Volunteer High School: 'Hoax' shooter call prompted evacuation on first full day of class

A call about an active shooter inside a Tennessee high school prompted a major law enforcement response, but a sheriff's office believes it was a hoax after finding no suspect and no shooting injuries.

Tennessee State University to pay off  balances of returning students

Tennessee State University, a public historically Black university in Nashville, is paying off the account balances of returning students.

Antioch, Tennessee shooting: 3 hurt at SmileDirectClub site, gunman killed

The shooting at a SmileDirectClub warehouse in Antioch, Tennessee, left three employees hurt. The gunman was shot by police and killed by police.

Three-year-old girl fighting brain cancer gets dream visit with magical ‘unicorn’

Little Abigail, who is fighting brain cancer, had a magical time when was able to meet two 'unicorns,' feed a carrot to one and even have pictures taken with them.

'Go! Go!': Tennessee man scares away black bear trapped in his car

A Tennessee man shooed away a black bear that broke into his parked car and caused heavy damage to the vehicle. “I had to abandon the car,” he said.

Tennessee halts COVID-19 vaccine outreach for minors, fires top official

Dr. Michelle Fiscus said the state’s elected leaders put politics over the health of children by firing her Monday for her efforts to get more Tennesseans vaccinated.

Workers allegedly lit fireworks inside Taco Bell, locked themselves out

A Taco Bell worker was arrested after she and a group of other employees were allegedly seen on surveillance footage lighting fireworks inside the Nashville restaurant before locking themselves out, according to fire department investigators.

18 arrested in Tennessee undercover child sex trafficking investigation

Special agents have arrested 18 men accused of seeking illicit sex from minors after a two-day undercover operation into human trafficking in Tennessee.

VIDEO: Driver burned after lit firework tossed into convertible

Colin Kirby says he’s grateful to be alive after someone tossed a lit firework into his convertible on July 4. Nashville Police are looking for three suspects.

'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.