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It was the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre in May — which took the lives of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School — that prompted Hamilton County Schools, and school districts around the nation, to heighten security measures.
A bill that would effectively lower the age of criminal responsibility in Tennessee from 18 to 17 is receiving support from Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp and opposition from trial attorneys and a juvenile court judge here.
Tennessee Democratic lawmakers are skewering Republican Gov. Bill Lee for pushing legislation to abolish the state's 35-year-old independent Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.
The Huntsville Police Department has released the identity of the man killed Wednesday at a construction site.
A group of students in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States say recent shootings have made them feel unsafe, numb and helpless.