Author: Erik Schelzig
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Peyton Manning rules out run for Corker’s Senate seat
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Football star Peyton Manning ruled out a bid for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of Republican Bob Corker, saying in a sports radio interview on Wednesday that he is giving “zero consideration” to running. “I certainly have an interest in politics and in our country,” the former NFL and University…
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Police: Tennessee church shooting suspect sent suicidal text
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A man charged in a mass shooting at a Tennessee church expressed suicidal thoughts in June and had a volatile relationship with a woman that twice involved law enforcement this year, according to police records. Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, is charged with the fatal shooting of one woman and is expected to…
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For Georgia escapees, end of road is a driveway in Tennessee
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — The end of the road for two inmates sought in the killings of their guards on a Georgia prison bus turned out to be a driveway in rural Tennessee where a homeowner held them at gunpoint until reinforcements arrived. The focus of the manhunt for Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose suddenly shifted…
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Docs detail government damage of Trail of Tears
COKER CREEK, Tenn. — The U.S. Forest Service has ripped up a portion of the Trail of Tears in the Appalachian Mountains, reopening wounds for Native Americans who consider sacred the land where thousands of their ancestors died during their forced migration westward. The man-made trenches and berms were discovered last summer but the details…
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Report: Ferris wheel that dropped girls had worn out rivets
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Worn out rivet fasteners on a Ferris wheel are being blamed for an overturned gondola at an eastern Tennessee fair that earlier this week sent three girls plummeting more than 30 feet to the ground. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced late Friday that it has renewed permits for…
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Analysis: States face long slog after recession
At statehouses around the country, the Great Recession is far from over: It could take years for many states to climb out of the hole and return to pre-downturn spending levels. An Associated Press examination of 50 balance sheets shows state budgets and bank accounts still ravaged by a drop in tax revenue. Many states…
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Al and Tipper Gore to separate after 40 years
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage. According to an e-mail circulated among the couple’s friends and obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the Gores said it was “a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process…