by Cooper Moran | Dec 18, 2021
A Tennessee nurse practitioner could face decades in prison after being arrested for illegally prescribing opioids at the Convenient Care Clinic in West Tennessee, which she owned and operated. Kelly McCallum, a Dyersburg resident, allegedly dished out millions...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 18, 2021
Vanderbilt Health announced Thursday that Rutherford county officials have approved plans for new hospital. The medical center will hold 42 beds, and be located at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and state route 840 in Murfreesboro. “We are pleased...
by Star News Staff | Dec 18, 2021
by John D. O’Connor Russia’s looming invasion of Ukraine presents a clear and present danger to the safety of the European Union and a direct challenge to the NATO alliance, but only now are our major media waking up to this dire threat to Western...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 18, 2021
Metro Nashville Councilman Freddie O’Connell tweeted Tuesday that Nashville Metro Water Services had officially opened its first net-zero energy building. O’Connell said the location was in Salemtown and shared a picture of multiple solar panels at...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 18, 2021
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (formerly known as Bowater) announced this week the indefinite idling of pulp and paper operations at its Calhoun, Tennessee mill, according to a press release by the company. The company anticipates that the decision will directly...
by The Center Square | Dec 18, 2021
by Victor Skinner The Pennsylvania General Assembly has sent a disapproval resolution to Gov. Tom Wolf, rejecting his efforts to enroll the state in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, but vote totals show there aren’t enough opposing lawmakers to...
by Hayley Feland | Dec 18, 2021
Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson pled guilty to a misdemeanor Thursday following a Driving Under Influence (DUI) crash in Alexandria. The crash only involved his vehicle, which rolled off the highway. Hutchinson was on his way home from a sheriff...
by Eric Burk | Dec 18, 2021
Virginia’s General Assembly staff is starting to restore systems after a ransomware attack hit internal servers, bill drafting systems, and the General Assembly voicemail servers. “We got an email about an hour or so I guess, saying that they had...
by The Center Square | Dec 18, 2021
by Scott McClallen In a marathon overnight session this week, the Michigan House voted 100-2 on a bill aiming to ban the Independent Citizen’s Redistricting Committee (MICRC) from meeting in a closed session for any purpose. On Dec. 2, the Senate unanimously...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 18, 2021
Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci on Friday praised the Ohio Senate for passing “constitutional carry” legislation. According to Renacci, the measure is a constitutional right for citizens of the state, and he would immediately sign the...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 18, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Friday a new preventative monoclonal treatment will be available for immunocompromised Floridians like cancer patients and transplant recipients. DeSantis said the new product from AstraZeneca, a pre-exposure prophylactic...
by Hayley Feland | Dec 18, 2021
The nationwide truck driver shortage is leading to instant hires for some truckers graduating from Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC). “We have 50 to 75 employers that hire our students the day after graduation,” said Douglass Clarks-Pritchard, a trucking...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 18, 2021
Ex-Brooklyn Heights Police officer Kimberly Potter broke down in tears on the witness stand twice Friday, as she testified about her alleged fatal shooting of Daunte Wright more than eight months ago. “Officer Lucky started to say something about...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 18, 2021
Florida TaxWatch, an independent think tank, released a report indicating Florida is set to receive shy of $20 billion from the President Joe Biden-signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). However, TaxWatch suggests Florida is not receiving near...