(John Moore / Getty Images) State Legislature Passes Bill Banning 'Toxic' Critical Race Theory in Schools The legislation 'would prohibit schools from promoting race essentialism, collective guilt, and state-sanctioned racism.' By Dillon Burroughs May 6, 2021
@MNPDNashville / Twitter Police Officer Shot in Ambush-Style Attack After Gunman Lures Officers to His Home Salman Mohamed opened fire on police officers who responded to his 'setup call,' leaving one officer injured. By Taylor Penley May 5, 2021
Ethan Miller / Getty Images Tennessee Legislature Passes Election Integrity Bill Requiring Watermarks on Absentee Ballots Combined with firm voter ID laws, this would go a long way to restoring voters' confidence in US elections. By Elizabeth Stauffer May 4, 2021
@AttorneyCrump / Twitter Just Days Before Cops Stopped Ma'Khia Bryant with Knife, Cops Stopped Teen After He Pulled Gun in HS Bathroom He brought a gun to school and attempted to use it on cops - a surefire recipe for being killed by police regardless of skin color. By Christine Favocci April 24, 2021
Douglas Sacha / Getty Images State House Passes GOP Bill Requiring Burial or Cremation of Aborted Baby Remains The Tennessee House passed a bill requiring the remains of aborted babies to be buried or cremated. By Mary Margaret Olohan April 21, 2021
WTGS FOX28 Savannah / Facebook screen shot Man Loses $1,178,746 Lottery Ticket While Running Errands, Retraces Steps to Find It in Parking Lot He backtracked, checking every place he'd gone to. It was windy out, and the ticket could be claimed by whoever held it. By Amanda Thomason March 22, 2021
Metro Nashville Police Department / YouTube screen shot Officer Critically Wounded After Seemingly Harmless Woman in a Dress Pulls a Pistol 'What happened today is a reminder that being a police officer anywhere can be a dangerous job,' the mayor of Nashville said. By C. Douglas Golden March 14, 2021
Larry McCormack / The Tennessean via AP Tennessee Republicans Stand Up to Judge Who Dictated Election Law from the Bench The Tennessee House is moving forward with a proposal to remove a judge for expanding absentee voting in the 2020 election. By The Associated Press March 8, 2021
TBI Media / YouTube screen shot Major Law Enforcement Operation Recovers 150 Children Missing from a Single State A massive number of missing children have been found in Tennesee after a two-month operation. By Jack Davis March 4, 2021
Spencer Platt / Getty Images VA Business Owners Forced to Watch Their Livelihoods Die as COVID Restrictions Push Customers Across a Street Which Doubles as the State Line Virginia restaurant owners watch as their customers cross the street into Bristol, Tennessee, where there are no COVID-19 curfews. By Elizabeth Stauffer February 21, 2021