A Nashville court heard arguments Friday morning in a high-profile case involving doctor-assisted suicide.

At issue: The line between treating pain and giving the terminally ill the means to end their own lives.

Taps will sound at the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Nashville later this morning. It’s a song that World War II veteran George Westover knew very well.

Nearly 75 years ago, Westover was a private first class from Wichita, Kansas who played the bugle aboard the USS Tennessee when it was based at Pearl Harbor.

Fourteen Republicans have already declared they're running for president.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich might soon join them.

The Buckeye State's top Republican courted support in Middle Tennessee Thursday, as he tests the waters for a potential run for the White House next year.

A school official in Robertson County says no cheating occurred during last year’s state testing.

The Tennessee Department of Education is investigating the school district for having a higher than average level of erasure marks. A high frequency of erasure marks — when a student erases a wrong answer and then fills in the right one — could indicate that students talked to each other during the test or that teachers corrected the answer sheets.

The Nashville library system has hit a major mark: 5 million items checked out.

“Nashville’s librarians are doing little book jigs today,” said library spokeswoman Andrea Fanta.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean is joining the faculty of Belmont University, as a professor of history and politics.

The school announced Wednesday morning that the outgoing mayor will become a "visiting professor" after he leaves office this fall.