On Thursday, Tennessee plans to carry out its first execution since 2019 by means of lethal injection. It’s the fourth scheduled execution date since 2020 for Oscar Smith, who was convicted of killing his estranged wife Judith Smith and her two sons Jason Burnett and Chad Burnett in 1989.

Volunteers are out en masse helping people recover from tornado damage in Kentucky as another round of strong storms looms.

The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky, was fully staffed overnight as tornadoes descended on London and Somerset, despite staffing shortages.

Severe weather swept across Missouri and Kentucky overnight Friday, leaving a wake of destruction and fatalities, officials said.

This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, and Michele Johnson, the co-founder and executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center, discuss potential funding cuts to Medicaid and how that may impact TennCare and Tennesseans.

As tariffs and trade deals seem to change and shift day by day, Kentucky businesses are scrambling to figure out a strategy. Meanwhile, a few of Kentucky’s federal lawmakers have been some of the most outspoken conservative opposition to the president’s economic platform.

In Tennessee, prosecutors can charge people for crimes committed by another person, even if they weren’t directly responsible. Activist groups are working with state legislators to change that.

The Museum of Appalachia, which boasts a Smithsonian affiliation for its work preserving the region’s culture, hosts Sheep Shearing Days each spring to educate people with demonstrations, activities, music and food.

Organizations penned a letter to Congress saying federal cuts are putting their towns at risk.

New coal mine safety requirements from the Mine Safety and Health Administration were supposed to take effect this month until a federal court blocked the rollout.