Bear gets stuck, dies in hot car parked outside Smoky Mountain cabin

“Bears have noses 7 times better than a bloodhound and can smell even the faintest odor of food inside a vehicle. Lock your doors, roll up your windows, and never leave food or anything that smells like food inside!”

Driver and dog safely rescued from dangling car in Tennessee

A vehicle went over an embankment in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, resulting in a complicated rescue by firefighters to stabilize the vehicle in such a precarious spot.

Board suspends business permit of bar near mass shooting

Officials voted Thursday to suspend the business permit of a Tennessee nightclub near the scene of a mass shooting where three people were killed and 14 others injured, according to published reports.

Fire at historic Chattanooga church was intentionally set

A fire that heavily damaged a historic church in Chattanooga was intentionally set and authorities searched Friday for a person of interest in the arson case, officials said.

Summer Wells disappearance: One year later

It has been just over a year since Summer Moon-Utah Wells was last seen in a northeast Tennessee community. Her family marked the grim anniversary by releasing an open letter to the now-6-year-old girl as investigators said they are not giving up the search.

Teenage girl in Tennessee Amber Alert found safe in Indiana, TBI says

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Alexis Byrn, who had been missing from Blount County, Tennessee, since June 12, was found with Nathaniel Covington in Clarksville, Indiana.

Don’t pick up folded dollar bills, authorities warn

Authorities in Tennessee have issued a warning against picking up folded dollar bills after one was found containing a substance that tested positive for fentanyl.

Woman dies after being caught in Colorado River current in Grand Canyon, officials say

Sheetal Patel, who lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but was originally from Chicago, had hiked into the canyon for the start of a multi-day river trip, officials said.

Chattanooga, Tennessee shooting leaves 3 dead, 14 injured

Fourteen people were hit by gunfire and three were hit by vehicles while trying to flee the scene, police said.

3 teens, 2 adults charged in deadly shooting at Tennessee funeral

A grand jury indicted three teenagers and two adults in the deadly shooting a teenager during a crowded funeral procession for another 16-year-old in Memphis, Tennessee.