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More than 200 court clerks offices across the state will participate in the first Purple Out Day Friday, September 18th as they wear purple to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and related dementias as well as raise funds to support the work of Alzheimer’s Tennessee.

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The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for the man who kidnapped, sexually abused, and murdered a woman in west Tennessee in 2010.

Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr. appealed his conviction and sentence after a trial court found him guilty of especially aggravated kidnapping,…

The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Gary R. Wade’s retirement September 8.

Any interested applicant must be a licensed attorney who is at least 35 years of age, a resident of the state for five…