The Defendant was convicted in the Knox County Criminal Court of disrupting a lawful meeting, a Class A misdemeanor, and received an eleven-month, twenty-nine-day sentence to be served on supervised probation. On appeal, the Defendant claims that the evidence is insufficient to support her conviction and that the statute prohibiting disruption of a lawful meeting is unconstitutionally vague as applied to her. Based on our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

A father appeals the termination of his parental rights to one minor child. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Appellee filed a petition in juvenile court seeking to terminate a father’s parental rights. After a bench trial, the trial court granted the petition and entered an order terminating the father’s parental rights based on the grounds of (1) abandonment by failure to support, (2) abandonment by failure to visit, (3) failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody and financial responsibility, and (4) failure by a putative father to timely file a petition to establish paternity. The trial court also determined termination of the father’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest. We affirm the grounds for termination. However, we conclude that the trial court failed to make sufficient findings of fact regarding its best interest analysis. Accordingly, we vacate the trial court’s decision that termination of the father’s parental rights was in the best interest of the child and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

This case originates in a dispute over the administration of two trusts created for Joseph Peter Meersman, Jr. (“Meersman”). Meersman has filed multiple lawsuits against former trustees Michael Castellarin (“Castellarin”) and Regions Bank (“Regions”) (“Defendants,” collectively) alleging that they mismanaged the trusts. The trusts were terminated by court order in 2015. Laila Rumsey (“Rumsey”), Meersman’s partner, sued Defendants in the Chancery Court for Davidson County (“the Trial Court”) alleging that she too was damaged by Defendants’ actions. Defendants filed motions to dismiss, which the Trial Court granted based on the statute of limitations. Rumsey filed a motion to alter or amend within thirty days of entry of judgment but, contrary to Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 59.04, did not serve Defendants within thirty days. The Trial Court denied Rumsey’s motion as untimely. Rumsey appeals. Rule 59.04 requires such a motion be both “filed and served” within thirty days of entry of judgment. Rumsey failed to serve Defendants timely. Therefore, Rumsey’s motion to alter or amend was untimely and did not toll the time in which to file a notice of appeal. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

The appellant appeals the circuit court’s findings that her minor child is dependent and neglected and a victim of severe abuse. Discerning no error, we affirm.

The appellant appeals the circuit court’s finding that her minor children are dependent and neglected. Discerning no error, we affirm.

This appeal concerns a disciplinary action taken against a prisoner. Rodger Broadway (“Petitioner”), an inmate at Turney Center Industrial Complex, was found guilty of Class B Defiance by the prison’s disciplinary board (“the Board”) for cursing at another inmate while in the gym. Petitioner, pro se, filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Hickman County (“the Trial Court”) against the Tennessee Department of Correction (“TDOC”) and multiple officials (“Respondents,” collectively). The Trial Court upheld the Board’s decision. Petitioner filed a motion to alter or amend, which the Trial Court denied as untimely even though Petitioner delivered the motion to the appropriate individual at his correctional facility within the time fixed for filing. We vacate the Trial Court’s judgment and remand for the Trial Court to consider Petitioner’s motion to alter or amend on its merits.

In this compensation appeal, the petitioner avers the trial court erred in granting the respondent’s motion for summary judgment. The petitioner was incarcerated at the Morgan County Correctional Facility when he allegedly was assaulted while working in the kitchen. Nearly four years later, he filed a petition for benefit determination against the respondent, a company contracted to provide food and commissary services to the facility at that time. In a motion for summary judgment, the respondent asserted that the petitioner was not its employee, that it did not receive timely notice of any alleged injury, and that the petitioner’s claim was time-barred. The trial court granted the motion for summary judgment, determining petitioner was not an employee of the company at the time of his alleged injury. The petitioner has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the grant of summary judgment on other grounds and certify it as final.

The White House reportedly has offered nine universities, including Vanderbilt University, financial incentives in exchange for signing a “Compact for Academic Excellence,” which would require the schools to align campus and hiring policies with administration guidelines. The Nashville Post reports that the compact includes measures such as banning race- or sex-based admissions, freezing tuition, capping international enrollment and enforcing the government’s gender definitions in campus facilities and sports. In exchange for signing the compact, schools would get privileged access to federal funds. Vanderbilt confirmed receipt of the proposal, which it says it is "carefully reviewing."

The city of Columbia on Oct. 3 unveiled a statue of Thurgood Marshall to represent the former Supreme Court justice's time in the city following the 1946 Columbia Uprising nearly 80 years ago. The Daily Herald reports that in addition to the statue, the monument features four historical markers telling the story of the uprising and Marshall's role in the aftermath. Chancellor Doug Jenkins, president of the Tennessee Judicial Conference, spoke during the dedication ceremony, saying the Marshall statue was "proper" so that "your community will always remember his association with it and your role in the larger struggle occurring at the time. ... To those whose energy and admiration to make this happen, thank you."