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The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 804,492 as of Wednesday, March 24, 2021 (up 1,388 from Tuesday) including 11,792 deaths (up 45 from Tuesday); 830 current hospitalizations (up 60 from Tu...

(tn.gov/Peg Broadcasting News) Gov. Bill Lee has designated March 31 as Mack S. Prichard Day, honoring Tennessee's first state naturalist and state archeologist. Prichard, who died last year at 81, bu...

(tn.gov/Peg Broadcasting News) Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has announced a multistate settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston) to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing o...

The Lady Vols season came to an end on Tuesday with a 70-55 loss to Michigan in the 2nd round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

(Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs/Peg Broadcasting News) The United States Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with Cumberland County to resolve allegat...

Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Cumberland County bringing the death toll to 125. Positive cases went up by 4 to 6,279. Active cases fell by 5 to 106. The total COVID-19 case count for Tenn...

(TWRA/Peg Broadcasting News) The 2021 Young Sportsman Turkey Hunt kicks off the spring hunting season in most areas of the state the weekend of March 27-28. The 2021 spring turkey hunting season for t...

Tennessee death row inmate Derrick Quintero has died at age 59 of natural causes, officials say. He was convicted of killing two people in their Steward County home after he and eight others escaped f...

Crossville police recovered a vehicle reported stolen in Sparta. On Friday just before midnight, a Crossville officer spotted a 2011 Ford Edge that matched the description of a vehicle stolen out of W...

(TDH/Peg Broadcasting News) Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has announced that all Tennesseans age 16 and over will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by April 5. Tennesseans aged 55 and older and t...