Construction of Tennessee Mosque Halted
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Construction of a suburban Nashville, Tenn., mosque that was supposed to have been completed in 2010 has been halted and could be stopped for good after Chancellor Robert Corlew ruled Tuesday that the public …
Tennessee Sex Ed Bans Mention of "Gateway Sexual Behavior"
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — If marijuana is the gateway drug, are kissing and handholding the gateway to sexual activity?That’s currently up for debate, now that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law the controversial bill…
Kidnapped Girls Had No Food or Water, Could Not Speak
ABC News(GUNTOWN, Miss.) — A small blonde child peeking over a ridge and spotted by Mississippi state highway troopers led to the rescue of Alexandria and Kyliyah Bain, ages 12 and 8, from kidnapper Adam Mayes on Thursday night, police said in a news …
Tennessee Kidnap Suspect Believes Two Girls Are His Daughters
Adam Mayes, left, is shown with Adrienne, center, and Alexandria Bain. (Facebook)(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — The mother-in-law of suspected kidnapper and murderer Adam Mayes believes he killed a mother and daughter and then ran away with the woman’s two yo…
Tennessee Kidnap Suspect Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List
Adam Mayes, left, is shown with Adrienne, center, and Alexandria Bain. (Facebook)(WASHINGTON) — The man suspected of kidnapping a woman and her three daughters — and then killing two of them — has been rushed to the top of the FBI’s list of its Top …
Missing Tennessee Girls Suspect Seen on Video
ABC News(GUNTOWN, Miss.) — The man suspected of kidnapping a woman and her three daughters was spotted in surveillance video shot three days after the Tennessee family first disappeared.In the video from the evening of April 30, the suspect, Adam Maye…
Two Women Arrested in Tenn. Family’s Disappearance
ABC News(HARDEMAN COUNTY, Miss.) — The wife and mother of a kidnapping suspect have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a family of four from Tennessee, according to a Hardeman County, Miss., court clerk. The wife and mother of Adam …
Missing Tennessee Family: Officials ID Bodies Found at Suspect’s Home
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Two bodies found at the home of a Mississippi man were identified Monday as a missing Tennessee mother and her oldest daughter, raising fears about the safety of the woman’s two younger daughters.The Memp…
Missing Tennessee Family in ‘Extreme Danger,’ Police Say
ABC News(GUNTOWN, Miss.) — Investigators searching for the missing Bain family, who vanished 10 days ago after leaving their Tennessee home, say that the mother and three children are in “extreme danger” after the discovery of two bodies in a Mississi…
Tennessee Death Row Inmate’s Escape Plot Foiled
Tennessee Department of Correction(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — Authorities in Tennessee have foiled an escape plot by the state’s only female death row inmate.Two men, including one former prison guard, have also been arrested in connection with the plan.Just…
Santorum Wins in Tenn., Okla., N.D.; Ohio Still Too Tight to Call
Whitney Curtis/Getty Images(STEUBENVILLE, Ohio) — While Mitt Romney has won four Super Tuesday contests and Rick Santorum has won three so far, all eyes are fixed on a close race in Ohio, where the two are locked in a tight race.The contest in Ohio, w…
Gingrich Campaign Launches Santorum Attack Robo-call in Two States
Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is hunkering down in the trenches of the Southern battleground for Super Tuesday with a robo-call attacking Rick Santorum for being a “big labor co…
Mitt Romney In Georgia and Tennessee Ahead of Super Tuesday?
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Though Mitt Romney is trailing in the polls in a series of Southern states holding contests on Super Tuesday, his campaign says it plans to make an in-person play for delegates in at least two of them.Rom…
Santorum Meets Mixed Crowd, Gets Booed at Tennessee College
Steve Pope/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Rick Santorum faced a mixed crowd Wednesday evening as many of his go-to talking points, which typically garner applause and cheers, were met with resistance on the campus of Belmont University.Packed into a…
Santorum Surge Extends to Super Tuesday States, Polling Shows
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rick Santorum’s surge is not just limited to Michigan. New polls out on Monday in Ohio and Tennessee, two big Super Tuesday states, show Rick Santorum with strong leads over Mitt Romney.A new Qui…
FBI Locates Missing Georgia Girls in Tennessee
Amber Henry and Kirsten Kamradt (Lamar County Sheriff Office)(LAMAR COUNTY, Ga.) — Authorities have found two teenage girls from Georgia who apparently were taken in the middle of the night.Amber Henry, 16, and Kirsten Kamradt, 14, went missing from t…
Senator Booted From Restaurant Over ‘Homophobic’ Views
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A Knoxville, Tenn., restaurant owner has drawn cheers and jeers for refusing to serve a state senator whose beliefs she viewed as homophobic.Republican state Sen. Stacey Campfield told ABC News he went out to…
Can You Stay True to Your New Year’s Resolution Diet?
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — It is the time of the year when many of us kid ourselves. We are talking about first of the year promises regarding dieting and weight. Amy Cotta, a Tennessee fitness trainer and author of the…
3 Trapped Miners Rescued in Tennessee
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW MARKET, Tenn.) — Fire officials in eastern Tennessee say they’ve reached three zinc miners stuck 800 feet below the earth’s surface after a drill rig fire Wednesday afternoon injured two miners and stranded the three men b…