Dolly Parton, the personification of Tennessee music, died Tuesday at age 80 after decades of entertaining the world. Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, delivered the news of her death in a video for the family, sparking mourning from her birthplace of Locust Ridge in the mountains of East Tennessee across the state to Nashville, where she […]
For over a decade, progressive prosecutors have offered voters various options to tackling crime that veer from traditional ‘tough on crime’ tactics focused on heavy prison time for offenders.
Prison guards at privately-run Trousdale Turner Correctional Center will start wearing body cameras Tuesday as required by a new state law designed to improve safety at the embattled facility. The CoreCivic prison was supposed to initiate the body cams in July, but delays with the purchase of equipment postponed operations for two months, according to […]
(The Center Square) - New analysis from Washington Policy Center’s Director of Public Safety Solutions is casting doubt on the success claims of a program to reduce arrests, prosecutions and incarceration for individuals involved in drug-related crimes.
The Tennessee Department of Correction is believed to be investigating a series of overdoses at the Morgan County prison, based on reports from other media outlets. A spokesperson for the state declined to confirm the overdoses, saying only that the department doesn’t allow drugs in prisons and uses several methods to prevent illicit substances from […]
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TELLICO VILLAGE, Tenn. — Kimberly Hopkins was denied parole again by the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole.
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church recently named the Rev. Ingrid Schalk as pastor at a special installation service with more than 140 peop…
Tellico Village residents representing the Community Church at Tellico Village, First Baptist Church of Lenoir City, St. Thomas the Apostle Ca…