Keel Hunt is a columnist for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee Network and the author of three books on Tennessee politics and culture. These new deals by Republicans in our state legislature deserve a ...

East Tennessee and its mountainous terrain are a maze of rivers controlled by dams. Floods from Hurricane Helene tore through them and caused massive destruction as the water brought down roads and ...

Hundreds of thousands of Tennessee residents were under a flood watch on Wednesday as National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists warned that heavy rains would continue to pummel the state. Flooding ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Middle Tennessee has its fair share of spooky places. From the Bell Witch’s cave, mysterious mansions, and even a haunted bowling alley, there are plenty of ghost stories to ...

Nestled in the heart of the central-southeastern United States, the landlocked state of Tennessee boasts a unique geographical position. Tennessee shares its borders with a total of eight other states ...

At least 20 people have been killed by flash flooding sweeping through the heart of the US state of Tennessee in Humphreys County last weekend (21-22 August) Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

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It is wildfire season in East Tennessee. The dry, windy conditions have kindled several fires across the region, including large bushfires in Tellico Plains and near Gatlinburg. Those fires in Monroe ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judicial panel has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Tennessee's U.S. House maps and those for the state Senate amount to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. “In sum, ...

As public schools await A-F letter grades later this year, Tennessee education officials outlined how they will determine those scores Thursday. David Laird, the Tennessee Department of Education's ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Middle Tennessee has its fair share of ghost stories. From the unnatural, the unexplained, and the downright unsettling, there are plenty of spooky places to explore around ...