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A small plane crash in Tennessee that killed weight-loss guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and six others likely happened when her husband piloting the plane — actor Joe Lara — became disoriented in heavy clouds, a final report by the National Transportation Safety Board says. Joe Lara, who played Tarzan in the 1990s TV series “Tarzan: The Epic Adventures," was flying a Cessna C501 on March 29, 2021, when the aircraft plunged into Percy Priest Lake, minutes after takeoff from an airport just outside Nashville. Lara was rated to fly with instruments only, but William Lardent, a local flight instructor who had flown with Lara several times in the Cessna that crashed, told investigators Lara struggled when forced to rely on instruments in low visibility and while using the plane’s autopilot.

Tennessee has long championed its musical and creative communities, but some musicians and artists feel threatened by its new laws targeting trans youth and drag performances.

Nashville police are searching for two suspects who allegedly spray-painted swastikas and "hate messages" on several homes in the early hours of Sunday morning.

At one of the targeted homes, one of the suspects spray-painted a Ring camera, which still recorded the suspect tearing down a flag the family had on their porch.

Tickets for the Country Bay Music Festival went on sale Tuesday. The event is scheduled for Nov. 11-12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay.

Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country.

A 38-year-old man was shot and killed by another driver, police said.

Alabama is No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll of the season Houston is No. 2 and Big Ten champion Purdue was third.

March Madness isn’t just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets.

Brandon Miller scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama smothered No. 18 Texas A&AM 82-63 for its second Southeastern Conference Tournament championship in three seasons.

Arkansas' athletic director has apologized after a Kentucky student journalist said his cellphone was grabbed and thrown to the ground by a Razorbacks staffer following an early exit at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Assistants had to restrain Askansas coach Eric Musselman a couple of times during a 67-61 loss Friday night in the quarterfinals, where No. 18 Texas A&M rallied from a 13-point deficit. The journalist, Jack Weaver of the University of Kentucky independent student newspaper the Kentucky Kernel, tweeted video showing Musselman walking off the court after the game and a staffer behind him appearing to knock the phone out of Weaver's hand.

Employees at a Nashville, Tennessee, pizzeria are scared for their safety after the owner was attacked following a disagreement with a delivery driver.

An Illinois man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting that killed four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee.

An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting attack that killed four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee.

Kelsea Ballerini makes her "Saturday Night Live" debut as she becomes a rare country music star/tabloid fixture.

Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves and the Nashville Predators put a dent in the playoff hopes of the Florida Panthers with a 2-1 win Thursday night.

Patrick Kane is going to the New York Rangers as part of a flurry of moves with still days left before the NHL trade deadline.

Morgan Wallen's ex and mother to his child, influencer KT Smith, was in a bad car crash in Nashville on Wednesday night.

Two Tennessee National Guard pilots killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed along an Alabama highway were both experienced aviators with more than a dozen years of military service apiece, military officials said Thursday. The National Guard identified the pilots as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Wadham of Joelton, Tennessee, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Danny Randolph of Murfreesboro.

The distance runners raced in Nashville, Tennessee at the Music City Challenge, while the sprints and field events went down at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina. Zahafi blew the school record out of the water with a time of 4:05.83. Also in Nashville, junior Natalie Varela ran a personal best in the women’s one mile, earning her a No. Her time was 4:50.96, and she finished just before sophomore Elle Mezzio, who ran 4:55.69, a personal best. Junior Blanca Hervas Rodriguez finished just behind Oliveira with a time of 53.75, also a personal best.

Andra Christman, 49, was arrested last week in connection with the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, whose body was found in a creek in Nashville in December, police said.

Patricia Ann Ricks, 72, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder as well as felony child abuse, authorities said.

Americans across the country told Fox News what they want to hear from the commander-in-chief when he delivers the State of the Union to Congress on Tuesday night.

Joe Edwards, who chronicled Tennessee news for more than 40 years as a newsman for The Associated Press and helped “Rocky Top” become a state song, has died.

In a TikTok of Perry shared by 102.7 KIIS FM Friday, Perry said she wasn't initially impressed by the 2015 song by Billie Eilish.

Carlos Whittaker of Nashville is author of a new book, "How to Human," which aims to bring people together again. Fox News Digital asked him three key questions — and features a book excerpt, too.

I paid $254 for one night in the Nashville Tiny Home, the most popular Airbnb in Tennessee in 2019, and it was worth every penny.

Tennessee State University is hoping to make history after their marching band was nominated for a Grammy in the roots gospel category.

Singer Elle King's rock music has always been banjo-based so her decision to release a country album just made sense.

Country music star Chris Stapleton will hit next month’s Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem, while R&B legend Babyface will perform “America the Beautiful.”.

The Tennessee Department of Correction has fired its longtime top attorney and another employee following a scathing independent report on failures within the state's lethal injection system. Debbie Inglis, deputy commissioner and general counsel, and Kelly Young, the inspector general, received notices of “expiration of your executive service appointment” on Dec. 27, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests. The firings came a day before the Republican governor publicly released the report, whose findings cited widespread failures to conduct required testing on the injection drugs under Tennessee's own rules, among other issues identified.

The nation's largest public utility has appointed an independent panel to look into power failures that spurred the decision to implement rolling blackouts during dangerously cold conditions late last year.

Freshman Brandon Miller scored 30 points as the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide beat Vanderbilt 78-66 Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory two days after a teammate was charged with capital murder.

A Tennessee inmate on death row died Monday of natural causes while in prison. The 71-year-old was sentenced to death in 1996. Officials have not determined his cause of death yet.

A public memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley will be held next weekend at Graceland, the famed Memphis home of her father, Elvis Presley.

Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest during a game at Cincinnati two weeks ago, plans to attend Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, a person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule told The Associated Press.

The American Film Institute Awards have opened their ceremony with a moment of silence for singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley.

Lizzo and Ed Sheeran are among the headliners who will play this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which takes place over two weekends beginning April 28.

In-N-Out Burger plans to open a corporate office in Tennessee and restaurants in the Nashville area by 2026.

The one-year inflation outlook declined to 5%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month and the lowest level since July 2021.

Authorities say a Grammy-winning sound engineer accused of kidnapping and threatening his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint in Tennessee has been fatally shot by police.

Jack Campbell, star linebacker for the Iowa Hawkeyes, lost his grandfather on Friday night after he was tragically killed in a vehicle-pedestrian accident, the university said Saturday.

Wildhorse Saloon's restaurant operations manager showcased two "All-American cocktails" that will be available during Fox's All-American New Year celebration in Nashville, Tennessee.

A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority's recent decision to double down on fossil fuels. TVA experienced its highest ever winter peak-power demand on Dec. 23 as an arctic blast brought blinding blizzards, freezing rain and frigid cold from Maine to Seattle. The Tennessee Valley Authority said in an email that a combination of high winds and freezing temperatures caused its coal-burning Cumberland Fossil Plant to go offline at one point when critical instrumentation froze up.

Americans in Nashville shared their 2023 New Year’s resolutions, some of which included getting in better shape, being a good parent and enjoying life more.

Tennessee's elections coordinator has determined that Nashville election officials erroneously updated voter lists for last month’s election and failed to follow steps to ensure the final version was accurate through computer mapping programming.

Dak Prescott threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns to Dalton Schultz as the Dallas Cowboys beat the banged-up and resting Tennessee Titans 27-13 for their sixth win in seven games.

A blistering independent report on Tennessee’s lethal injection system has turned up years of communications showing a state determined to push forward with executing death row inmates despite major issues.

In a viral video, a Nashville airport police officer appears to threaten to arrest stranded Southwest Airlines customers on Christmas night.

FOX & Friends Weekend’s Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Pete Hegseth to host live New Year's speacial from Nashville, Tenn. Multi-platinum country music star Brantley Gilbert will perform.

Delta's flight woes comes during one of the busiest travel periods of the year.

Mike Harris and Ketch Secor, of the Nashville-based Americana string band, offer "Sunday Morning" viewers some tips on yuletide libations.

Houston coach Lovie Smith took a nap.

Nashville mayor John Cooper called on the Titans to postpone their game against the Texans on Saturday in "solidarity" with their Nashville neighbors.

Nashville mayor John Cooper requested on Twitter the Tennessee Titans game Saturday be postponed in solidarity with city-wide power usage rollbacks.

Americans’ Christmas wishes to Biden ranged from brokering peace to fixing the economy, but most said they would ask the president to step down from office.

Christmas weekend will plunge into a deep freeze thanks to a dangerous blizzard that is intensifying into a powerful bomb cyclone as it barrels east across the United States.

With conditions below freezing in Nashville, here's why you should not warm up your car and other ways to prepare for winter weather.

In London, Bluebell, a black Labrador mix, was somehow put on the wrong flight. It took two more days to bring her to the U.S. "We don't know if she'll ever be the same," her owner says.

New Vanderbilt University polling has found that most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban.

Most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state's sweeping abortion ban, but they largely don't know the specifics of what's in the law as it stands today, according to new Vanderbilt University polling. The disconnect comes in a state that votes consistently for Republicans and has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Three out of four people polled think that abortion should be legal if the pregnancy results from rape or incest, an exception that doesn't exist in current law.

Amy Adams Strunk's evaluation of Jon Robinson's performance as the Titans' general manager never stopped, and the Tennessee controlling owner said Friday she saw no reason to wait once she decided her franchise needed a change. “At the end of the day, I’ve got to make hard decisions," Strunk told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview. Strunk fired Robinson on Tuesday despite the general manager never posting worse than a 9-7 record and going 69-47 with six straight winning seasons.

Tennessee police officers intervened in a robbery attempt at a mall Saturday evening, possibly preventing a crime spree from spreading to other areas.

The family of country singer Naomi Judd has filed a notice seeking to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit to seal the police investigation into her death.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering introducing express toll lanes on highways and tripling a fee for electric car owners as he looks for ways to pay for tens of billions of dollars in roadway projects.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering allowing express toll lanes on highways and tripling a fee for electric car owners as he targets his first big push after winning reelection — paying for tens of billions of dollars in roadway projects. The Republican is adamant about what he won't do: Raise the gas tax; add fully tolled roads; or issue debt in lieu of the state's pay-as-you-go road funding method. Lee says the timing is crucial to pivot quickly to roads.

Five suspects, including a woman carrying a toddler, attacked a Buddhist monk after robbing the Wat Lao Buddhist Temple in Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend.

Two deliberating jurors at the rape trial of former “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson have been dismissed because they were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Joe Burrow threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 13:42 left to put Cincinnati ahead to stay, and the Bengals held off the Tennessee Titans 20-16 for their third straight victory and fifth in six games.

Two people were shot outside the New Season Church in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday as a funeral service for a woman who was fatally shot was letting out, police said.

Police say a drive-by shooting in Nashville has injured two people as they and others left church from the funeral of a woman who was fatally shot earlier this month.

Consumers spent a record $9.12 billion online shopping during Black Friday this year, according to Adobe.

Tennessee offensive coordinator Todd Downing said Wednesday he can't think of anything he's faced in his career “much tougher” than what he's dealing with right now, and the issue is all of his own doing. Downing is busy trying to prep for Sunday's game with Cincinnati (6-4) in a rematch of the divisional playoff game the Titans lost in January as the AFC's No. 1 seed while waiting to deal with the consequences of being arrested Nov. 18 for speeding and driving under the influence hours after a big win in Green Bay. “It’s devastating that my actions or anything that I’m involved with could ever bring negative attention to or bring distractions to this organization, to the ownership Miss Amy (Adams Strunk) and to the front office and obviously coach (Mike) Vrabel," Downing said.

Emily Sotelo, 20, went missing after she set out for a hike Sunday in White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, officials said.

Chrisley was "unable to recall anything from the accident, possibly due to a head injury," according to the police department.

Jurors at the Los Angeles rape trial of “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson say they're deadlocked.

Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Todd Downing is free on bond after being arrested on charges of speeding and driving under the influence early Friday morning.

The Tennessee Titans face their first Thursday night game this season at the worst moment possible. Yes, the Titans (6-3) are coming off a 17-10 win over Denver, their sixth in seven games. Then Tennessee lost three more to injuries during the game.

KJ Simpson had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Colorado to an 78-66 upset victory over No. 11 Tennessee.

During CMAs week in Nashville, the divisions of the present took a backseat to the increasingly common practice of celebrating the past

His win came after a performance-packed three hour show that honored country icons and new voices. The late Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis were given special tributes.

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The Country Music Association held its annual awards on Wednesday night by having some of the genre's biggest stars pay tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn.

Luke Combs is the winner of the Country Music Association Awards' coveted entertainer of the year trophy.

Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the successful country group Alabama, has died.

Election officials have confirmed more than 200 votes have been cast in the wrong races in Nashville since early voting began in Tennessee.

A white former Nashville police officer who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a Black man from behind as the man was fleeing on foot has been released from jail.

Country star Alan Jackson will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in November.

The Indianapolis Colts are benching starting quarterback Matt Ryan and will start Sam Ehlinger in Sunday's game against the Washington Commanders.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona grew up in a musical household playing instruments with his family.

Documentaries about feminist leader and politician Bella Abzug and a deadly 1985 Philadelphia police bombing are the winners of this year’s Library of Congress film prize.

With a number of playoff spots still up for grabs on the final day of Major League Soccer’s regular season, bedlam reigned as teams scrambled to make the postseason.

Bryan Rebenstorf, 45, is facing an upgraded homicide charge after a man he is accused of beating with a metal pipe in downtown Nashville died of his injuries.

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that they are pausing gender affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices.

Welcome to Lindeville, a fictional town for quirky small-town characters created by Ashley McBryde and her songwriting buddies.

Legendary pianist — and Atlanta Braves fan — Sir Elton John was very happy to learn his favorite team took three straight games against the New York Mets.

A tour bus carrying country music singer and songwriter Hardy and three others was involved in a crash that injured everyone on board.

The Southern Baptists’ Executive Committee has voted effectively to cut ties with two congregations.

The largest part of the U.S. economy is holding up against the hottest inflation in four decades and the threat of a potential recession.

Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Russell tearfully accepted the album of the year award for her debut solo record “Outside Child” at the Americana Honors and Awards.