Commentary “All politics is local,” then-House Speaker Tip O’Neill told us back in 1982 but contemporary events remind us how true that was. Part of the reason—given the plethora of useless Republicans in the U.S. Senate made yet more obvious by the infrastructure vote—is Washington, D.C. veers to the hopeless, but it is also because…
Sheriff: ‘Hoax’ Call About Gun Vacated Tennessee High School
CHURCH HILL, Tenn.—Students at a Tennessee high school were evacuated Tuesday on the second day of classes for the year and bused to a local armory after a 911 caller claimed to be a gunman in the building, which authorities later said they believe was a “hoax.” Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said the call…
Sheriff: No Active Shooter Found at Tennessee High School
CHURCH HILL, Tenn.—A call about an active shooter inside a Tennessee high school prompted a major response from area law enforcement agencies Tuesday morning, but a sheriff’s office says no suspect was found and no shooting injuries have been reported. At least five agencies responded after someone called the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office just after…
Tennessee’s 48-Hour Abortion Wait Period Is Legal, Federal Appeals Court Rules
A federal circuit court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that requires doctors to provide pregnant women seeking an abortion with materials about the safety of the procedure and have them wait two days before performing the procedure. “Tennessee’s 48-hour abortion waiting period is facially constitutional. The law is supported by a…
Police: 3 Wounded in Workplace Shooting; Gunman Dead
NASHVILLE—A gunman shot and wounded three people at a Tennessee business Tuesday and was later tracked down and fatally shot by police after he refused to drop his weapon, authorities said. The shooting happened at a Smile Direct Club manufacturing facility in Nashville, the state’s capital and largest city. The suspect had left before officers…
Tennessee Schools Violating Anti-CRT Law May Lose Millions in Funding Under New Rule
Public school districts in Tennessee could lose millions of dollars of state funds and teachers could have their licenses suspended for teaching “prohibited concepts” related to critical race theory (CRT), according to a new rule proposed by Tennessee Department of Education. The proposed rule is meant to help schools navigate the upcoming 2021–22 academic year,…
Maskless in Nashville: Two Parties Attend Tennessee GOP Dinner
Commentary I attended the annual Statesmen’s Dinner of the Tennessee Republican Party Saturday night, the first in two years since 2020’s was postponed due to the pandemic. The most striking thing about the event was the surprisingly large size of the crowd. 1400 plates were sold, which made it, according to the woman in charge…
Opening of I-40 Bridge Linking Arkansas, Tennessee Moved Up
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Transportation officials on Friday sped up their plans to reopen the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that was closed after a crack was discovered in the span. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the eastbound lanes of the Hernando DeSoto Bridge over the Mississippi River will reopen to limited traffic on Saturday…
Nine MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in Murders, Kidnappings in Tennessee
A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted nine suspected MS-13 gang members with racketeering and violent criminal conspiracy that includes murder, officials announced Wednesday. The grand jury returned the charges in a 60-count second superseding indictment against Carlos Ochoa-Martinez, 31; Jason Sandoval, 35; Jorge Flores, 29; Kevin Tidwell, 28, all of Nashville—Jose Pineda-Caceres, 22; Franklin Hernandez,…
Daniel Hale, Who Leaked Details of US Drone Warfare, Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison
A Tennessee man on Tuesday was sentenced to nearly four years in jail for obtaining classified information and leaking it to a reporter. Daniel Hale, 33, of Nashville, was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 months in prison. Hale pleaded guilty to retention and transmission of national defense information on March 31. “I am here because I stole…
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