Tennessee sends help to Oklahoma

A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ...

Protests being held outside IRS buildings

Conservative groups across the country, including one here in Nashville, on Tuesday will protest on the IRS controversy unfolding in Washington, D.C. The Tea Party Patriots are encouraging people to protest outside their local IRS offices. This comes after the agency admitted earlier this month to targeting several conservative groups, including many with the words tea party in their name. ...

Nashville Zoo welcomes clouded leopard cubs lynx

The Nashville Zoo announced Tuesday they are welcoming the recent births of a female Eurasian lynx and two female clouded leopard cubs. The leopard cubs were born on April 30 to parents Lom Choy and Luk. On May 4, a female Eurasian lynx cub was born to the Zoo's exhibit pair, Ilvy and Udo. Eurasian lynx are the largest of the lynx species and are native to Central Asian, European and ...

Tennessee sends search and rescue team to Oklahoma

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery. Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said that Tennessee Task Force 1 left early Tuesday from Memphis. Cooke says the 80-member team will mostly help with search and rescue efforts after powerful and deadly tornadoes struck cities in Oklahoma on Sunday and ...

Nashville home construction activity grows

Home construction activity in Nashville continues to build momentum, according to a new report by research firm Metrostudy. "Builders continue to successfully sell their existing inventory and new starts. Even model homes are being sold as inventory tightens," Jason Brown, director of Metrostudy's Nashville region, said in the report. During the 12-month period that ended in March, ...