Tennessee

Judge Joe Brown (pictured), whose syndicated and wildly popular and now-defunct eponymous TV show ran for 15 years, has now entered a political race, running for district attorney general for Shelby County, Tenn., according to Web Pro News. SEE ALSO: Kim Kardashian Has Better Comments On Race Than Most Republicans Brown, who is a Democrat, was […]

Dominic Jeffries (pictured left of center) was missing for over 14 hours after he got lost taking his shih tzu, Coco (pictured right of Jeffries), for a walk last Wednesday. The 7-year-old told WREG-TV how he survived the bitter cold and damp Cordova, Tenn., temperatures by cuddling with his furry pooch all night. SEE ALSO: […]

Erica Shead (pictured above) is reportedly furious at a Lucy Elementary teacher, because she reportedly informed Shead’s 10-year-old that she could not name God as an idol for an assignment, according to the WREG-TV. SEE ALSO: Mom Fights Off Intruder Who Tried To Kidnap Her Kids After Shead’s daughter, Erin, who attends Lucy Elementary in Memphis, Tenn., reportedly […]

A pre-teen is being hailed as a brave young lady after calling 911 to help nab two robbers who invaded her home Saturday, NewsChannel 9 reports. When Breasia Morrow, 12, and Azariah Morrow, 11, of Chattanooga, Tenn., realized that two men were inside of their home, they took cover in their bedroom closet. Bresia called 911. […]

Christie Black (pictured) reportedly tried to hide $5,000 in her rectum, after she allegedly stole it from her boyfriend. The incident would cause her to have to go to the hospital, according to the Daily Mail. SEE ALSO: Newborn Baby Boy Found Alive In Jersey City Trash Pile Hawkins County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputies were summoned to […]

Political commentator Drew Johnson, who had been editing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press for less than a year, was fired from the paper, after telling President Barack Obama to take his jobs’ plan and “shove it” in a headline, according to WND. SEE ALSO: SMITHSONIAN DISPELS RUMORS OF OF ACQUISITION OF TRAYVON’S HOODIE During […]

At least five firefighters have been been put on administrative leave after being accused of sexually assaulting and drugging strippers at their fire station in Nashville, Tenn., NewsChannel 5 WTVF-TV reports. SEE ALSO: Steve Harvey Talks About His Struggles Those men are Capt. James Overton (pictured), engineer Kerry Sales, and firefighters Darrin Bell, Quincy Corbitt […]

Of all of the people to call for a beer run, Allen Brooks of Columbia, Tenn.(pictured), felt the best folks to ask were local cops. SEE ALSO: How To Get Free Wifi Anywhere News Channel 5 reports that Brooks called 911 at least nine times during a 12-hour period. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? […]

Ina Garrett (pictured) was arrested after she hit her pastor over the head with a Bible over his refusal to give up his position at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Selmer, Tennessee, WLOX reports. Garrett, who admitted to hitting the pastor on the head, used the “Good Word” pretty well, too. SEE ALSO: The 4 […]

Debra Dodd, who is white, says she was fired from her job as secretary at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville after she revealed she married an African American man. Dodd is suing the all-white church for $500,000 in punitive damages for what she refers to as racial discrimination. Religious News Service Reports: Dodd said […]

A 96-year-old woman who has been voting for more than 70 years, even through the Jim Crow era, said the new voting ID laws in Tennessee have made voting more of a hassle than its ever been. Dorothy Cooper spoke about the difficulties she experienced trying to vote appearing on Rev. Al Sharpton’s Politics Nation show. […]

TENNESSEE — The FBI is investigating a video from a Tennessee police car dashcam that shows police stripping a man naked and then beating and tasing him. Darren Ring, a 34-year-old man from New Johnsonville, suffered a punctured lung and cracked ribs from the brutal beating. Cops descended on Ring’s neighborhood when they heard reports […]