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AP story on Nashville, Memphis marijuana ordinances

Tweet By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Political leaders in Tennessee’s two largest cities are taking steps toward marijuana decriminalization with ordinances that would allow police...

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New coalition set up to push ‘criminal justice reform’

Tweet Press release from Tennessee Coalition for Sensible Justice NASHVILLE – Leaders from advocacy, business and social service groups with constituents across the state came together today to launch...

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Andy Miller company settles Florida fraud claim for $7.75M

Tweet The wealthy Republican donor who took campaign money as investments from now-expelled lawmaker Jeremy Durham has agreed to pay $7.75 million to settle allegations he and his brother defrauded a...

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Nashville council approves pot ordinance 35-3

Tweet Nashville on Tuesday became the first city in Tennessee to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and Memphis likely will become the second in two weeks. according to the Commercial Appeal....

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Hamblen County Democratic chair charged with theft

Tweet The Hamblen County Democratic Party chairman has been charged with stealing files from the county’s Circuit Court office, reports the Morristown Citizen-Tribune. Timothy Wayne Woodard, 27,...

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Rutherford sheriff, already facing corruption trial, accused of domestic assault

Tweet Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold, already facing trial on corruption charges, has now been accused of a domestic violence assaylt on his wife, reports the Daily News Journal. “The...

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Athens workplace killer had TN handgun permit

Tweet ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — A man who fatally shot two supervisors and then killed himself at an electrical components plant in eastern Tennessee had a state-issued permit to carry handguns in public,...

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No charges in Memphis police shooting black man

Tweet By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A white Memphis police officer won’t face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of a 19-year-old black man, the federal government...

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Parole board rejects exoneration of McKinney

Tweet The state Board of Parole has voted against recommending exoneration of a Wilson County man who served 31 years in prison on a rape and burglary conviction before DNA evidence cleared him of the...

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Judge revokes bond, sends Rutherford sheriff to jail

Tweet A federal magistrate Wednesday revoked bond for Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold Wednesday and ordered him to jail because of new domestic assault charges brought while he is awaiting...

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