MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — If he wasn’t at rock bottom, Steve Collett wasn’t far from it, shivering inside a portable toilet that served as his shelter on a cold winter’s night. Fresh out of jail with nowhere else to go, Collett started praying to Jesus, seeking help from the shambles he had made of his…

NEW YORK (AP) — Unlike previous seasons of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” Charlie O’Connell will bestow his final rose live on Monday’s season finale. “I’ll be happy for Monday when I can date just one girl or start a relationship or whatever it’s going to be,” said O’Connell, who didn’t indicate whether he would propose to…

By CHRISTY LEMIRE / AP Movie Critic In this photo provided by Universal Pictures, Phil Weston (Will Ferrell) enters the cutthroat world of little league soccer when he coaches his son’s team of misfits in the comedy “Kicking & Screaming”. (AP Photo) If you just can’t wait until July for the remake of “The Bad…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Lobbyists would have to disclose how much they spend on lawmakers under a bill moving through the Legislature as part of the latest legislation touting ethics reform. An ethics subcommittee recommended Wednesday that the bill be sent to the full Senate State and Local Government Committee, but without a provision that prohibits…

SEVIERVILLE (AP) — A woman’s safety harness suddenly came open as a carnival ride rocked 60 feet in the air, tossing her to her death, her 16-year-old son testified Thursday at the murder trial of an amusement park manager. Cody Alexander told jurors he was seated next to his 51-year-old mother, June Carol Alexander, as…

CLARKSVILLE (AP) — A new institute expected to offer the state’s only college training ground for continuing education, degree programs and consulting services in homeland security now has a director. Col. Joseph “Greg” Kaufmann Jr., special assistant to the chairman of the NATO Military Committee in Brussels, Belgium, will lead the Institute for Global Security…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Legislation banning political candidates from using a business address to establish residency for voting purposes is on its way to the governor for approval. The House unanimously passed the bill Thursday, a week after the Senate did the same. The bill began early this year as an answer to criticism that state…

LEBANON (AP) — A Mexican immigrant once ordered by a judge to improve her English or possibly lose custody of her 11-year-old daughter declared her love for the child during a hearing that could decide the girl’s permanent home. “I don’t hit my daughter, I love her,” Felipa Berrera said from the witness stand Thursday…

Rock Island resident and Grundy County native Thomas Jefferson Roberts, 86, died May 11 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.A custodian with the Warren County School System and a member of the Church of God, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.He was the son of Horthor and Lizzie…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved Gov. Phil Bredesen’s $20 million jobs package, which aims to pump up the state’s economic development efforts. The bill would create a program in the Department of Economic and Community Development to assist businesses that create or retain jobs in Tennessee. The legislation — which was…