Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee: Bridge near Memphis Airport Undergoes Emergency Repairs
Apr 8 2008 // A bridge in Tennessee that is part of the main route to the Memphis International Airport is undergoing emergency repairs. State inspectors found that strong currents on Nonconnah Creek is washing away bed material around...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Insurer Group Sees Tennessee Legislation as Victory for Insured Drivers
Apr 4 2008 // Tennessee drivers scored a major legislative victory with the passage of a new law that stops cities from imposing hidden taxes on motorists, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. The...
Stricter Public Safety in Tennessee Could Free Up Road Money
Apr 3 2008 // A proposal to tighten Tennessee’s open-container law could allow state officials to spend more money on infrastructure projects instead of on safety programs. State Transportation Department officials said Tuesday...
Impaired Driver Bill Advances in Tennessee Senate
Apr 3 2008 // A proposal to lower the blood alcohol content required for a person to be guilty of extreme drunken driving is among several impaired driving bills slowly moving in the Tennessee Legislature. The measure sponsored by Sen....
Update: Fire at Tennessee Sports Uniform Factory Set to Cover Thefts
Apr 2 2008 // Fire investigators have ruled that a blaze that burned a Knoxville, Tenn. sports uniform factory was intentionally set. It took firefighters nearly five hours on March 16 to put out the fire that heavily damaged Sports...
Mobile Homes – Not Trailers – Arrive for Tennessee Tornado Victims
Apr 2 2008 // Tennessee is taking delivery of mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to temporarily house Macon County tornado victims. While FEMA trailers have been scrutinized recently over reports of exposing...
Tennessee Gov. Appoints 2 to State Workers’ Compensation Council
Apr 2 2008 // In a flurry of statewide appointments to boards and commissions last month, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen appointed two new members to the state Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. Katherine D. Boyte, of Nashville...
Tug, Barge, Collide with Vessel in Alabama Section of Tennessee River
Apr 1 2008 // A tugboat pushing a barge near Florence, Ala., collided in darkness with another boat on the Tennessee River, killing at least one person on the second boat. A search on March 28 identified what appears to be the...
Tennessee Fines Oil Well Owner $50K after Fire Forced Evacuations
Mar 31 2008 // The operator of an Anderson County, Tenn. oil well that burned for nearly a week has been cited by the state for five violations and fined $50,000. According to the citation, Dan Potts was drilling too deeply and...
Update: Former Housekeeper Charged in Tennessee Dorm Fires
Mar 28 2008 // A former employee of the University of Tennessee is accused of setting two fires at a Knoxville dormitory. The university says Amy Ellis, who was a housekeeper at UT’s Humes Hall, has been charged with aggravated...
Update: Tennessee Oil Well Fire Doused, Residents Asked to Stay Away
Mar 27 2008 // A nearly week-old oil well fire in Anderson County, Tenn. was extinguished Tuesday, but officials worried about the danger of lingering natural gas vapors asked residents to stay away. A spokeswoman for the Environmental...
4 Georgia Teens Charged in Arson of Vacant Building in Tennessee
Mar 26 2008 // Chattanooga fire investigators arrested four juvenile girls from Georgia on charges of setting fire to a vacant building. A Fire Department statement said no one was injured in the March 20 fire at the former Old Narrow...
People
Mar 24 2008 // Kenneth A. Bowles as been named the 2008 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Bowles was honored for his work on behalf of professional insurance agents,...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Feds Say Tennessee Failed to Give Timely Notice on Oil Well Fire
Mar 24 2008 // A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official has told Anderson County residents that Tennessee officials did not inform them of an oil well fire in a timely manner. The well near Oliver Springs struck a huge pocket of...
House Fire in Tennessee Ruled Arson
Mar 20 2008 // Authorities investigating a Crossville, Tenn. house fire that killed two people said the fire was caused by arson. Officials won’t discuss the cause of the fire or who they think started the blaze inside Darrell and...
Oil Well Ignites in Tennessee; Flames Seen for Miles
Mar 20 2008 // Tennessee authorities said at least one person has been burned and residents have been ordered to evacuate after an Anderson County oil well caught fire. Firefighters from several departments were working to put out the...
Fire at Tennessee Sports Uniform Factory under Investigation
Mar 18 2008 // A Knoxville, Tenn. sports uniform factory has sustained heavy fire damage. Firefighters say no one was injured by the fire that broke out at the Sports Belle Inc., building on Sunday night. Authorities say it took almost...
Tennessee Officials: Fatal Cumberland Co. Fire was Arson
Mar 17 2008 // Tennessee authorities say arson caused a fatal fire that destroyed a Cumberland County house last week with a couple inside. Wendell Frost, special agent in charge of the Knoxville office of the state bomb and arson squad,...
