Tennessee Man, 77, Shoots Third Hole-in-One in One Month
Polka Dot/Thinkstock(SMYRNA, Tenn.) — Bob Robertson is 77 years old and a faithful golfer in more ways than one.The Tennessean plays golf four days a week and says he asked God to let him score a hole-in-one for a good cause. Robertson not only got a …
TN State Senator Refuses to Apologize for Pressure Cooker Joke
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Tennessee state senator is refusing to apologize for what many are calling a “tasteless” joke about pressure cookers in his blog in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Republican State Sen. Stacey Camp…
Tennessee Rolls Over Kentucky Without Noel
Wade Rackley/Tennessee Athletics/Collegiate Images/Getty Images(KNOXVILLE, TN) – Playing in their first game without Nerlens Noel, No. 25 Kentucky was blown out by rival Tennessee 88-58 on Saturday. The 30 point victory by the Volunteers i…
Rep. Steve Cohen Confesses to Secret Daughter
cohen.house.gov(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., was spotted trading tweets with a young woman during the State of the Union address and his “ilu” signoffs — digital shorthand for “I love you” — prompted inquiries into the identi…
Two Atlanta Boys Still Missing After Leaving on Trip With Father
Theresa Nash(ATLANTA) — The search continues for Benjamin and Henry Cleary, two young brothers who have been missing for five days from the greater Atlanta area.Benjamin, 9, and Henry, 7, had plans to leave with their father, Daniel Cleary, on an over…
Tommy Tuberville Leaves Texas Tech For Cincinnati
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(CINCINNATI) – The Cincinnati Bearcats announced that they have hired Texas Tech’s Tommy Tuberville as their next head coach.
The move came one day after coach Butch Jones left to become the head coach at Tennessee.&n…
Tennessee Hires Butch Jones as New Head Coach
Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Looking to bring the program back to relevance, the Tennessee Volunteers have hired Butch Jones away from the Cincinnati Bearcats to become the universities’ new head coach.According to ESPN, Jones signed a six-…
ESPN: Charlie Strong Will Stay at Louisville
Andy Lyons/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Louisville head football coach Charlie Strong has told Louisville that he will remain its coach, according to sources of ESPN.
Strong has been offered a contract from the University of Tennessee that is worth $3..5 …
Caught on Tape: Extreme Couponing Turns Violent
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The quest to save some money using coupons turned into a violent confrontation between an extreme couponer and the manager of a discount store. Melissa Mozzo-Mart and Jennifer Hill were shopping at a Dollar Tree store in Germantow…
Rescue of Hiker Trapped by Sandy Caught on Video
ABC News(GATLINBURG, Tenn.) — A 56-year-old hiker was trapped in the Tennessee mountains for three days by the remnants of Hurricane Sandy. The storm, having come inland, pounded the Appalachian Trail with record levels of snow.Steve Ainsworth s…
Amber Alert Issued for Missing Tennessee Kids After Fire
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tennessee officials put out a statewide Amber Alert on Friday for 9-year old Chloie Leverette and her 7-year-old brother, Gage Daniel. Six days ago, a fire torched the home they lived in with their grandmother, 70-year-old Molli M…
Tennessee Children Missing After House Fire Kills Step-Grandparents
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(UNIONVILLE, Tenn.) — Investigators in Tennessee are searching for two children after discovering that their bodies were not at the scene of a deadly house fire as earlier believed.Police initially thought Chloie Leverette, 9, and…
Anti-Nuke Nun, Protesters Enter Tennessee Complex
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(OAK RIDGE, Tenn.) — Two men and an 82-year-old nun who allegedly broke into the U.S. government’s only storage facility for weapons-grade enriched uranium in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Saturday and splashed it with human blo…
Missing Arkansas Girl Found Alive in Tennessee
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A 12-year-old Arkansas girl who was abducted by her adoptive brother after he allegedly killed their parents has been rescued unharmed, Memphis police said Sunday. The Amber Alter for her safe return has been c…
Nearly Half of Newborns at Tennessee Hospital Are Drug-Addicted
ABC News(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — In the neo-natal intensive care unit at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, nurses give baby Grayson morphine every three hours to help ease his painful withdrawal symptoms. “He’s currently on 160 microgra…
Fourth Child Dies After Missouri, Tennessee Lake Electrocutions
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A fourth child has died after a pair of separate electrocution incidents at lakes in Missouri and Tennessee.Nathan Lynam, 11, died Thursday night at Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., authorities said.O…
Missouri, Tennessee Lake Electrocutions Kill Three Children
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Fourth of July turned deadly after three children died in two separate electrocution incidents in Missouri and Tennessee.Alexandra Anderson, 13, and brother Brayden, 8, were killed while swimming near a private d…
Tennessee TV Weatherman Shot by Crossbow
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.) — A Tennessee man is in court Tuesday facing charges that he shot his former roommate, a TV weatherman, with a crossbow during a home invasion.Gerald Taylor, 53, is accused of breaking into the home he once …
Tennessee TV Weatherman Shot by Crossbow
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.) — A Tennessee man is in court Tuesday facing charges that he shot his former roommate, a TV weatherman, with a crossbow during a home invasion.Gerald Taylor, 53, is accused of breaking into the home he once …
No One Wants Body of Adam Mayes, the FBI’s Former Most Wanted
ABC News(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Mississippi state crime lab is trying to figure out what to do with the body of Adam Mayes, the man who allegedly murdered a mother and daughter and kidnapped the woman’s two other daughters before shooting himself.The l…