Sally Walls became Smyrna's first female police officer when she joined the force in the 1980s and eventually became the first woman in the state to rise to the rank of assistant chief of police.

That includes Middle Tennessee State University faculty member Dr. Gerald Christian, who was paralyzed from the armpits down after a car accident when he was 16.

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Mississippi continues to experience what experts call a "brain drain" — a long-running loss of educated, skilled workers who leave the state.

President Donald Trump on July 1 nominated Braden Boucek, senior vice president of litigation at the Southeastern Legal Foundation, for U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

TSU will immediately begin searching for a new head coach. Tennessee State basketball coach Brian "Penny" Collins has resigned, the school announced on June 30.

The new accreditor will be called the Commission for Public Higher Education, and the University of North Carolina System is at the forefront.

The University of Tennessee's enrollment goal of 41,000 students by 2030 just got bigger, thanks in part to an online partnership with Arizona State.