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Burned body found at Nashville halfway house

Police are interviewing residents at a Nashville halfway house where a man was found burned to death.

Struggling cities dim fireworks shows

Some local governments and community organizations in towns like Gallatin have scaled back or eliminated their large-scale pyrotechnic displays this weekend.

Memphis man fatally shot unloading groceries

Memphis police say a man was robbed and shot to death while unloading groceries from his car.

THP to crack down during holiday weekend

The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety checkpoints across the state during the long holiday weekend.

84 weapons traded in for circus tickets during gun drive

While some are paying cash for their UniverSoul Circus tickets, others are paying with their guns.

'Wooded Rapist' gets 32 years, faces more trials

The woman focused on the prosecutor as she explained how the rape has changed her life. She paid no attention to the man in the yellow jumpsuit listening attentively.

LenDale White won't let his fork get in way of football

Since the end of last season, the Titans running back has remained on a strict diet and been loyal to the team's offseason conditioning program. The results have shown up in his shrinking waistline, as well as on the scale - he weighed in at 229 pounds last week.

New jobs may not mean more workers at Nissan

Nissan's plans to create up to 1,300 jobs to build electric cars and batteries don't necessarily mean more overall employees at the Smyrna factory.

'Wooded Rapist' gets 32 years, faces more trials

Robert Jason Burdick, known as the Wooded Rapist, convicted of raping the Donelson woman in her home and charged with raping more than a dozen other women across Middle Tennessee, was sentenced Wednesday to serve 32 years at 100 percent. Burdick is 39.