“Tennessee” on The Daily Caller

Brenda Lenard, a self-described “level-headed Republican,”  is running as a tea party candidate against incumbent Sen. Bob Corker in the Tennessee Republican primary. Lenard’s history of fraud and bankruptcy, however, may pose a problem for her candidacy. (more)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Democratic leaders in Tennessee are sending actress Ashley Judd as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in September. (more)

It’s Super Tuesday, which means today is the busiest day yet of the 2012 Republican race for president with 419 delegates up for grabs in 10 states across the country. (more)

Over 400 delegates are up for grabs in primaries and caucuses across 10 states Tuesday. (more)

Local police estimated that 400 gang members were involved in two fights in a massive wave of violence that swept the small town of Ripley, Tenn., Thursday evening. (more)

Rep. Ron Paul is using Monday’s high-profile incident of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detaining his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, at a Tennessee airport to raise money for his presidential campaign. (more)

In an overture to Tennessee conservatives, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam announced on Wednesday that he would prioritize reductions in the state’s death tax, but stopped short of committing to the abolition sought by a number of organizations and state representatives. (more)

Organizations opposed to the death tax are keeping the pressure on Republican  Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to back the General Assembly’s effort to repeal the tax. (more)

Zach Poskevich, a relative unknown with little money, is mounting a primary challenge against Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker, in the name of protecting the Constitution. (more)

If ever there was a “company town,” it is Lynchburg, Tenn. (more)

JACKSON, Tenn. — While most GOP candidates are blazing through Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire, Herman Cain followed his roots back to West Tennessee on Friday. (more)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman who spent 26 years on death row and came within two months of being executed has been freed from prison in Tennessee. (more)

Tennessee made headlines last week with news about a new law that will introduce criminal penalties for posting online images that “frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress.” (more)

Legislation co-sponsored by Tennessee GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander has Tea Party and other conservative leaders crying foul because it backs away from their goal of bringing added congressional accountability to President Obama’s czars, now 37 in number. (more)

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The bodies of two sewage treatment plant workers have been recovered at the site where a plant wall collapsed in Gatlinburg. (more)

Let’s say you know that a third of the just-licensed beauticians at your salon give simply terrible haircuts. Are you game? (more)

“Patricia is my half-sister who I never knew existed,” television host Oprah Winfrey announced on an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that aired Monday. (more)

About 90 students at a Memphis High School are either pregnant, or have been recently. (more)

Everybody can use a helping hand now and again, and the New York Jets are no exception. Neither are the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. (more)

More than nine out of 10 Americans celebrate Christmas – even atheists, agnostics or believers in other faiths, according to surveys by LifeWay Research and USA TODAY/Gallup. They might be roasting chestnuts over an open fire, decking the halls with boughs of holly or trying to get the Chipmunks Christmas song out of their heads, but they are celebrating. The problem is, what are they celebrating? (more)