in Jackson, Tennessee. Chuck Thompson T&S, offering...
Severe Weather Spawns Tornado, Damage and One Death in South, Midwest
Apr 4 2024 // Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi,...
People: Atlas Elevates Two in Florida, Tennessee’s Assistant Commissioner Retires
Mar 26 2024 // Atlas Insurance has named Jared Hawkins and Michael Howard partners in the Sarasota-based agency. Howard is a third-generation insurance agent at the firm and Hawkins is a second-generation agent who specializes in...
Controllers Cleared Runway But Pilot Couldn’t Make it in Fatal Tennessee Crash
Mar 7 2024 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed near downtown Nashville told air traffic controllers he could see the runway they were clearing for an emergency landing. But he said he...
Sierra Club Testing Finds High Levels of ‘Forever’ Chemicals in Water in NE Tennessee
Mar 1 2024 // High levels of “forever chemicals,” including poly-fluoroalkyl, or PFAS compounds, have been found in northeastern Tennessee rivers and drinking water supplies, likely from wastewater sludge that is spread on...
Tennessee Chalks Another Drop in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Jan 24 2024 // Workers’ compensation loss costs in Tennessee will drop an average of 9.4% for the voluntary market starting March 1, marking the 11th straight decrease for the state. The decrease follows declines of 10.2% in 2023...
Broken Pipes in Memphis Cause Water Pressure, Supply Problems
Jan 23 2024 // (AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this month across the U.S., where states as far south as Texas and Florida were gripped by deadly arctic weather on...
Power Line Falls on Car During Oregon Ice Storm, Killing 3
Jan 22 2024 // A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly before...
19 Dead, Hundreds of Auto Accidents from Ice Storm in Tennessee, Mississippi
Jan 19 2024 // Tennessee health officials have confirmed at least 14 weather-related deaths from the icy storm that has gripped much of the country. Memphis-Shelby County Schools, the state’s largest public school system with about...
US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Starbucks Firing Pro-Union Workers in Tennessee
Jan 16 2024 // (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by Starbucks to a judicial decision that required the coffee chain to rehire seven employees at one of its cafes in Memphis, Tennessee who a...
