Tennessee News

Alabama Students Say Teacher Grabbed Wheel of Out-of-Control Bus

The driver of a bus carrying 44 Alabama children on a field trip to Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium passed out at the wheel, and a teacher’s quick actions kept the vehicle from careening into oncoming traffic, students said. Math teacher Amy …

Tennessee Fines Oil Well Owner $50K after Fire Forced Evacuations

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 didn’t have …

Non-stop Flooding in Arkansas Entering 3rd Week

Arkansas was spared widespread storms Saturday but remained waterlogged from non-stop flooding that began nearly two weeks ago. Storms hit isolated areas and residents along the White River in east Arkansas and the Black River in the northeast contended for …

Update: Former Housekeeper Charged in Tennessee Dorm Fires

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 arson. Ellis was hired …

Update: Tennessee Oil Well Fire Doused, Residents Asked to Stay Away

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 Protection Agency told Knoxville’s WVLT-TV that …

4 Georgia Teens Charged in Arson of Vacant Building in Tennessee

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 Bridge Restaurant in …

Mississippi Officials Say Flooding Conditions Ripe

Authorities are concerned flooding could become a problem in the coming weeks as the Mississippi River neared flood stage in Natchez, Miss., Sunday. Flood stage near Natchez is 48 feet above gauge zero. At 47 feet, water will begin to …

It Figures

70 The number lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician that Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle. Dr. John A. King is a defendant in 124 medical malpractice lawsuits in …

Hospital Corp. Settles 70 ,alpractice Suits Against West Va. Physician

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle 70 lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician. The total amount of the settlements and attorneys’ fees will not be disclosed for several weeks. …

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