The heated, expensive campaign against three sitting Tennessee Supreme Court justices has only gotten hotter as Election Day approaches. But experts who've studied the data and politics in retention elections across the nation expect that if recent history is any indicator, opponents will have a tough time unseating the three.
A seasoned local attorney has challenged how the state's top law enforcement agency collects fees on DUI convictions, alleging bias and constitutional rights violations.
The task force agreed to meet quarterly, beginning Oct. 15.
One man caught in a federal drug investigation has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in federal prison, the highest penalty so far for a group of 34 nabbed in a massive local drug trafficking ring last year.
The 17-member task force formed last November to examine how truancy cases are handled in Hamilton County released its report today to Juvenile Court Judge Rob Philyaw and schools Superintendent Rick Smith.
A 38-year-old former Shelbyville, Tenn., youth pastor avoided a maximum 20-year sentence Monday for downloading "violent" and "sadistic" prepubescent child pornography on his home computer.
The use of wiretaps nationwide has tripled since 2000, growing from 1,190 that year to 3,576 last year.
Founders of some of the area's largest softball tournaments have sued their former partners, saying they stole not just a base but the whole game.
A federal magistrate judge has denied requests by a main defendant in a 34-person cocaine-trafficking conspiracy to throw out wiretap information because of errors in the warrant application.
With early voting in less than two weeks and general election ballots to be cast on Aug. 7, a battle over three current Tennessee Supreme Court justices' jobs has reached Chattanooga after months of back-and-forth in Nashville.
