Barbecue with a side of hope.

NASHVILLE — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam is blaming the Obama administration for his Wednesday decision not to expand Tennessee's Medicaid program, saying he won't proceed unless federal officials let him implement "real health care reform."

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team’s season came to an end today in the first round of the NCAA tournament after falling 73-59 to Nebraska at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena.

Whether there's a runoff election in City Council District 9 could hang on a technicality.

The general fund balance in Grundy County, Tenn., stands this week at just over $100,000.

Scores for every tested subject rose this year for Hamilton County schools, according to the 2012 Tennessee Report Card.

For the fifth consecutive year, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide surpassed 42 million.

Slightly smaller than Maryland, Burundi is a country of 10.5 million where about 70 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.

With a grant from the Ford Foundation, Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Perla Trevizo spent two weeks in Burundi and refugee camps in Tanzania.

There's nothing for teenagers to do downtown.