State and Regional

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Middle Tennessee man has been sentenced in Nashville to three years in prison for selling documents bearing counterfeit federal agency seals.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge scolded attorneys for two large public employee retirement systems on Monday for rushing to court with lawsuits over allegations of bribery involving Wal-Mart...

CROCKETT, Va. (AP) — William "Bill" Hall, a former publisher of the Bristol Herald Courier, has died at the age of 71.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn.

DETROIT (AP) — Prominent Motown studio musician and Funk Brothers member Bob Babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the Temptations hit "Ball of Confusion" and Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family says Kitty Wells, "queen of country music," has died at age 92.

Union County detectives are waiting on autopsy results and a report from the state's bomb and arson team before making conclusions on the blaze that killed a 2-year-old boy.

NASHVILLE — A Cocke County woman has picked up her second TennCare fraud charge for allegedly going to multiple doctors to obtain the same or similar controlled substances and using TennCare as payment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee education officials say teacher evaluations should be based more heavily upon how students score on tests in the subjects and grades that they teach, and...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Knox County prosecutor Randy Nichols says he will ask a judge to dismiss a deputy's charge against a firefighter, calling the case a waste of taxpayer...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — These Tennessee lotteries were drawn Monday:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has agreed to order a second mental evaluation for a 17-year-old boy charged with killing his high school principal.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will hold six hearings on the Affordable Care Act provision of essential health benefits.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — An audiotape obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/Llm7XP ) contains new comments from a congressional candidate about a tire-slashing by his son.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — These Indiana lotteries were drawn Monday: