October 21, 2009

UPDATE: Texts messages detail Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair’s final hours

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair’s girlfriend was frustrated with their relationship and struggling with financial difficulties in the days before she killed him and herself. Their bodies were found July 4 in a condo in Nashville, Tennessee. Police have released a detailed case summary.


October 06, 2009

Bail granted for man accused of secretly taping ESPN reporter Erin Andrews

A magistrate judge on Monday granted bail for an Illinois man accused of surreptitiously taping sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude and posting the videos on the Internet.


September 30, 2009

American dad jailed in Japan for trying to reclaim his children

Had this played out in the US, Christopher Savoie might be considered a hero, snatching his 2 little children back from an ex-wife who defied the law & ran off with them.  But this story unfolds in the Japan and here, Savoie charged with the abduction of minors. And his ex-wife, a US fugitive in the US, is considered the victim.


September 09, 2009

Soldier, Jonathan Downing, charged in wife’s slaying

A soldier who had been slated to begin serving at Fort Campbell in Tennessee was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing his wife


August 28, 2009

‘John schools’ try to change attitudes about paid sex

Men caught by police trying to pay for prostitute’s services are going to a one-day program called the John School. The John School is led by former prostitutes, health experts, psychologists and law enforcement officers who talk to—and at times berate—the men about the risks of hiring a prostitute.


July 24, 2009

Double amputee loses legs, finds a cause

An annual family fishing trip to the Florida keys took a bloody and life-changing turn for Jordan Thomas. But Thomas was able to turn his personal tragedy into a triumph for others.


July 20, 2009

Tennessee police: Suspect’s wife, her relatives among 6 slain

The wife of a man suspected of killing five people in Tennessee and one in Alabama was among the victims found in southern Tennessee, along with her son, father and brother.


June 25, 2009

Tennessee man charged in ‘virtual pornography’ case

A Tennessee man is facing charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor for what authorities say are three pictures—featuring the faces of three young girls placed on the nude bodies of adult females.


February 05, 2009

Georgia woman learns her two children, kidnapped 20 years ago, are alive and well

A brother and sister kidnapped in Tennessee 20 years ago have been found alive and well in California and now their grandfather is charged with taking them. Their parents, who have since moved to Georgia, are heading to California to see their children for the first time since they were taken two decades ago.


December 09, 2008

Tennessee pilots fly unwanted puppies to empty shelters across the U.S.

Two Tennessee pilots are working to relieve overcrowding in their home state’s animal shelters. They fly animals that face euthanization at the shelters they’re in to rescue groups and shelters that have ample space.


October 28, 2008

Snow in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee

Wintry weather reached the Smokies before Halloween arrived. National Park Service spokesman Bob Miller in Gatlinburg said rangers shut down U.S.  Highway 441 over the mountains Tuesday because of snow and ice.


October 01, 2008

Pilots arrested for mooning

It was bottoms up for a couple of United Airline pilots last week in east Tennessee. Alcoa police were called after the pilots reportedly got upset when a restaurant refused to serve them more alcohol.


September 11, 2008

Clemson student’s killer wants a mistrial

Attorneys for the Tennessee man facing a possible death sentence for raping and strangling a Clemson University student has asked for a mistrial.

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