The number of boating-related fatalities investigated by state wildlife officials so far this year, five, is behind the nine deaths investigated by authorities at the same time in 2023, but the season is just getting started, according to state wildlife officials. All the more reason for boaters to be safety conscious.
Tennessee Democratic lawmakers are skewering Republican Gov. Bill Lee for pushing legislation to abolish the state s 35-year-old independent Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.