President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster designation for Tennessee and ordered federal aid to assist recovery efforts after a severe winter storm in eight counties in March. The declaration makes federal funding available to state and local governments …
The state fire marshal’s office is urging Tennessee residents to be careful when using decorative and fragranced candles. Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak says from 2008 to 2012 Tennessee fire departments responded to more than 500 home structure fires started by …
Preparations for power outages and stranded travelers were largely unneeded as Tennessee made it through the worst of the arctic freeze without major incidents. Many people stayed home as bitter cold and sub-zero wind chills forced the closure of everything …
Tennessee had 36 tornadoes in 2013 with no fatalities. According to National Weather Service Meteorologist Bobby Boyd, in the Nashville office, 25 of the state’s tornadoes took place in January. March and June saw four tornadoes each, and November had …
A lawsuit filed over a death at New Life Lodge rehabilitation center has been settled. The Tennessean reports terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The lawsuit was filed in August 2011 and sought $32 million in compensatory and punitive …
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is providing an online option to access traffic crash reports. Through a partnership with Appriss Inc., the public can now retrieve the reports through the website 24 hours a day, seven days …
Gary Vaughn was mentally ill and homeless, but neighbors on Humber Street in South , Tenn., had known him for years and took care of him. On the evening of Sept. 28, they saw smoke and flames erupting from the …
Tennessee’s chief road safety official has been re-elected as head of the national Governors Highway Safety Association. Kendell Poole, the director of the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office, was voted in to a second yearlong term at the association’s annual …
Unusually heavy summer rainfalls in Tennessee have given the agencies involved in flood control and emergency management a chance to show that they have learned to cooperate after the disastrous missteps of 2010. That’s the year heavy flooding of the …
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is holding a series of seminars across the state to explain the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act of 2013. The bill removes injured workers’ claims from state trial courts and instead creates a …