Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns says the trio parked a red SUV on the side of
Asheville Highway Saturday evening. The hood was up, and a woman
holding what appeared to a be a baby was trying to flag down passing
motorists.
Gov. Bill Haslam must decide this week whether he will allow a bill to
become law that would require images documenting animal abuse to be
turned over to law enforcement within 48 hours.
Government lawyers are running out of time to file an appeal that could
delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to all women and
girls without a prescription.
Officers were still looking for two suspects Sunday morning after a
carjacking incident in Harlan Count, Kentucky, led to a police pursuit
in West Virginia.
Gov. Bill Haslam will probably pass into law a bill that would aid a personal business associate and overrule the city of Gatlinburg's efforts to regulate moonshine distilleries.
When the governor appointed Jim Henry to lead the Department of
Children's Services three months ago - after the abrupt resignation of
his predecessor, Kate O'Day - Henry stepped into an agency accused of
repeatedly failing to protect and care for Tennessee's children.
