The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said charges will not be filed against a juvenile male who was captured on video trespassing on the campus of Covenant Presbyterian Church and School on two suspected occasions beginning in December 2025.
The Tennessee State House Business & Utilities Subcommittee will hear a bill next week that aims to protect Tennessee renters’ Second Amendment rights.
State Representative Lee Reeves (R-Franklin) introduced House Bill (HB) 0469, which would prevent landlords from prohibiting their tenants or guests from lawfully possessing firearms, firearm parts, or ammunition on the property they rent.
Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday urging an investigation into Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s attendance at the “highly politicized” 68th Annual Grammy Awards over the weekend.
Volkswagen confirmed it has reached a first tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) for union employees at its Chattanooga plant nearly two years after workers voted to unionize.
The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy and Lead Reporter Tom Pappert on Wednesday sharply criticized Nashville Electric Service (NES) leadership, calling for the immediate firing of CEO Teresa Broyles-Aplin and the resignation of the utility’s board of directors amid prolonged power outages following Winter Storm Fern.
Andy Marshall, a Republican running for Williamson County mayor, held a campaign rally in Franklin over the weekend, during which his campaign unveiled a series of high-profile endorsements ahead of the 2026 Republican primary.
According to a release from his campaign first obtained by The Tennessee Star, Marshall, who is the CEO and owner of the Franklin-based company A. Marshall Hospitality, received public endorsements at the rally, held at Willis Johnson’s classic car barn, from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Franklin Mayor Dr. Ken Moore, Brentwood Mayor Nelson Andrews, Spring Hill Mayor Matt Fitterer, and incumbent Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson, who announced in August 2025 he would not seek another term.
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