#Tennessee

#Tennessee

Tennessee's Republican-dominated legislature passed redistricting maps on Thursday, eliminating the state's one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district as GOP lawmakers scramble to improve their fortunes ahead of the November midterms. The new map splits Shelby County, the home of Memphis, a majority-Black city that played a critical role in the civil rights movement, into three separate Republican-leaning districts. The majority-Black district being eliminated in the Memphis area has long been represented by Rep. Steve Cohen, the state's lone Democratic congressional representative.

Iamaleava arrived in Knoxville, Tenn., with more hype than any quarterback since Peyton Manning. The 6-foot-6 Long Beach native, with an outside hitter's rocket arm and the gazelle-like gait, was considered the nation's No. 2 overall recruit out of Warren High in Downey.

In his second year, Hood transferred to Colorado and this was the breakout year in terms of real defensive snaps and ball production. He featured in 13 games making 24 tackles, and two interceptions, and he also contributed on kick returns.

TailGate's new brew is the culmination of over a year of R&D, the company notes. The brewery first released Wizards' Order IPA as a rotating series last year, tweaking recipes and collecting data along the way, it says. Now the rotation is over and the new Wizard's Order IPA is here to stay.

Authorities responded to a residence in the 7500 block of Snow Cone Way in Ooltewah, Tennessee, last Thursday afternoon. They were called for a report of "CPR in progress." Once they arrived, first responders found Perpetuo and attempted life-saving measures. She was pronounced dead, and preliminary findings indicate that she was the victim of a homicide, according to the sheriff's office.

Part of the Craighead Caverns cave system, the Lost Sea is located near Sweetwater, a small city in the foothills of the Smokies, right between Knoxville and Chattanooga. While the lake is said to have been discovered in 1905 by a 13-year-old boy named Ben Sands, the surrounding caverns were used by the Cherokee, and 20,000-year-old jaguar tracks were also found there.

Let's say you're going on a first date and you want to make sure the person you're meeting up with isn't a registered sex offender. If you live in the US, you can find this out very quickly: there's a centralized website provided by the US Department of Justice that lets you search a name or location in seconds. This doesn't mean that everyone found liable for sexual abuse comes up, of course.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native's long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whose legal name is Jason Deford has spoken for years about his redemption arc before diverse audiences, from people serving time in correctional centers to concert crowds and even in testimony before Congress.

Kevin was the new kid when we met in 10th grade. I was busy dancing; he was busy joining the football team. Eventually, our circles overlapped, and we started dating. By 11th grade, however, I dumped him. He wanted to do football camps all summer instead of hanging out with me. But by senior year, we got back together, and the rest is history. We've been together for over 15 years and have been married since 2018.

In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Kairos Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority are collaborating to establish a molten salt reactor that will generate 50 megawatts of nuclear power.

The first-ever Major League Baseball game played in the state of Tennessee occurs on Saturday night, with the Atlanta Braves meeting the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway for the MLB Speedway Classic.