Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tennessee News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tennessee State News.net http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/cat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 07:50:34 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:50:34 -0400 30 Gov. Bill Haslam wants states to have the power to collect the tax, arguing it is money that is already owed. Some small businesses in Duncan's Knoxville-based congressional district take the same position and say it's a matter of fairness: They already are required by law to collect the tax and send it to the state, but out-of-state online retailers are ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214612692/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:54:33 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214612692/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 View Photo Associated Press/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk - Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214612065/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:56:07 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214612065/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Rachel Carbonell was the winner of this year's Elizabeth Tigrett Medal, announced during Union's spring commencement ceremony May 18. (Photo by Morris ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214611913/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:04 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214611913/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The US 11 Antique Alley and Yard Sale will continue to weave its way through East Tennessee Sunday. The event, which follows US 11 for more than 500 miles, through five states, was first projected to bring anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people to the counties it visits. Robin Zimmerman made the trip to East Tennessee from Georgia. She said she and her husband have traveled for the sale 10 ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610406/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:48:47 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610406/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The American Cornhole Organization chose Wild Wing Cafe to host it's Knoxville Cornhole Open on Saturday night. More than one hundred people turned out from seven different states for the chance to take home a $5,000 pot. The ACO is hoping to have another major tournament in Knoxville later this ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610543/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:48:46 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610543/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Shields, Fooks and Griffin were inside a Knoxville home shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday, and Griffin wanted to buy heroin, according to a police complaint. Shields and Fooks drew guns, and Shields took some money from Griffin, police said. A witness inside the home told police that after a brief argument, Fooks shot Griffin. Police also charged Fooks with illegal firearms ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608569/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:19 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608569/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Downtown Knoxville transformed into a southern kitchen Saturday to celebrate the fourth annual biscuit festival. The smell of freshly baked bread filled the air. Thousands of people enjoyed a staple of southern cuisine, sweet and savory biscuits. A wide array of flavored biscuits filled Market Square. Flavors ranged from garlic and cheese "bo-nuts", a biscuit take on doughnuts, and ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608084/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:23:34 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608084/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22-minutes to the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville in her only high school graduation speech this year. The first lady told the 170 ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607780/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:23:32 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607780/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., on Saturday. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606691/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:09 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606691/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605462/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605462/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Memphis Grizzlies have announced that single game tickets for Games 3 and 4 of the 2013 Western Conference Finals vs. the San Antonio Spurs at FedExForum have sold out. This marks the 16th and 17th consecutive home sellout for Grizzlies playoff games dating back to the beginning of the 2011 NBA Playoffs. The 2013 Grizzlies Playoffs are presented by Memphis Toyota Dealers, First Tennessee Bank ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604532/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:43:27 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604532/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 SportSouth and FOX Sports Tennessee (FS TN) will expand their coverage of the Memphis Grizzlies and the 2013 Western Conference Finals with special playoff editions of Grizzlies Live after every game on SportSouth and pregame shows before Games 2, 3, 4 and ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604533/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:43:25 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604533/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 For more than two decades, she has been an advocate for crime victims in Middle Tennessee. Working through the victims' organization You Have the Power, she has demanded tough sentencing and helped victims navigate the often-confusing and intimidating judicial system. She served as the organization's executive director for more than 10 ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604640/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:20 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604640/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says the Tennessee Valley Authority will help keep a federal fish hatchery in East Tennessee stay open for at least three more ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604068/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:43 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604068/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High seniors finally are filing into the Gentry Center after coming hours early for a very special graduation -- marked by a speech from First Lady Michelle Obama. "I feel like this is an honor and a privilege and it is because of all of our hard work. It's paying off," graduate Shanese Brown said. The students are going through airport-style ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603068/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:15 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603068/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The San Antonio Spurs will face the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals. We look at the matchups to decide which team has the ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603359/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:38:35 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603359/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 http://leafne.ws/10YZSDz ) reports Judge John H. Gasaway handed down the sentence for 52-year-old Karen Jeffries after a hearing during which friends and neighbors testified that she had a moral character, a strong faith and a passion for helping ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603462/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:43 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603462/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Civil War landmark in East Tennessee will soon become a low-impact park that allows public access and preserves the area's historical ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602811/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:27:07 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602811/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214601923/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214601923/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens Against Photo Enforcement, says he plans to submit the petition to City Council after 1,000 people have signed it. The group complains that the ... http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602106/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:14:01 -0400 http://www.tennessee.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602106/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7