Terry Segars would have been out this Memorial Day weekend, having fun with friends on Old Hickory Lake.

In spite of efforts to crack down on the state’s prescription drug abuse epidemic, a new report shows nearly 18 million prescriptions for controlled substances such as OxyContin and hydrocodone were dispensed in Tennessee last year — a 23 percent increase from the previous year.

President Barack Obama has pulled into a virtual tie with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in traditionally conservative Tennessee, according to a new Vanderbilt University poll.

Her parents never saw a tick or any indication of a bite, but 7-year-old Kaitlyn Stetzer spent almost a week in the hospital with what doctors believe is Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Tennessee, in the past 10 years, has become a destination for women seeking abortions.

Yolanda Powers is willing to take a drug test to qualify for welfare.

Police arrested a man last weekend for getting into a restricted area of Nashville International Airport and getting on board an aircraft.

A Davidson County judge will have to sort out a bizarre series of events involving the parents of actress Reese Witherspoon.

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Two local parents are considering legal action against a fast-food giant after their daughter fell into a vat of grease steps away from the restaurant’s patio.

Susan Collier pleaded with grief counselors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Wednesday after rushing there to see her son, who had been in a motorcycle crash.

A two-page oral sex encounter by an awkward teen at boarding school in the coming-of-age novel Looking for Alaska was deemed too racy by Sumner County schools last week.

WASHINGTON — If fundraising numbers are any indication, Tennesseans are about half as excited about the field of presidential candidates this year as they were in 2008.

The fans of NASCAR see rolling advertisements for erectile dysfunction pills and alcohol, but the logo for a new product by a Williamson County School District board member was just too risqué to appear on the hood of a car.

A Tennessee high school sophomore Jeff Shott has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by an atheist group for dressing like Jesus Christ on the school’s “fictional character day.”

Gibson County High School senior Texanna Edwards was — like many of her classmates — looking forward to her prom last Saturday.

Homes abandoned to foreclosures have given rise to an unexpected side effect that will only get worse this summer: stagnant swimming pools and overgrown yards transforming into mosquito breeding grounds.

After graduating from Belmont University, Kia Jarmon desired a place that was uniquely hers.

His parents pose the questions around the coffee table as Andrew St. Vincent builds a Lego city.

There are changes in memory that are common with aging. But these 10 warning signs could signal something more serious. If you think you're experiencing one, see a doctor; people diagnosed earlier have more options.

Partially Africanized bees have been found for the first time in Tennessee.

Sweet news about those chocolate cravings: People who consume moderate amounts of chocolate more frequently are thinner than those who eat it less often, according to a new study.

A Hendersonville man has been arrested for putting pine cleaner in his roommate’s beer in an effort to try and stop the victim from drinking.

FRANKLIN — A tech-savvy 8-year-old has helped to crack at least two burglaries in Coffee County and Franklin — and led police right to the suspect’s door.

If Peyton Manning likes pancakes, specificially those at Shoney’s, he has a little extra incentive to sign with the Tennessee Titans.

NASHVILLE — Vanderbilt’s plane touched down Tuesday in Albuquerque, N.M., as the men’s basketball team began to give its full attention to NCAA tournament opponent Harvard.

The long wait has ended. MTSU Professor Cliff Ricketts has achieved a career goal of driving coast-to-coast on less than 10 gallons of gasoline purchased at the pump.

If you thought customers triumphed last fall when the nation’s big banks quickly retreated from monthly fees for debit-card use, think again: Like the mythical Hydra, banks have replaced that charge, severed by a grass-roots uprising, with various new fees designed to recoup lost income.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is outdistancing Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney by a nearly two-to-one margin among Tennessee voters taking part in a new Vanderbilt University poll.

Inside a Metro Nashville middle school bathroom, the boy didn’t know what to make of his classmate’s roaming eyes.

A 21-year-old Hermitage woman who had been out drinking late one night in December gave her car keys to her 23-year-old boyfriend, thinking he was sober enough to drive.

A 32-year-old man is giving his girlfriend his kidney today, Valentine's Day.

If you’ve been around Pat Summitt very long, you realize she’s unfailingly direct and unflinchingly blunt.

A Mt. Juliet High School teacher has resigned after a video of her students punching one another during class was discovered on YouTube.

Five Nashville residents are accused of bilking nearly $700,000 from Wal-Mart by using bad checks to purchase prepaid debit cards from stores in Middle Tennessee and five other states.

A record number of black bears were killed in Tennessee during the state’s most recent hunting season for the species, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

A prominent Democratic Party donor who says U.S. Sen. Bob Corker is trying to help former Gov. Phil Bredesen get a top job in the Obama administration has urged the White House to resist the senator’s pleas.

Rick Santorum’s presidential candidacy looked like a very long shot when Dr. David Hunter started giving money to his campaign last summer.

Tennessee’s status as a hot spot for relocation has cooled dramatically during the recession.

Nancy Gerstein is a savvy marketing executive who knows a lot about Facebook. She supervises corporate Facebook pages for her company’s clients.

As Nashville police investigated the murder of Jeremy Green, they took to the streets, interviewed witnesses and turned to a different source that is quickly becoming routine in gang investigations: Facebook.

Stub your toe? Skip pain pills. Employ expletives instead.

A new report ranks Tennessee 39th among the states for child homelessness.

Charging stations installed with a share of taxpayers’ money are twice as plentiful across Tennessee today as the number of electric cars they’re designed to refuel, and most of the units go unused for hours or days at a time.

Americans like Southern Baptists more than Mormons and Muslims but less than Methodists, according to a poll released this week seeking to gauge public perception of Southern Baptists.

A child gets rushed into an emergency room and doctors order a CT scan — one of the most reliable diagnostic tools to check for maladies from appendicitis to traumatic injuries.

The nation’s congressional watchdog agency has questioned whether TVA is making the most cost-effective decisions to meet future electricity needs, especially with regard to energy efficiency.

As the United Auto Workers gears up to try to unionize foreign auto assembly plants in the South, the union has begun training regional organizers to focus on the dealerships of whichever automakers it decides to target.

A former pediatrician is on trial Tuesday in Wilson County charged her with killing her 4-year-old adopted daughter.

Gun rights advocates in Tennessee are embracing an Arizona law that does away with a requirement that handgun owners get a permit before carrying their weapons in public — part of a more aggressive push to loosen state gun laws next year.

Change is coming to local Catholic parishes this weekend, when a new English translation of the Latin Missal debuts for the first Sunday in Advent.