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August 13, 2019 at 10:13 pm

Judge: Captured Tennessee inmate could face death penalty

RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee convict accused of killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree...

August 12, 2019 at 2:25 pm

Governor: Protocol was followed before inmate’s escape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee prison officials followed protocol prior to the escape of a convict suspected of killing a Department of Correction employee, but...

August 9, 2019 at 11:36 am

Affidavit: Inmate assaulted, strangled prison worker

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee convict on lawn mowing duty sexually assaulted and strangled a female corrections administrator before escaping prison grounds on a...

August 8, 2019 at 6:31 am

Escaped convict from Tennessee could have left the state

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee convict suspected of killing a longtime corrections employee and escaping a prison on a tractor could have left the...

Seven Davis brothers – Eddie, Frederick, Arguster, Octavious, Nathaniel, Julius and Lebronze chat during a reunion at a hotel-casino on Friday, July 12, 2019 in Tunica, Miss. In 2017, the Davis men were honored by the National Infantry Museum Foundation. The foundationâ€™s president calls their combined military record â€œnothing short of remarkable.â€ (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz) RPAS102 RPAS102

July 31, 2019 at 6:15 am

11 brothers from Alabama, 158 years of U.S. military service VIEW

The sons of Ben and Hattie Davis, raised on a family farm, still get together to laugh and tell stories. They talk less about racism...

July 30, 2019 at 6:15 am

2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi VIEW

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot...

July 25, 2019 at 9:30 am

Ex-wife of slain former NBA player pleads guilty VIEW

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death...

FILE -In this April 3, 2018 file photo, Memphis police arrestÂ Spanish-language reporter Manuel Duran during an immigration protest in Memphis, Tenn. Duran, who has been facing deportation since his arrest 15 months ago, was released Thursday, July 11, 2019 from custody as his case proceeds. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal via AP, File) TNMEM501 TNMEM501

July 17, 2019 at 12:28 pm

Reporter held 15 months in U.S. immigration detention decries 'inhumane' conditions

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Spanish-language reporter who was recently released from immigration custody said Wednesday he was held for 15 months in detention centers...

July 11, 2019 at 12:59 pm

Spanish-language reporter released from immigration custody

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Spanish-language reporter who has been facing deportation since his arrest 15 months ago while covering an immigration protest in Tennessee...

July 2, 2019 at 11:41 am

River flooding in Tennessee ruins cotton, soybean crops VIEW

RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — Wearing wading boots and a wide-brimmed hat, Derrick Currie casts his green fishing line into a pool of brown water along...

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