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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Prison for Women will be renamed in honor of a corrections administrator who was allegedly killed by an escaped inmate a year ago. According to a release from the Tennessee Department of Corrections, the Tennessee Prison for Women will now be named the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center. Gov. Bill Lee […]

Fast food and good police work saved the day when a standoff ended with the suspect surrendering for a cheeseburger.

The medical examiner later confirmed Johnson died from strangulation, and her death was ruled a homicide. It was also found that Johnson had been sexually assaulted.

The video doorbell company Ring is working with more than 400 US police departments to streamline their access to user videos, the company announced on Wednesday.

State prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty in the trial of a Tennessee convict charged with killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison on a tractor.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. — A reward for accused murderer and escaped inmate Curtis Ray Watson increased, and law enforcement told people in the search area Saturday night that Watson had been spotted. However, by just after midnight on Sunday, Watson had not been captured. Multiple agencies were still at work near the search area, which […]

A day after corrections administrator Debra Johnson’s murder, yellow tape still surrounds her house on the grounds of the West Tennessee State Penitentiary near Henning.

Curtis Ray Watson’s lengthy criminal history reveals run-ins with the law that began with a conviction for driving under the influence in 1999.

Tennessee prison officials followed protocol prior to the escape of a convict suspected of killing a Department of Correction employee, but hard questions remain, Gov. Bill Lee said Monday.

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped Wednesday from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Lauderdale County, the sheriff’s office confirmed. 

People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday.