Tom Pappert

Leaders in the Tennessee State House confirmed on Thursday that they have begun discussions of how to honor the legacy of Dolly Parton, the country music legend who died on Tuesday at age 80.

Devonte Sherley, a convicted felon now charged with attempted murder after a gunshot left a Nashville man paralyzed, was previously out on bond for felony gun and drug charges when he was implicated in a 2019 fatal robbery. That case did not conclude until last year, and Tennessee records show his resulting eight-year sentence ended just six weeks before the latest shooting.

A public charter school in Nashville has removed LGBT children's books from its library months after clearing the record of a Christian teacher who was disciplined for refusing to read from literature that “promotes same-sex marriage.”

Activists with Vecindarios 901 claim that more than 100 people were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during an enforcement operation in Memphis on Saturday, while a spokesperson for the federal agency only told The Tennessee Star that a “multi-agency targeted enforcement operation” was ongoing in the area.

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) on Monday announced it would take applications from news outlets seeking to serve as witnesses for the execution of Christa Pike, who is scheduled to be executed on September 30.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Tennessee Star on Tuesday that more than 120 illegal aliens were arrested on August 30 at the Memphis nightclub, El Corralón, during a multi-agency operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE).

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Tuesday announced that U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker last week upheld the Tennessee law prohibiting courts from considering a defendant's ability to pay when setting their bond.

The Memphis nightclub where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made more than 120 arrests on Sunday previously received two Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an online database containing more than 11 million PPP loan records.

Polling released Thursday morning shows U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) holds a 21-point lead over the Democrats' nominee, Jerri Brown, in the race to become Tennessee's next governor.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday told The Tennessee Star that Marco Sabillon-Urbina, who was among the more than 120 arrests made on Sunday at the Memphis nightclub El Corralón, is a previously deported illegal alien who previously pleaded guilty to using a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.