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Jonathan Mattise, AP

Tennessee governor says more federal agents to join fight against crime in Memphis next week

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

September 26, 2025

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says an influx of additional federal law enforcement agents will focus on crime in Memphis starting next week.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, memphis, National Guard

Former Tennessee House speaker sentenced to 3 years in prison in legislative mail scheme

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

September 23, 2025

A former Tennessee House speaker has received a three-year prison sentence over a scheme with a onetime aide to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers after they left their top leadership roles due to scandals.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Cade Cothren, fraud, Glen Casada

Tennessee appeals ruling against 2 gun laws, saying it caused ‘unnecessary confusion and risk’

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

September 5, 2025

Tennessee officials say a court’s ruling against two gun laws seemingly legalizes children carrying semiautomatic rifles to a recreational league basketball game and drunk adults toting shotguns as they stagger through popular, sometimes crowded areas.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: guns, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Firearms Association, United States Constitution

Utility to buy power from advanced nuclear plant to fuel Tennessee and Alabama Google data centers

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

August 21, 2025

The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama. The Tennessee Valley Authority, Kairos Power and Google announced the agreement will deliver up to 50 megawatts to the federal utility’s grid that powers the data centers.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Kairos Power, nuclear energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee Valley Authority

Attorney says heart device did not shock executed TN man who said he was ‘hurting so bad’

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

August 8, 2025

A Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week was not shocked by his implanted defibrillator.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Byron Black, death penalty, lethal injection

Sen. Marsha Blackburn officially joins TN governor race

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

August 6, 2025

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn announced Wednesday that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Marsha Blackburn

The owner of the Tennessee factory where workers drowned after Hurricane Helene won’t face charges

By Travis Loller, APandJonathan Mattise, AP

July 22, 2025

The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found no criminal wrongdoing. The conclusion mirrors that of a similar investigation by the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Hurricane Helene, occupational safety, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Federal utility backs off Tennessee gas plant site after John Rich says he enlisted Trump’s help

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

July 17, 2025

The nation’s largest public utility says it is looking at other sites for a new natural gas power plant after its preferred location in Tennessee drew heavy public scrutiny, including from country musician John Rich.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Cheatham County, Cumberland Fossil Plant, John Rich, Tennessee Valley Authority

Trump nominates 4 to Tennessee Valley Authority board after firing Biden picks

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

July 2, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s board has lacked a quorum because President Trump fired some of former President Joe Biden’s picks. New nominees for the federal utility are Tennesseans Lee Beaman, Mitch Graves and Jeff Hagood; and Randall Jones of Alabama.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Jeff Hagood, Lee Beaman, Mitch Graves, Tennessee Valley Authority

Country musician fatally hit Nashville pedestrian with truck. No charges now, but probe ongoing

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

June 10, 2025

Police say country musician Conner Smith fatally hit a pedestrian while driving his truck in Nashville over the weekend. MNPD said the 24-year-old musician hit 77-year-old Dorothy Dobbins on Sunday evening while she was inside a marked crosswalk.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, Germantown, pedestrian deaths

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