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An employee of a company that makes clear plastic teeth aligners opened fire at one of its Tennessee facilities Tuesday morning, injuring three people there before police officers shot and killed him, authorities said.

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee -- A wall of ice at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, the museum's owners said. Those harmed were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries, Mary Kellogg Joslyn and John Joslyn wrote on the attraction's Facebook page. The extent of their injures was unclear.

Authorities involved in the search for a missing 5-year-old girl have squashed social media rumors that the sheriff’s office has been consulting a psychic to help with the investigation. "HCSO is not utilizing the assistance of any psychics in the search for Summer Wells," the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office said...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - An Action News 5 investigation reveals more than $1 billion owed to Tennesseeans who may have no idea the money is ready and waiting. There’s millions more up for grabs in Arkansas and Mississippi. Tennesseans are unknowingly sitting on more unclaimed property than ever before. Unclaimed...

A bear ran into a Tennessee restaurant and knocked over an individual on the street outside on Friday. Eyewitnesses told WATE that the black bear had run up the front staircase of Crawdaddy's in the city of Gatlinburg and briefly entered the restaurant before quickly turning around and leaving. One...

Rep. David Byrd has adapted a new stance on the COVID-19 pandemic, after he was hospitalized with the coronavirus for eight months. The Tennessee Republican, 63, said in a statement on Friday that he was diagnosed with COVID the day before Thanksgiving and admitted to a hospital on December 5, according to Nashville's News Channel 5. He subsequently spent 55 days on a ventilator.

Detectives are asking for assistance from the public in identifying the women accused of shoplifting about $500 worth of makeup from Sephora The Avenue Murfreesboro on July 22, 2021. The unidentified females went straight to the makeup counter in the store and took the items. They left the business without paying.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMC) - Tennessee Commissioner Health Dr. Lisa Peircey says she believes the days of COVID-19 related mandates are over. “I think the day of government mandates is over and you’re seeing that nationally whether that’s at the state level or the county level or even federal level,” Piercey said during Monday’s COVID-19 briefing. “There’s just not a lot of appetite for that because people are not paying attention to that anymore.”

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A person was taken to the hospital after a crash on East Gov. John Sevier Highway, near the East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetary, according to Knox County Rescue. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the crash was reported around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, near the French Broad...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has threated to ask for a Special Session if schools close, require masks or segregate students based on vaccination status in the classroom this year. Sexton made the comments in response to test scores showing Tennessee declined across all subjects among...

Limited State of Emergency for the state of Tennessee is in effect through August 31st. Governor Bill Lee issuing executive order 82 over the weekend due to rising COVID cases and it says even those vaccinated in high risk areas like Knox County should wear a mask indoors. The Governor says he will not shut down the economy, this is a precaution due to rising case counts in the State. It is an extension of his original executive order 77.

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say an altercation in the parking lot of a Tennessee water park led to a shooting that killed one woman and wounded another. Sevierville Police Department spokesman Bob Stahlke said in a statement that officers responded Saturday evening to a report of shots fired at the Soaky Mountain Waterpark.

Murfreesboro Detectives need help identifying the two women who are accused of stealing about $600 worth of perfume from the SEPHORA store at The Avenue in Murfreesboro on July 21, 2021. Police tell WGNS the women entered the business and went straight to the perfume counter. They allegedly concealed the...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Mike Osborne) -- More Tennesseans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, but the number of confirmed new infections and hospitalizations continue to climb. New COVID-19 case counts rose again last week statewide and here in Middle Tennessee. The seven day new infection count jumped 20 percent over the previous week statewide.