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Kalshi halted, for now, in Tennessee gambling ruling
A federal appeals court ruled that prediction market Kalshi's sports-event contracts are subject to Tennessee's sports-wagering laws, reversing a lower-court ruling.
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Judges will order on Chattanooga airport lawsuit motions with ‘haste’
Both Chattanooga's challenge to a Tennessee law that replaced the local airport board and the new state-appointed board remain in place after judges heard arguments from each side Monday.
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TVA to receive historic nuclear reactor permit with Lee, Blackburn watching
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee for governor, will attend a ceremony as the Tennessee Valley Authority receives a historic nuclear reactor construction permit on Tuesday.
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‘It is sick’: Catoosa jury deliberates murder charges tied to deadly birthday party shooting
Catoosa County jurors ended a second day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict in the trial of two men accused in a deadly birthday party shooting.
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White Oak Bicycle Co-op building ecosystems of access to bikes across region
So far in 2026, Red Bank's White Oak Bicycle Co-op has put fleets of bicycles in five elementary schools and built three new traffic gardens in an attempt to build ecosystems of access in local communities.
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State reverses course on replacement hospital site for Moccasin Bend
Less than a week after announcing a new site for the $260 million Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, state officials have reversed course.
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Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.
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Mail-in voting is still an option in Georgia for this year’s midterms. Here’s what voters should know.
Voting by mail remains a reliable form of voting in Georgia after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an effort to restrict the practice over unfounded fears of widespread noncitizen voting. But Georgia officials and advocates say voters should still pay careful attention to the rules and deadlines in order to cast an absentee ballot this year.
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Christa Pike’s imminent execution attracts pleas for mercy, demands for justice and lurid interest
At some point on Tuesday, Christa Pike will be moved from the women's prison in Nashville to the nearby Riverbend Maximum Security Institution where executioners are waiting to receive her. On Wednesday morning, unless a judge or Gov. Bill Lee orders them otherwise, they will carry out the death sentence she received more than 30 years ago.
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Tennessee schools still miss farm-to-school grant eliminated in 2025 as USDA rolls out new programs
School Nutrition Director Vickie Dunaway has spent years transitioning the Milan Special School District in West Tennessee toward scratch-made cooking.
