News items from each of Tennessee's 95 counties are compiled by reporters and editors from across the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee.

The plan includes several recreational and commercial spaces. City Mayor Scott Kitts said it'll help bring more jobs and ...

Elections will look different this time. Candidates only have to win approval of residents in their districts rather than ...

Two current state representatives, a former state representative, a former Lexington council member and a former state ...

First District Knoxville City Councilman and Vice Mayor Tommy Smith is not seeking a second term this year, and four South ...

Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that ...

Cocke County Highway Superintendent Dwayne McCallister said the building had been badly damaged in Helene’s flooding, meaning ...

Tennessee is one of three states in the country that require their county executives to be called "mayors." Here's when that practice began and why.

Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder will not run again for mayor. Instead, being a 5th Congressional District candidate might be next.

MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A preliminary crash report has identified the two individuals who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a Life Care Center van in Morgan County Wednesday ...

County executives in Tennessee have been called mayors only since 2003, and most other states don't use the mayor title for the chief executive of a county. Why do counties in Tennessee have mayors?

Heidi Kuhn, long-time Shelby County Government employee and current Shelby County Government Criminal Court Clerk, announced ...