Tennessee
Brett Carlsen/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — An unexpected challenge in Tennessee’s first week of voting involved touchscreens in the state’s two largest counties resulted in no recorded irregularities and an unlikely fix: coffee stirrers that allow voters to choose with precision their preferred candidate, local officials told ABC News. The stirrers, which since 2020 have […]
Exterior view of Elvis Presley’s house Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 2018. (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns) (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Thursday that his department would look into the attempt by a mysterious investment group to foreclose on Elvis Presley’s Graceland. “Graceland is one of the most iconic landmarks in the […]
Alison Wright/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elvis Presley’s home of Graceland will not be hitting the auction block on Thursday after all. In a hearing Wednesday that only lasted about eight minutes, Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins adjourned the sale of Graceland, saying, “The notary has sworn that the notary did not notarize the signature of Lisa […]
A United Auto Workers (UAW) lawn sign sits on the ground near a Volkswagen automobile assembly plant on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Carmakers and labor leaders are closely watching for results to be released on Friday in a seismic union election that could supercharge organizing in the […]
Blount County Sheriff’s Office (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A murder suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee deputy has been caught following a nearly weeklong manhunt, authorities said. Kenneth DeHart was detained in Knoxville on Tuesday, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office said on social media while sharing a photo of a large police presence […]
ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The parents of a Belmont University freshman who was killed by a stray bullet earlier this week are speaking out about the death of their daughter. Jillian Ludwig, 18, was struck in the head by a bullet when walking in a park in Nashville, Tennessee, authorities said. She was taken to […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Tennessee woman allegedly paid to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on a dating site, according to a criminal complaint. Melody Sasser was arrested May 18 and is being held in custody on probable cause that she allegedly attempted murder for hire. […]
Courtesy Mayron Hollis (NEW YORK) — Mayron Hollis said she had just started taking contraceptives when she found out she was pregnant again a few months after giving birth in February 2022. Despite the surprise, Hollis and her husband say they were excited about the pregnancy and eager to add another child to their growing […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The “Tennessee three” are going to the White House on Monday to meet with President Joe Biden weeks after facing historic expulsion efforts that sparked national outrage. Biden personally extended the invitation to Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson, thanking them for their leadership in leading […]
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Tennessee Air National Guardsman was charged with applying to be a hit man, according to the Justice Department. While the country was focused on another Air National Guardsman from a different state on Thursday, prosecutors charged Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of […]