GOP senator defends good grades for welfare bill
theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in school has gotten people talking...
New bill links welfare benefits with child's school performance
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of Tennessee legislation will penalize low-income families by reducing their welfare benefits if their child performs poorly in school if it is advanced...
Police chief's polygraph targets racist applicants
COOPERTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test to keep racists off his force...
One of Young Buck's biggest fans: Taylor Swift
theGRIO REPORT - Country singer Taylor Swift revealed in a recent interview with VIBE that she used to drive past the home of fellow Nashville, Tennessee native and former member of G-Unit, Young Buck, and admire his vehicles...
Museum to open balcony where MLK was shot to public
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to the public...
Darius Rucker invited to join Grand Ole Opry
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Darius Rucker's conversion to country is now complete: He's joining the Grand Ole Opry...
GOP candidate posts gun on Facebook in anti-Obama message
NBC NEWS - A Republican candidate for Congress says his Facebook post featuring a photo of his gun and a “Welcome to Tennessee” message for Barack Obama was in no way meant as a threat to the president....
Ex-NFL QB allegedly spent $5K a week at Cheesecake Factory
theGRIO - Today, Young is out of the NFL and out of money, according to his attorney Trey Dolezal. The question on the leads of several sports blogs and the minds of many of Young's fan is - how?...
Reported theft of Romney tax records being probed
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - The Secret Service said Wednesday it is investigating the reported theft of copies of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's federal tax records...
New Martin Luther King audio found
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A U.S. man says he has discovered the audio tape of a forgotten interview with civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that was never published...
