Lynn's Law makes it illegal for a person who has assumed responsibility
for and is knowledgeable of another's inability to care for him or
herself to abandon that person.
Jim Henry, who was named the temporary head of the troubled Department
of Children's Services in February, will now assume the role
permanently, Gov. Bill Haslam announced this morning.
On May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. The storm leveled schools, businesses, and homes. At least 24 were killed and hundreds injured.
Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort
Campbell, where more soldiers are returning to the post on the
Kentucky-Tennessee border from Afghanistan.
