Tennessee News Digest

Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Tennessee. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP-Nashville bureau at (615) 373-9988 or apnashville(at)ap.org. Beth Campbell is on the desk. News editor Scott Stroud can be reached at [email protected]. A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. If circumstances change before 6 p.m., a new digest will be sent reflecting those developments. All times are Central.

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Top Stories:

VOLKSWAGEN INNOVATION HUB

UNDATED — Volkswagen is partnering with the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create the company's first innovation hub for developing new technology in North America, officials said Friday in a statement.

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FORMER NBA PLAYER-HUMAN TRAFFICKING

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A grand jury has brought charges in a sex trafficking case against former NBA player and one-time University of Alabama basketball standout Jim Farmer, who was caught up in an undercover law enforcement sting last October.

POLICE SHOOTING-NASHVILLE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A trial date has been set for a white Nashville police officer charged with fatally shooting an armed black man during a foot chase in 2018.

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two new Tennessee counties have had deer test positive for chronic wasting disease, and a third county has been classified high-risk, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said.

In Brief:

—TENNCARE DIRECTOR, from Nashville: The director of Tennessee's Medicaid program plans to leave his job to return to the private sector, TennCare announced Friday.

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