'We aren’t giving up': Tennessee officials vow to find 5-year-old Summer Wells

Summer Moon-Utah Wells has been missing for two weeks and two days as of Thursday and while the active search has refocused, investigators are calling for possible witnesses.

Tennessee Amber Alert: Dive teams, specialized units join search for missing 5-year-old

The third full day of searching in a northeast Tennessee town for a missing 5-year-old girl has come to an end Friday. Her disappearance triggered a statewide Amber Alert on Wednesday afternoon.

Southern Baptists vote to probe leaders on handling of alleged sexual abuse

Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have voted overwhelmingly to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denomination’s handling of sexual abuse.

Amber Alert in Tennessee for missing 5-year-old girl

Summer Moon-Utah Wells, 5, has been missing since Tuesday evening from her Tennessee home, investigators say. An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday afternoon in the case.

Autopsy: Mother overdosed, infant starved to death

A 1-year-old child starved to death in his car seat in a house where his mother died of a drug overdose, while his 3-year-old sister, found alive, had tried for days to feed her brother.

Actor Joe Lara, wife known for her Christian diet workshop among 7 presumed dead in Tenn. plane crash

“Tarzan” actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara, who’s known for her Christian weight loss teachings, are among seven presumed dead after a plane crashed in a Tennessee lake over the weekend.

Tennessee church mourns after plane crash claims 7 leaders, including founder Gwen Shamblin Lara

“During this horrible tragedy, our church would greatly appreciate prayers,” Remnant Fellowship Church posted on its website after a plane crash killed seven members of its membership team, including founder Gwen Shamblin Lara.

Amber Alert canceled for Daphne Westbrook after teen found safe in Alabama

Daphne Westbrook, the Tennessee teenager who was allegedly kidnapped by her father back in 2019, has been found safe in a small Alabama town just a few miles north of the Florida border. Her father, though, is still on the run.

Elderly couple escape Tennessee assisted living facility using military Morse code training

A husband and wife who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease were able to escape from their assisted living facility in Tennessee thanks to the man’s past military Morse code training, according to reports.

Nashville COVID ICU nurses give patient a spa day

A woman battling with COVID-19 after being on a ventilator for weeks got tender loving care from frontline workers in Nashville, who treated her to a 'spa day.'

Tenn. woman sentenced to nearly 20 years for child porn, sexual assault of family dog, DOJ says

A 35-year-old Tennessee mother will spend nearly 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to child pornography and the sexual assault of an animal, according to the Department of Justice.

Knoxville officer who fatally shot teen in high school bathroom won't face charges, DA says

At a news conference on Wednesday, Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen said Officer Jonathon Clabough’s actions were justified under Tennessee’s self-defense law.