As his trial date nears, former Chattanooga auto dealership mogul Joseph Prebul has abandoned all negotiations with the government regarding the multiple fraud charges he faces.

In the middle of a contentious divorce, Red Bank Vice Mayor Monty Millard said he only wanted to correct the "bad example" his wife set for their children when she parked in the "to go" space of a local restaurant and proceeded to eat dinner inside.

Felony burglary charges were dropped today against Red Bank's vice mayor.

U.S. prosecutors in New York have indicated to a judge that Joseph Prebul has declined all their offers of a plea deal, signaling a firm indication that the former Chattanooga auto mogul is ready to stand trial on charges that he swindled his brother-in-law out of millions of dollars to help keep his businesses afloat.

A federal judge in Chattanooga on Wednesday rejected a plea for a lighter sentence from a young man accused of a crack cocaine crime, despite proposed legislation to do away with old sentencing rules that treat crimes involving crack much more harshly than those involving powder cocaine.

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old to four years and three months in prison for taking nude photos of his sexual encounters with a 15-year-old.

A 23-year-old was sentenced this morning to four years and three months in a federal prison for taking nude photos during his sexual encounters with a 14-year-old that he says were the result of a consensual relationship.

Although people in the Volunteer State have filed for bankruptcy in record numbers in recent years, Tennessee is first among states for the number of residents who try to make good on their debts with court-approved payment plans.

The defense attorney for a man charged with two counts of child rape said DNA evidence influenced his decision to plead guilty Thursday before the end of his trial.

A man pleaded guilty today to two counts of child rape before the jury in his trial got the chance to deliberate.