A four-year investigation and prosecution that swept up some of the biggest names in Tennessee politics ended May 16 as a federal jury found former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada guilty on 17 of ...

A federal judge has not yet ruled on the mistrial request, after part of a recording was inadvertantly played for jurors. The trial is now in its third week. A mistrial would mean the case would start ...

Former Republican Rep. Glen Casada was found guilty of 17 of 19 charges, while his then-chief of staff, Cade Cothren, was found guilty of all 19 charges in a public corruption trial that began in late ...

The judge denied the motion for a mistrial brought by Casada and Cothren's attorneys. The concern centered around one sentence in a 2.5-hour recording that was supposed to be redacted. The judge ruled ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The sentencing came down for the former Tennessee Speaker of the House, 66-year-old Glen Casada, and his Chief of Staff, 38-year-old Cade Cothren, on Tuesday. Casada and ...

Robin Smith, the former Tennessee state representative who was instrumental in the Phoenix Solutions mailer scheme, was sentenced to eight months in a federal prison on Oct. 24. She will serve a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee House speaker was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after being convicted in a scheme with a onetime aide to win taxpayer-funded mail business from ...