A Monteagle, Tennessee, business owner has filed a 10-count civil rights lawsuit alleging the town, its police sergeant, the police chief and a woman who lives with the sergeant violated his constitutional rights.
Man last seen at nearby campground in July
An almost $1 million Battlefield Land Acquisition grant from the National Park Service will be combined with local funds and help fund the purchase of more than 30 acres on the banks of the Tennessee River linked to the Oct. 27, 1863, Civil War Battle of Wauhatchie.
If you're looking for the least popular new idea in Sequatchie County, it would almost have to be the peanut-shaped roundabout proposed at the intersection of U.S. Highway 127 and state Highway 28 in the county seat of Dunlap.
Black bears, the region's largest predator, are emerging from their winter slumber in Tennessee and Georgia as March brings warmer weather, and wildlife experts are warning anyone who lives in bear country to start making preparations.
Forensic autopsy under way
The man who drowned at the Devil's Step boat ramp on Tims Ford Lake in Franklin County has been identified as a well-known angler from Hermitage, Tennessee, who fished the lake in Winchester the day before.
Split ends: $328M, two-phase I-75/I-24 interchange project on final lap
After seven years of orange barrels, dump trucks and backups, the $328 million, two-phase project to rebuild the state-line interstate junction known for decades as the split is taking its final lap.
Authorities in Franklin County are investigating after a person drowned Sunday on Tims Ford Lake.
