
The former assistant Secretary for Communications to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan writes that Sen. Lamar Alexander’s enthusiasm for his “bipartisan” education bill – one that supposedly prohibits the federal government from mandating the Common Core standards – is “shamefully misleading.”
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Dec 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

An exuberant crowd of more than 1,000 supporters greeted GOP presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz at the Rocketown entertainment center in downtown Nashville.
by Michael Patrick Leahy22 Dec 2015, 3:26 PM PST0

Police in Nashville, Tennessee, have arrested a man and charged him with raping and nearly strangling to death a 60-year-old disabled woman.
by Warner Todd Huston8 Dec 2015, 7:00 PM PST0

Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Haslam is apparently off the list of possible plaintiffs—governors of the 12 “Wilson-Fish alternative program” states where non-profit VOLAGS, not state governments, run the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program—the Thomas More Law Center says it is looking to represent in a constitutional legal challenge to the program.
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Dec 2015, 1:17 PM PST0

A Shelby County, Tennessee, high school teacher has resigned after police accused him of running a sex club as well as other offenses.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Nov 2015, 6:28 PM PST0

Police arrested a Nashville woman on charges of filing a false rape report in order to keep an affair secret from her fiancé.
by Warner Todd Huston5 Nov 2015, 6:01 PM PST0

A mindset that has gradually led American parents to leave the education of their children — unchecked — to schools and elitists has spawned controversies such as the promotion of Islam in classrooms and the unpopular Common Core standards.
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Nov 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

Tennessee state Rep. Andy Holt’s (R) attempt to take a state-mandated test along with eighth grade students is over for now, being blocked by both the state department of education and the Obion County school district’s administration.
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Oct 2015, 8:23 PM PST0

A Tennessee man, whom family members called “troubled,” was arrested for the brutal stabbing of an 88-year-old woman, police say.
by Warner Todd Huston29 Oct 2015, 6:49 PM PST0

An Ohio woman who was listening to an Amber Alert on the radio was shocked to find that the car that police were looking for was right in front of her
by Warner Todd Huston29 Oct 2015, 5:39 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is focusing on the SEC Primary states by announcing his leadership teams across the south, starting with Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
by Alex Swoyer28 Sep 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

After Sunday services, some 350 church goers made their way three blocks from the church building to the front steps of police headquarters on Columbia Avenue, where they were met by the chief of police and several on duty officers, who warmly received them. “I’ve met with dozens of police officers and federal agents in the last two months and heard from them how they have felt a increasing sense of danger and a loss of support from the community,” the church pastor tells Breitbart News.
by Michael Patrick Leahy14 Sep 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

A Memphis man has been arrested for knowingly infecting his wife with the HIV virus.
by Warner Todd Huston10 Sep 2015, 6:59 PM PST0

Middle school parents in Tennessee are up in arms on learning that their children were instructed to recite and write, “Allah is the only god,” as part of a world history project.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Sep 2015, 5:21 AM PST0

IRS agent Garza is scheduled to appear on Wednesday in Williamson County Court. He’s being held on two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure that allegedly occurred while he was on official IRS business, conducting an audit of a Fairview, Tennessee business.
by Michael Patrick Leahy8 Sep 2015, 5:01 AM PST0

The Dickson County School District has decided to ban all flags from pickup trucks on school property. Initial reports had incorrectly stated that the officials had banned all flags at the school, but the district corrected that impression with an email to FOX13.
by William Bigelow24 Aug 2015, 6:28 PM PST0

On August 23, Marcus Henley and Maurice Harris were standing in front of Harris’s house when an armed man allegedly got out of a white SUV, walked up, and demanded wallets and other belongings. Henley shot the alleged robber, killing him on the spot.
by AWR Hawkins24 Aug 2015, 5:52 PM PST0

The latest would-be ISIS recruits are a couple from Mississippi, 19-year-old Jaelyn Delshaun Young and 21-year-old Muhammad Oda Daklalla. According to an unsealed criminal complaint reported by ABC News, “The FBI says the couple planned for months to travel to Turkey in order to slip into Syria and join ISIS.”
by John Hayward11 Aug 2015, 2:59 PM PST0

On July 24, personnel from the Manchester, Tennessee, police department and other city employees delivered “approx 300” sandbags to the city’s Army recruitment center that were used to line the bottom third of their front windows to stop potential incoming rounds.
by AWR Hawkins27 Jul 2015, 10:30 PM PST0

Chattanooga Police Sgt. Dennis Pedigo Jr. will be recovering from injuries sustained during the battle with shooter Mohammed Youssef Abdulazeez for some time to come.
by John Hayward23 Jul 2015, 7:44 PM PST0

We ran the Value Add Sports calculations on all returning Tennessee athletes and emailed sports writers and other experts in the state to help rank the 25 state players to watch.
by John Pudner22 Jul 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

State governors are stepping up to do President Obama’s job for him, lowering their flags to half-mast in honor of the Chattanooga dead.
by John Hayward21 Jul 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

The five men who were killed in Chattanooga were heroes, not just because they died in service to their country, but because of what they did while they were alive. The fifth, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, succumbed to his wounds over the weekend, so he was not part of the tribute I wrote for the four Marines on Friday. Allow me to correct that omission.
by John Hayward21 Jul 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

The discovery of Chattanooga killer Mohammed Youssef Abdulazeez’s diary has given investigators a better look at his past history, and his state of mind at the time he launched his attack on military recruiting and training centers. Blog posts and a text message he wrote shortly before the attack have also provided important clues.
by John Hayward20 Jul 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

The murder of five unarmed members of our military on Thursday in Chattanooga by a 24-year-old, Kuwaiti-born Muslim terrorist highlights the utter lunacy of President Obama’s politically-correct order that prohibits members of our Armed Forces from carrying arms while on duty in the United States.
by Joe Carr18 Jul 2015, 1:48 PM PST0